Kent Shaw's Blog, page 15
November 26, 2013
lehmannmaupin:
Installation shots of Do Ho Suh's...
November 22, 2013
A map of a made-up world suspended from the ceiling.
A map of a made-up world suspended from the ceiling.
wetheurban:
SPOTLIGHT: Doublefaced by Sebastian...
SPOTLIGHT: Doublefaced by Sebastian Bieniek
Doublefaced is an intriguing series by Berlin-based German artist Sebastian Bieniek that features portraits of a girl with the illusion of two faces.
By simply drawing on each side of his model’s head with common makeup products like eyeliner and lipstick, Bieniek transforms the young woman into a eerie set of twins. More after the jump:
I can’t get over the Picasso nodding happening here.
November 20, 2013
publicartfund:
Thomas Schütte’s United Enemies in their new...
Thomas Schütte’s United Enemies in their new home at MoMA.
Dancing. Dancing! DANCING!!
November 15, 2013
"THE CAGE, by Pierre Mortary
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Have you gone into the cage? The emptiest one?
Suddenly everything..."
THE CAGE, by Pierre Mortary
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Have you gone into the cage? The emptiest one?
Suddenly everything slides to the other side without jarring:
Trees, buildings, pedestrians, newspapers;
Suddenly everything is swept clean of its habitual colors
The direction of the winds, the unrolling of afternoons;
Suddenly everything is forgotten: geometry, poetry,
The weight of the heart, the roots, the years.
Only a splendid virgin-forest hunger moves in
And it’s that that makes you leave the cage.
Henceforth you’re no longer the same,
Not even in your bed, in a woman’s arms,
not even in your dreams where you stride across a desert
Traversed by the scent of gazelles;
Not even in the contemplation in you of this strange phenomenon
Of which you lose consciousness and which means nothing to you.
Everything is forgotten, the cage and the immense yawn of the crowd,
And the incalculable satisfaction of being right where you belong.
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from The Landscapist: Selected Poems, by Pierre Martory. Translated by John Ashbery. Personally, I can’t think of “cage” without seeing one of those cartoon cages that fall right around you. Keeping you in. But this cage is different. The first line might give you a vision like that cartoon cage. But the actual cage in this poem is like a life. Or like the life your mind has trapped you in. And it makes everything around you feel like it’s closed in your brain. Be careful in that brain! Things might tilt to the side!
But then there is an after-cage time. And whatever led you into the cave originally is now so beneficial. Because everything is different. You’re different. You can even forget the “incalculable satisfaction” of the very present moment. And my favorite part of the poem? You can’t even tell whether that’s good or bad. It’s just “satisfaction.” It’s only “incalculable.”
November 13, 2013
moma:
What does violence smell like? Anne-Marie Slaughter...
moma:
What does violence smell like? Anne-Marie Slaughter writes about a scent made up of sweat samples taken at cage fighting matches on Design and Violence.
Design and Violence, our new online curatorial experiment, explores the idea of violence through design. The site, which pairs critical thinkers with examples of challenging design work, is now live.
MOMA making a whole new way to keep it real.
deyoungmuseum:
In this 9-canvas painting, “Bigger Trees Nearer...
In this 9-canvas painting, “Bigger Trees Nearer Water, Winter 2008,” David Hockney uses an art-historical trope that can also be seen in The Sermon on the Mount, the subject of his subsequent 2010 painting, “A Bigger Message.” By placing the majority of the image’s content in the center of the canvas, with varying perspectives receding off to either side, Hockney guides the viewer’s gaze upward. In this way, Hockney forces his viewer to look up and increases the already monumental experience of the work. http://buzz.mw/bidyg_l
David Hockney (British, b. 1937). “Bigger Trees Nearer Warter, Winter 2008.” Oil on 9 canvases © David Hockney. Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt
Perspective extravaganza!
November 11, 2013
artslant:
Watchlist Artist: Vanessa...
Watchlist Artist: Vanessa Billy
www.artslant.com/ber/articles/show/37439
It’s like a hide and go seek game in a plain, white room.
November 9, 2013
A dance crew in sweater vests! At last!
A dance crew in sweater vests! At last!
