Share Some Interesting Art

harmonium.ro wrote: Wow, you're so global! I must confess I didn't go to see the Messerschmidt exhibition, I didn't seem that interesting to me. Must be because indeed I know nothing of the guy, for a long while I thought it's probably an exhibition about German aviation. :) I'm looking forward to this spring, and I'll post these days a list of the exhibitions around. There's a huge Manet that just opened at the Grand Palais, one about Rome and idealized landscape in classical art also at the Grand Palais, a Cranach & his times exhibition at the Luxembourg Museum, Tony Cragg at the Louvre, some fairly interesting but not outstanding contemporary art and photography exhibitions and, most importantly, we're waiting for the opening of Anish Kapoor's instalation at the Grand Palais (this a thing similar to the annual installation at Tate's Tubine Hall).

Ha ha. Travel's one thing I cannot get away from.

I look forward to some reports!

Ah, the bold is exactly how I've felt about the slew of Independent galleries I've seen so far in Hong Kong (mainly featuring Chinese artist), tho' maybe change interesting to tepid and outstanding to lukewarm boarding on fuzzy. On many levels, what I seen, read and experience with Chinese art in the last ten of so years (since there has been a defined shift away from Mao influence commentaries, oh they've not gone away, but there been a shift, be it not paradigm) I've found more interesting on a conceptual level, which I feel is a crutch propping up the at time lacking visual aspect, which can often be the case with formative stages. But I indeed to keep digging deeper. 

Photography I've always been highly suspicious of ever since the photographer I was dating (there is nothing more sexy than a pretty girl pointing a camera) left me  Good photography is good but there are wealth of people lacking sincerity looking for cheap thrills, which is okay to, I guess, just doesn't turn me on. It is odd as I generally find such beauty in the ephemeral.   

Saw some works by Dorina Mocan, she's Romanian if I remember correctly.   

Henry Plainview wrote: So I know a lot of people are getting mad about ponies, but does this count as high art now?

Henry Plainview wrote: So I know a lot of people are getting mad about ponies, but does this count as high art now?

You mean you're not linking this from MOMA's website?

^^^^ I don't think that's anything to be ashamed of. At the end of the day I'd much prefer seeing something historically significant (there is a reason most of these have been canonized - even if I dislike the word), which provokes awe,ecstasy, etcetera than arrive home drain from wandering around numerous contemporary galleries wondering if I like art at all (times yet to effect its sh*t shifting mechanizes). You should have seen me tittering like a school girl when I finally got to see some of the Dadaist and Bauhaus guys works in the flesh, at our Pathways to Abstraction exhibition which was f**king brilliant. Lets not even mention Caravaggio :P I think Australia (with it odd mash of cultures) in recent times is becoming to realize the importance of such exhibitions with a whole crop of well curated event popping up over the last couple of years.  Anyway I'm just going on...

Sorry, been a little pre-occupied the last couple of days. Unfortunately I lay pretty low regarding social media. Got rid of facebook about a year ago and have always felt uncomfortable about the idea of a blog.

The project looks nicely set out. I'm flying home today, so in half a week or so life will be back to some normality and I'll give it a proper look. While were loosely on the idea of art related magazines/publications, I quite like this: http://bombsite.com/ articles written by artist, about artist. 

Haha, this is very funny: http://www.christiangideonphotography.com/2011/04/what-if-you-lived-at-ikea/

^^^^ nice, wish i could draw so quickly (it says something like 8mins, maybe my memory fails?). Watching my drawing would a very laborious process (also dew to fact I pick up a pencil once every couple of years).

As I type this message I'm on my second round through Morton Feldman's For Philip Guston, and find myself drawn and strung out after nearly 7 hours listening with minimal breaks. Despite being 'for' Philip Guston felt and incessant need to stumble over to the bookshelf and pick up Agnes Martin's Writings of which I'm rather fond. It reminded me of the availability of the book online: http://www.scribd.com/doc/36073257/Agnes-Martin-Writings so I thought I share it here for anyone vaguely interested.

Her work for most parts can be considered Minimalist, which at face value is an understatement, tho' she herself thought differently. The general components (features) of her work are grids and very subtle shadings (washes) of colour. I don't see too much sense posting digitized images here as the work does not translate well. Our national gallery own three of her work which I visiting every couple of months or so.   

I created this topic quite awhile ago about an amazing pavement artist who does 3-D chalk drawings.It might not be considered "art" but this is some great stuff and I wanted to share it with some people who might not have seen it yet.

This is the best thing I've seen in a long while: http://vimeo.com/13085676

The Venice Biennale

Pictures:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/8555041/Venice-Biennale-2011-art-festival-in-pictures.html

Video:

The national pavillions: http://blip.tv/vernissagetv/venice-biennale-2011-5232893
The curator's exhibition: http://blip.tv/vernissagetv/venice-biennale-2011-illuminations-giardini-5240044

A preview:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8548148/Venice-Biennale-preview-from-Mike-Nelson-to-Lindsay-Lohan.html

The British Pavilion:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/01/venice-biennale-mike-nelson-british-pavilion-review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/venice-biennale/8548679/Venice-Biennale-2011-Mike-Nelson-British-Pavilion-review.html
(quote opposite, these two views)
Edit: and another positive take on it, http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/i-impostor-british-pavilion-venice-2293005.html



And this should interest Adam: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8554957/Out-of-Australia-at-British-Museum-Seven-magazine-review.html


Edited by harmonium.ro - June 05 2011 at 17:23