Some inspiration from NY - The Chelsea Galleries
A bit late perhaps, but at least for archiving purposes.
Lowres pics on my phone that will otherwise die without even
entering the cybercemetery. Like all those papers, postcards,
exhibit descriptions that after a year of floating around in my
flat finally gets thrown in the garbage. I have a friend who
keeps all of that stuff though - at least so she says...
-------Erik Parker: Bye bye Babylon at Paul Kasmin Gallery.
Worth noting is that the colours in these quite larger paings were absolutely electric
(you can't really see it in these photos). So toxic, and in the way the shadows are
painted they are sometimes simulating a relation of objects and surfaces as 2D
( as a stageset built of flat painted boards) or 3D. Theres an uncertainty created here -
what is this place I am seeing - a toxic jungle, or a (toxic) stageset of a (toxic) jungle?
Its cheerful and brutal and deceptive at the same time.
Worth noting is that the colours in these quite larger paings were absolutely electric
(you can't really see it in these photos). So toxic, and in the way the shadows are
painted they are sometimes simulating a relation of objects and surfaces as 2D
( as a stageset built of flat painted boards) or 3D. Theres an uncertainty created here -
what is this place I am seeing - a toxic jungle, or a (toxic) stageset of a (toxic) jungle?
Its cheerful and brutal and deceptive at the same time.
Henri Rousseau? Gone toxic - The difference between the beginning of
the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century - the enemy
as the violent other, or the enemy as a chemical distorsion, polution.
In both cases seductive in spite of themselves.
I didnt however see Rousseau in NY. Just internet mindmapping.
More chemistry, I assume its "IN".
Mi Ju Gaia at Freight + Volume.
From the exhibtion text -
"The exhibtions's title Gaia refers to the Greek
earth mother goddess as well as the scientific
Gaia Principle, proposing that all organisms and their
inorganic surroundings on Earth are closely integrated
to form a single and self-regulating complex system,
to maintin the conditions of life on our planet
(James Lovelock). Mi explores the significance of Gaia
pictorially, as it relates to today's ecological challenges."
And then, on a completely different, somehow, tangent.
Andro Wekua Dreaming Dreaming on the Gladstone Gallery.
This was really good, well for me/ in my opinion.
The pieces didn't self-evidently fit. The crisp nakedness, anti-drama of the
space and the way it was lit. Some paintings that I really didnt like as
singular objects, but that made sense, although yeah, perhaps in the
way indicated by the title: Dreaming dreaming. I could feel this show physically.
An awkward feeling of unsettledness that cuts through reality (Yes!)
This was really good, well for me/ in my opinion.
The pieces didn't self-evidently fit. The crisp nakedness, anti-drama of the
space and the way it was lit. Some paintings that I really didnt like as
singular objects, but that made sense, although yeah, perhaps in the
way indicated by the title: Dreaming dreaming. I could feel this show physically.
An awkward feeling of unsettledness that cuts through reality (Yes!)
I think thats the most interesting stuff.
Premiere night sleeping over in my new studio
Stockholm 12-11-01
