Cai Gua-Qiang : FALLEN BLOSSOMS

I still can't believe that I missed the opportunity of watching one of Gua-Qiang's explosions live. This happen at the PMA last month. Fallen Blossoms is still on view. It divides its exhibition space between the Fabric Workshop Museum in Philadelphia and the PMA. I just saw the Fabric Workshop portion today. The piece that caught my attention the most was Time Flies Like a Weaving Shuttle were Gua-Qiang flew 5 weaver from the Miao tribe to weave daily a series of tapestries that he design base on the the tribes founders reflection of Anne d'Harnoncourt's life. This tapestries will later be display close to the end of the exhibition. If you are in Philly dont missed it. It is the coming together of two world. The East with the West, the traditional with the contemporaneity.

WHITNEY BIENNIAL: THE LIST

PARADISE

at Lehmann Maupin by Juergen Teller

"Whether they are engaging or not is up for debate. While I tended to enjoy Teller’s documentation of the art more, I responded most to an image in which Charlotte Rampling stands next to an extended marble figure. Objectively speaking, it’s not the best photograph in the exhibition, but I liked that the thin line of a cast shadow behind both the model and sculpture resembled the marks of a classical drawing. Though likely not intentional, the photograph appeared to pay homage to much older art-making techniques. In fact, in this work the distinction between fine art aesthetics and the magazine readiness of Teller’s models blurred in a way that legitimately created a unique vision. I’m not convinced it will be a particularly lasting one, but very little aesthetic blurring can boast that goal."by Paddy Johnson

ANTWERP

Irina Shaposhnikova 09 from pierre debusschere on Vimeo.

Antwerp graduation show is up. check out more photos here

INFINITY

YAYOI KUSAMA
Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity, 2009
Mixed media installation at Gagosian Gallery

ITS BEEN A MONTH

enough time to be back. May was hectic. Portugal, B-day's, Park, Work. Maybe not to hectic and just fun. I am now 26 and feeling full of energy to start a new year. The path is unknown but truly exciting.


photo by becky b


Lisboa was awesome!






and we ate a lot of delicious sea food. No one in my group like the prawn heads except me. delicious


we also ate a lot of bacalao!!! so good! salted cod






we went to this amazing thief's market


saw a crazy procession


and a castle on the mountain were the royalty family used to vacation called Sintra


Ohhhh I forgot the Calatrava station Vasco de Gama!







and for my b-day I received this awesome cards from my anthro team



Also, go see Cyprien Gaillard video at the Generational: Younger than Jesus exhibition at the new museum. It is pretty amazing on its depiction on the european housing project and their savagery. He shows two russian gangs meeting for a fight and a choreograph demolition of a building in france. This video is truly worth watching. Here is just a small part of this 30 minutes long video.



ok. lets embrace summer.

ABOVE AND UNDERNEATH

the Leandro Erlich pool at PS1 on Sunday.


peter above



peter underneath




me above



me underneath (peter mess up my layout with this vertical picture, it's ok though)

this piece was amazing. If you haven't seen it you should. The artist does a great job defeating the conventions of nature and architecture. I also loved the meticulous attention to detail surrounding the pool which helped to make you believe that you are actually just about to really enter the inside of the pool full of water.


After that we took a walk to the building in Long Island City were is legal to do graffiti.


we found this. Has anyone seen Notorious yet?



this was the building.

TEXT/MESSAGES

If you are in Minneapolis or what I prefer to call "the iceberg" go to the Walker to see this super interesting exhibit about books made by artists. here are some events that would be going on during the exhibition:

ARTIST’S BOOK WORKSHOPS—
THURSDAYS, JANUARY 8, 15, 22, AND 29, 6 – 9 PM FREE
STAR TRIBUNE FOUNDATION ART LAB
Minnesota Center for Book Arts instructor Aki Shibata and artist Sam Hoolihan lead the curious on four bookmaking adventures that utilize audience-generated text messages, photos, found objects, and even paper! All materials will be provided. For details on individual workshops, visit calendar.walkerart.org.

CURATOR TALK—
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 7 PM FREE
MEET IN THE MEDTRONIC GALLERY
Text/Messages exhibition curators discuss the history of the Walker’s collection of artists’ books and point out examples of works that have been key contributions to this dynamic area of artistic production.

PANEL DISCUSSION: THE ART OF THE BOOK—
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 7 PM FREE CINEMA
Free tickets at Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6 pm
Artist’s books have always held an important place in the Walker’s collection, yet they are rarely exhibited in the gallery. David Platzker, book dealer/scholar and former director of Printed Matter, Inc., moderates a discussion on the current state of artist’s book production. Panelists include artists Buzz Spector and Harriet Bart, and James Hoff of Primary Information.

I on the other hand can't agree more with the following comment a reader of the walker's blog posted:

" Good luck with the exhibition, and I’m sorry that I will not see it (tho’ your current weather , all by itself, might deter me)."
Loren
Comment by Loren Madsen — December 22, 2008 @ 1:10 pm