artists jewelry, via

1. Günther Uecker, 1986
2. Pablo Picasso, 1967
3. Louise Bourgeois, 1996
4. César, 1980s
5. Pol Bury, 1968
6. Alexander Calder, c. 1940

Lindsay Lawson, Anachronism/Lamp, plaster reproduction of Michelangelo’s David, lightbulbs, electrical wiring

likeafieldmouse:

Laura Letinsky

“Much of Letinsky’s work alludes to human presence, without including any actual figures. For example, in the Morning and Melancholia (c. 1997-2001), and the I Did Not Remember I Had Forgotten (c. 2002-2004) series, Letinsky seems to document the aftermath of a sumptuous gathering or dinner party. Faded flower petals intermingle with empty glasses and crumbs of food on partially cleared tables, often covered with a white linen that bears the mark of spilled wine.

As alluded in the title Morning and Melancholia these scenes are often filled with a fresh, clear light, as though one is viewing from the perspective of the morning after, what the host failed to clean up the evening before. However, the title of the series itself is a reference to an essay by Freud, Mourning and Melancholia, which discusses the human response to loss.

The title I Did Not Remember I Had Forgotten also has a literary source; it refers to a line by St. Augustine, commenting on memory, ‘One would never say I did not remember I had forgotten.’ Letinsky responded:

‘I was thinking, No, that’s not right! Actually, I felt I had just come to this moment where I did not remember that I had forgotten, and it had to do with music. I’d gone for three years without listening to music. I would drive in the car and I would want silence, or I would listen to talk shows. Then for some reason I began listening to the radio, and some of the CDs I had around, and it was almost like drinking water after being really thirsty. I took such pleasure in it. Somehow, I did not remember that I’d forgotten to turn on the music.’”

Youssef Nabil, Self portrait with Botticelli, 2009

Giulio Paolini

(Source: sophistae)

Charles Ray, Shelf, steel, painted found objects, and human body, 1981

likeafieldmouse:

Emily Keegin

Mirko Martin, stills from from Noir - video (here).

The video documents a night in my Los Angeles neighborhood during a half-year stay in 2008. Monitoring gang activity, police helicopters circled the neighborhood on a regular basis. On a particularly noisy night, I went out to capture some sound. Within minutes, I heard gunshots. Over a black screen, Noir captures these gunshots and conversations with several residents and passers-by who try to make sense of what they heard and didn’t hear, saw and didn’t see. The video is either shown in a screening or as a monitor installation in an exhibition space.

blue-voids:

Yves Klein - The Void (Empty Room), 1961

likeafieldmouse:

Henri Matisse - Moroccan Landscape (1911-13)

Tony Cragg at the Louvre, 2011