All Things Art & Photography
As always with the big art fairs you have to wade through the bad and ugly to find the good (or in my case something with a quality transcendence).
A couple of works that stick (way) out from the pack from the Parcours Projects at Art Basel 2016 (which are all the big installation works all over town). The Allan McCollum Shapes Project Spinoffs 2005-2016 is a real knockout as well as Bernar Venet’s Arcs in Disorder
Art Basel in Europe
Basel, June 16 to19, 2016
Parcours Projects Art Basel 2016
A must see retrospective exhibition by a remarkable and mercurial artist. A rare chance to see some of his best work.
“I can’t stand art actually. I’ve never, ever liked art.” So the artist David Hammons told the art historian Kellie Jones in a 1986 interview. Then why do you make it? Ms. Jones asked. Because, Mr. Hammons offered, art is about symbols and “outrageously magical things happen when you mess around with a symbol.” (via New York Times article).
David Hammons: Five Decades” runs through May 27 at Mnuchin Gallery, 45 East 78th Street, Manhattan; 212-861-7858, www.mnuchingallery.com
Via http://www.mnuchingallery.com
Exhibition: David Hammons Five Decades
Wow…
Video of it here before light was added: http://www.gogglepix.com/olafur-eliasson-sphere/
http://www.olafureliasson.net/
Olafur Eliasson Sphere
#OlafurEliasson
With Anselm Kiefer now moving past 70 years old he seem to be even more consumed with time and the constant destruction and renewal of life itself. His production and energy seem to be at all time peak given what this wonderful video by Art Documentaries gives us. Not only do we get to finally see his incredible studios but also his humor, generosity and the power of what one can do with vast amounts of money coupled with extraordinary lines of thinking.
Here is a man who’s thoughts were once translated in paint, lead and straw are now expressed in his grand palace’s of the mind. Every artist who thinks they are an artist should view this film and start all over from the beginning – or just give up – as there is no one I can think of doing work on this scale of shear magnitude, raw talent and intellect.
Anselm Kiefer Documentary
Maybe one of the most influential photographers (along with her late husband Bernard) to have lived in the modern era….
“They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. As the founders of what has come to be known as the ‘Becher school’ they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists. They have been awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award.” via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher
Obituraries here:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/15/hilla-becher
Via the New York Times and Sonnabend Gallery
Via MOMA.org
Hilla Becher 1935 to 2015