Month: July 2011

melvin sokolsky

art district galery, squatting the newly renovated hotel royal monceau in paris is showing the work of photographer melvin sokolsky. the man was made famous by his bubbles pictures, where a model was put into a human size plastic bubble (very pierre cardin) and trow into the river. as far as i’m concerned, i never new the other body of work he made, and i quite like this one. by pp.

CATEGORIES: art, fashion

‘The Clock’ by Christian Marclay

how much can you fit into one day? is this a 24 hour interpretation of the new york minute? seriously. but when i unsuspectingly came across this piece at the hayward last fall, with no recognition other than the fact the artist was represented by White Cube, i was refreshed and impressed. it’s been a while since we’ve seen something that is both welcoming to experience and provides an experience that makes you a little more conscious of your own. basically that time moves at different paces. christian marclay won the golden lion award at this year’s venice biennale for this time obsessed version of  a day. by kl

CATEGORIES: art, clips

a living man declared dead – by taryn simon

it’s nice to see work that has a personality to it’s approach.  not only are taryn simon’s photographic trials humanely interesting, but they show her interest in the irony of life. sometimes sad, sometimes hurtful, always poking at the imperfection and impurity of being human, they bring you between compassion and appreciaton.

i’m interested to see this new big investigation called ‘a living man declared dead and other chapters’. like her past projects i  don’t think it can help but coax people to be more curious, to want to understand the background, and then to have a different perspecitive coming out the other end. I don’t know much about this new project except it was produced over a four-year period (2008-11), during which she researched and recorded bloodlines, from around the world, and their related stories. in the eighteen ‘chapters’ the external forces of territory, power, circumstance or religion collide with the internal forces of psychological and physical inheritance. it’s at the tate modern right now. might have to cross the pond sometime before it’s gone  by kl

CATEGORIES: art

taryn simon – a threat of uncovered worlds

detective taryn simon uses photography to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise. i’m sure her underlying talent is as a smooth talker, as she has executed some of the most interesting and dryly humorous explorations in modern imagery. somehow this contemporary art princess was a threat so great walt disney world couldn’t even indulge her.  by kl

CATEGORIES: clips, photography

bddw – club of archers

the last time i checked in at bddw on crosby, they add targets set in the middle of the store with guys bending bows. I later understood, they had done them by hand with an antique machine pressing wood planks into shape. they kindly proposed me if i wanted to be a member of the club of archers, i declined thinking about the loan i would need to contract to reimburse a table if one of my arrows hit it by mistake. however i asked about that issue and they didn’t seem to be afraid about that even saying that they might sell the injured piece for more money with the arrow stuck on… not sure i would get my crop. beautiful posters in the windows by pp.

CATEGORIES: ny places