Archives for posts tagged ‘installation’

Doug Wheeler

Doug Wheeler Work from his oeuvre “As a pioneer of the so-called “Light and Space” movement that flourished in Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s, Wheeler’s prolific and groundbreaking body of work encompasses drawing, painting, and installations that are characterized by a singular experimentation with the perception and experience of space, volume, and light. Raised in the high […]

Sebastien Verdon

Sebastien Verdon Work from Out of Space @ Polyforum Siqueiros. “The artist draws on current expectations, general paralysis, creativity and inspiration from which a great instinct for transforming the contemporary melancholy humor singular, that is neither cynical nor just absurd. A job that tends to capture the indeterminate, an aesthetic that seeks ambiguity in games […]

Ryoichi Kurokawa

Ryoichi Kurokawa Work from Octfalls. “Each presentation of young Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa‘s audiovisual installations awes us more than the next. His precise ability to arrange sounds and images makes for a flawless performance from start to finish. We often feel like we’re facing an orchestra playing an expertly arranged and immaculately performed symphonic masterpiece […]

Penique productions

Penique Productions Work from their oeuvre Penique Productions is a collective made up of Sergi Arbusà, Pablo Baqué, Chamo San, Pol Clusella. “The projects include the creation of color inflatable completely occupy spaces erected by others, giving them a new identity. A simplification of the space that unifies the shapes and textures, creating a different atmosphere. The balloons are constructed from […]

Karla Black

Karla Black Work from her oeuvre. “WHEN I’M NEARLY FINISHED making a work, I ask myself, “If this was a painting, would it be a good painting?” If I decide that the answer is yes, then I’m done. I use impermanent and raw materials like paper, polythene, plaster powder, and cosmetic products in my sculptures […]

Stuart Williams

Stuart Williams Work from Luminous Earth Grid. “Luminous Earth Grid, an array of 1,680 energy-efficient fluorescent lamps, swept over 10 acres of undulating landscape, 50 miles north of San Francisco. Said the artist, “I see the project as a poetic statement on the potential harmony between technology and nature.” Over a five year period, Williams […]

Barry Stone

Barry Stone Work from Decking the Path to Blessedness. “The title of the work comes from a quote from the Swiss born artist, Kurt Seligmann , describing alchemy and its relation to the mid-century avant-guard where, for him, alchemy served as a symbol for spiritual harmony. The installation consists of six panels submerged like monoliths […]

Scott A. Carter

Scott A. Carter Work from Departing From The Rules of Harmony “An architectural installation consisting of a full scale bust of the Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova re-created from the walls of the gallery. The original, plaster, bust was purchased in 1975 from an Italian Collector and is currently in storage at the Art Institute of Chicago. […]

Gerard Byrne

Gerard Byrne Work from A Thing is a Hole in a Thing It is Not. “…Minimalism’s genealogy is mythic precisely because the work is situated in and outside of history. As the culmination of an art for art’s sake, Minimalism is securely tethered to a trajectory of modernism dating as far back as Manet. The […]

The Chapuisat Brothers

The Chapuisat Brothers Work from their oeuvre “We both received an artistic education abroad for a number of years before ending up in Geneva in 2001, where our contrasting experiences led us to develop an interest in spatial studies. Our constructions transform space, turning interior and exterior boundaries inside out and toying with the perception of […]