Hi
Please go to this website:
http://www.untitled-sound-objects.ch/
Under installations click video (quicktime) and please watch it! It is an overview of the work of Pe Lang and Zinoun. I'm interested in what everyone thinks and how/if it could be incorporated into the Stamp.
They are represented by bitforms. From the gallery website: "Swiss artists Pe Lang + Zimoun have been collaborating since 2004 creating the “Untitled Sound Objects” which are presented as sound installations and also as live performances with audio and visual components."
See everyone tonight!
Alison
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Julee Holcombe and Allan Sekula
Thanks for posting that article Ali! As promised, here are some of the art historical references to which Julee Holcombe's works are responding. I focused on the architectural ones because those seemed to be the ones you all were interested in.:
Julee Holcombe, Architect's Dream Thomas Cole, Architect's Dream, 1840
Julee Holcombe, Babel Revisited Pieter Brueghel the Elder, The Tower ofBabel, 1563
Julee Holcombe actually had two Babel pictures on the Conner Contemporary site, and Brueghel also did multiple versions of the Tower of Babel as well.
I also promised I'd post some stuff on Allan Sekula as an artist who is interested in a lot of the same questions as Burtynsky about contemporary space and the forgotten landscape. The series that I know most about is called Fish Story, which documents a key aspect of our contemporary space--the oceans. One website said this about Fish Story: "A key issue in Fish Story is the connection between containerized cargo movement and the growing internationalization of the world industrial economy, with its effects on the actual social space of ports." (http://www.wdw.nl/project.php?id=95). Sekula puts into central focus the importance of this kind of movement through the water to our economy. Like Burtynsky, Sekula calls attention to an aspect of society whose existence we do not even consider, while still feeling the benefits of it in our daily lives. And also like Burtynsky, Sekula's photographs can be compellingly beautiful:
Anyway, sorry for such a long post, and great discussion and ideas on Tuesday, I feel like we are really moving along now!
Julee Holcombe, Architect's Dream Thomas Cole, Architect's Dream, 1840
Julee Holcombe, Babel Revisited Pieter Brueghel the Elder, The Tower ofBabel, 1563
Julee Holcombe actually had two Babel pictures on the Conner Contemporary site, and Brueghel also did multiple versions of the Tower of Babel as well.
I also promised I'd post some stuff on Allan Sekula as an artist who is interested in a lot of the same questions as Burtynsky about contemporary space and the forgotten landscape. The series that I know most about is called Fish Story, which documents a key aspect of our contemporary space--the oceans. One website said this about Fish Story: "A key issue in Fish Story is the connection between containerized cargo movement and the growing internationalization of the world industrial economy, with its effects on the actual social space of ports." (http://www.wdw.nl/project.php?id=95). Sekula puts into central focus the importance of this kind of movement through the water to our economy. Like Burtynsky, Sekula calls attention to an aspect of society whose existence we do not even consider, while still feeling the benefits of it in our daily lives. And also like Burtynsky, Sekula's photographs can be compellingly beautiful:
Anyway, sorry for such a long post, and great discussion and ideas on Tuesday, I feel like we are really moving along now!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
bitforms
I just came across what seems like a great gallery. It's called bitforms and on their contact page they state:
bitforms gallery is devoted to emerging and established artists who embrace new media and contemporary art practice - resulting in new languages and artistic experiences.
It's pretty general but I'm interested in the gallery because of the new media aspect. I was looking up the artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer who does some really beautiful and impressive light sculptures. His works are site specific (and quite large) and I imagine require a commission but the bitforms gallery looks really interesting. Anyway, check out the picture of his work below and also the bitforms website.
bitforms gallery is devoted to emerging and established artists who embrace new media and contemporary art practice - resulting in new languages and artistic experiences.
It's pretty general but I'm interested in the gallery because of the new media aspect. I was looking up the artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer who does some really beautiful and impressive light sculptures. His works are site specific (and quite large) and I imagine require a commission but the bitforms gallery looks really interesting. Anyway, check out the picture of his work below and also the bitforms website.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Hi again,
Yesterday I also went to Metro Pictures where they were showing a group of new works by David Maljkovic. I liked one of his films, "Retired Forms", which sort of felt like a strange sci-fi movie but it was actually shot in a memorial park for victims of WWII in Zagreb, Croatia. Apparently the monument that is featured in the film had become neglected in the 1990s. Here is an installation view for now (I'm going to try to find film stills).
David Maljkovic, "Retired Form", 2008, installation view
I stopped by the Charles Cowles Gallery where they were showing two of Edward Burtynsky's quarry photographs (see below). Jackie told us about these our meeting and they were both stunningly beautiful. Also more expensive, $16,500, but definitely worth checking out in person.
