Wednesday, July 28, 2010
ADOLF MENZEL'S EXTREME REALISM
His sketches are on show as part of the Berlin Biennale. The subjects of his drawings like "unmade bed" are still considered very contemporary. The works still have such a strong impact because of their accuracy and vividness of drawing often ordinary, mundane things, enduing them with some other gravity. So here is a foot.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK
Yesterday I went to see this discussion at Volksbühne, Berlin.
A couple great points that Slavoj Žižek made are repeated here:
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
OLAFUR ELIASSON
Saw his exhibition yesterday at the Martin Gropius Bau. The way the installations worked with the exhibition spaces was really powerful. It's impossible to distil any of the installations to a single image, as they're all about movement either of light, or of people through spaces. Anyway shown here: the mirror atrium space and the dancing water hose, which i both found really moving.
The mirrors that extended diagonally to the corners of the roof windows, made a space where you walk surrounded by the ceiling. The mirrors had the other effect of blocking out light to the rest of the foyer space. You walk through the darkened scaffolding complex supporting the mirrors to enter the room. Very dramatic.
The water pendulum was set up as a hose spraying water lit only by a strobe light in a room totally darkened by black curtains and a black sponge floor. The water pressure forces the hose to dance. Its movements and the water drops are frozen by the strobe light. You feel like you're being drawn nearer by its beauty but fear getting wet.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
VICTOR TIMOFEEV
Stumbled upon this artist's blog a couple years back. Forgot the name and could never find it again but some of his drawings mashing buildings with other objects '2006-2007' stayed in my head. Re-found his blog the other day googling the same thing (the Farnsworth House) that I was looking for when I first found him, which was weird.
"Architectural cappriccio, facade of the edifice conforming to an inverted cross incision."
"Aldo Rossi's design for the university village in Chieti (1979) with all windows open."
Love these rubbish sculptures.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
SHOULD LEAVE IT LIKE THIS
Rectangular Stadium Melbourne.. Under Construction. I love the way it looks filled to the brim with scaffolding just about spilling out from the blanket
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
BERNARD TSCHUMI
Le Fresnoy Art Centre (France)
Historic buildings that needed to be both reworked into a media-art museum whilst retaining the original buildings > now you stroll amongst he roof tiles, amazing new spaces.. would make a good film set me thinks
A collage I found, don't know if it's Tschumi's - it works better than the photos
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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