Edward Burtynsky, Iberia Quarries #7, Marbrito CO., Borba_Mouro, Portugal, 2006, digital chromogenic print
There was also one photograph by Henry Wessel in the show. I would suggest checking out some of his other photographs on the Charles Cowles Gallery website.
Henry Wessel, San Francisco, California, 1973
Yesterday I also went to Metro Pictures where they were showing a group of new works by David Maljkovic. I liked one of his films, "Retired Forms", which sort of felt like a strange sci-fi movie but it was actually shot in a memorial park for victims of WWII in Zagreb, Croatia. Apparently the monument that is featured in the film had become neglected in the 1990s. Here is an installation view for now (I'm going to try to find film stills).
David Maljkovic, "Retired Form", 2008, installation view
I stopped by the Charles Cowles Gallery where they were showing two of Edward Burtynsky's quarry photographs (see below). Jackie told us about these our meeting and they were both stunningly beautiful. Also more expensive, $16,500, but definitely worth checking out in person.
Edward Burtynsky, Iberia Quarries #7, Marbrito CO., Borba_Mouro, Portugal, 2006, digital chromogenic print
There was also one photograph by Henry Wessel in the show. I would suggest checking out some of his other photographs on the Charles Cowles Gallery website.
Henry Wessel, San Francisco, California, 1973
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Hi!
I am currently in New York and I spent the day in Chelsea checking out the galleries. I visited a lot of the galleries that Jackie mentioned at our meeting about ArtBasel Miami and some others that we've discussed. I am pretty exhausted though so just a warning about our trip in the spring! I'll be in New York until Sunday and I think I will spend another afternoon checking out galleries so let me know if you have any favorites that you would like me to check out.
First, I think we should definitely check out the David Nolan Gallery. I saw Sandra Vasquez de la Horra's drawings that Jackie told us about and I really liked them as well. The pencil drawings are on wax paper so the They are roughly between $2000 and $6000.
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra, Desnudos en la hierba, 2008, wax and pencil on paper
Also in their Project Room was a work in progress-sculpture by Mel Kendrick which was also really great.
Mel Kendrick, Study for a Monument, expanded polystyrene
Also on 29th Street was the Sean Kelly Gallery, which I hadn't come across in my research. It was a group exhibition of Iran do Espirito, Wolfgang Laib and Callum Innes. The space was beautiful and the curator really did an excellent job. It reminded me of how much I appreciate a well designed space and how much it can affect my experience. Ideally, I would like our program to be able to bring some of that to the Stamp, which often for me is not the most aesthetically pleasing environment. I'm becoming more and more interested in the idea of a site specific piece that really changes or creates a certain environment. Here are a few photos of the installation:
I also came across the Stephen Haller Gallery, which was another group exhibition but was intended to showcase a work from a wide variety of their artists. I was most interested in Johannes Girardoni who creates "structured paintings" and Linda Stojak.
Johannes Girardoni, Dripbox -Titanium White, 2007, beeswax, pigment, wood
Linda Stojak, Figure 50, 2008, oil on canvas
That is all for now! More to come tomorrow!
-Alison
I am currently in New York and I spent the day in Chelsea checking out the galleries. I visited a lot of the galleries that Jackie mentioned at our meeting about ArtBasel Miami and some others that we've discussed. I am pretty exhausted though so just a warning about our trip in the spring! I'll be in New York until Sunday and I think I will spend another afternoon checking out galleries so let me know if you have any favorites that you would like me to check out.
First, I think we should definitely check out the David Nolan Gallery. I saw Sandra Vasquez de la Horra's drawings that Jackie told us about and I really liked them as well. The pencil drawings are on wax paper so the They are roughly between $2000 and $6000.
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra, Desnudos en la hierba, 2008, wax and pencil on paper
Also in their Project Room was a work in progress-sculpture by Mel Kendrick which was also really great.
Mel Kendrick, Study for a Monument, expanded polystyrene
Also on 29th Street was the Sean Kelly Gallery, which I hadn't come across in my research. It was a group exhibition of Iran do Espirito, Wolfgang Laib and Callum Innes. The space was beautiful and the curator really did an excellent job. It reminded me of how much I appreciate a well designed space and how much it can affect my experience. Ideally, I would like our program to be able to bring some of that to the Stamp, which often for me is not the most aesthetically pleasing environment. I'm becoming more and more interested in the idea of a site specific piece that really changes or creates a certain environment. Here are a few photos of the installation:
I also came across the Stephen Haller Gallery, which was another group exhibition but was intended to showcase a work from a wide variety of their artists. I was most interested in Johannes Girardoni who creates "structured paintings" and Linda Stojak.
Johannes Girardoni, Dripbox -Titanium White, 2007, beeswax, pigment, wood
Linda Stojak, Figure 50, 2008, oil on canvas
That is all for now! More to come tomorrow!
-Alison
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