http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories daily 0.75 2018-06-05 http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/8/20/reality-art monthly 0.5 2018-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369686757-C7ORV7S759LD4KG37G16/Biennial_1.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Signs Deana Lawson 2016, Inkjet print Bold photographs that made me want to meet the people in the pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369698750-H3KQIIEH5J167EHLOHA0/Biennial_2.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Sons of Cush Deana Lawson, 2016 Inkjet Print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369695094-I2ETXWZBJ9HUJJ1CKL8E/Biennial_3.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Trigger (Sig Sauer MCX) 2016, Metal Gun Trigger, permanently disabled by Chip Flynn Issues of gun violence were turned on their head by Chip Flynn’s disabled gun triggers scattered throughout the exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369703659-JGOJ5XW9E8I0ZJ4QNA93/Biennial_4.jpg Stories - Reality Art - St. Tammany Parish Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, 2016, Oil on Canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369717818-X1MNOMMMPKZIU2BMKN3N/Biennial_5.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Veteran's Day Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, 2016, Oil on linen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369713428-TCCKL979SWSJKBLM1Q78/Biennial_6.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Fall with Me for a Million Days (My sweet waterfall) Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, 2016, Oil on Canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369718706-EOONILUL830Q7TTJJA5P/Biennial_7.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Shafts Tala Madani, 2017, Oil on linen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369730251-ZP88183ATJ3R05LI7VV7/Biennial_8.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Trigger (Glock 22) 2017, All: (permanently disabled by Chip Flynn), Metal and plastic gun triggers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369740804-SUT6DN3KF7VZS6U7D9R5/Biennial_9.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Untitled, 2016 Matt Browning These meticulously sculpted wood works were scattered throughout the exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369745102-IRPL0XSVZMXTPULT9BU5/Biennial_10a.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Claim (Whitney Version) Pope.L, 2017, Acrylic paint, graphite pencil, pushpins, wood, framed document, fortified wine, and bologna with black and white photocopy portraits. Dealing with the accurate assessment of populations is the concept behind this work which feature images of people (who may or may not be Jewish) attached to balogna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369758104-YMCDNOU8LZOIIKDV4E84/Biennial_10b.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Claim (Whitney Version) Pope.L, 2017, Acrylic paint, graphite pencil, pushpins, wood, framed document, fortified wine, and bologna with black and white photocopy portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369759515-K26LKC3TCE68ALF91L0G/Biennial_10c.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Claim (Whitney Version) Pope.L, 2017, Acrylic paint, graphite pencil, pushpins, wood, framed document, fortified wine, and bologna with black and white photocopy portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369766530-7U822KT0RPUCLY0XKTIL/Biennial_11.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Evolution, 2016 Jon Kessler, 2016, Aluminum, custom-printed fabric, mannequins, coral, driftwood, snorkels, foam fish, Bridget Riley exhibition catalogue, virtual-reality headsets, plastic, closed-circuit camera, iPhone, media player, analogue video switcher, video amplifier, microprocessor, lights, LCD screens, and motors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503369792681-CKX1IRQXQ82L1U2CQ8O7/Biennial+12.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Open Casket Dana Schutz, 2016, Oil on canvas This was the most controversial work in the exhibit with calls for its destruction. Painted by a white artist, many felt it was inappropriate appropriation for “profit and fun.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503371527917-1ZNZF28GF6SZWNM8UKYX/Biennial_13.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Latin Runners Club Aliza Nisenbaum, 2016 Oil on linen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503372163258-P083XG84PGGVEAW6A86N/Biennial_14.jpg Stories - Reality Art - La Talaverita, Sunday Morning NY Times Aliza Nisenbaum, 2016, Oil on Linen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503759813724-J8XVA18FULJJB1XPGVZK/Biennial_15.jpg Stories - Reality Art - beginning & the end neither & the otherwise betwixt & between the end is the beginning & the end Raúl de Nieves, 2016, Paper, wood, glue, acetate, tape, and beads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503759814981-4AOBPTI2ERZ3LYN57T74/Biennial_16.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Somos Monstros 2 Raúl de Nieves, 2016, Beads, glue, found trim, cardboard, costume jewelry, and dress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503761495045-KWDHXAQBQ334NMHWX9VH/Biennial_17.jpg Stories - Reality Art - The John Riepenhoff Experience Visitors climbed a small ladder to insert their heads into a box. Inside they viewed videos chosen by the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503761495784-V7DFDTL6BMA6XT9XZWR1/Biennial_18.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Handler John Riepenhoff Papier-Mache, fiberglass, wood, wire, fabric, and shoes with Michelle Grabner’s Untitled, 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503762205496-AKXZOMFT4VR1MEENP8BK/Biennial+19.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Pacific Red II Larry Bell, 2017, Laminated Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503762231907-Y1T68R9DB06UM9MEHXYE/Biennial_20.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Pacific Red II Larry Bell, 2017, Laminated Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503762231161-KYMAZMD7LYG5FH17DM1M/Biennial_21.jpg Stories - Reality Art - Pacific Red II Larry Bell, 2017, Laminated Glass http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/12/14/art-magic monthly 0.5 2018-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513281433323-WTIDLMA7IZVM6XV4Z7C3/Italy_1.jpg Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921463883-EG8FCI0X9BPVGF54XZ5Z/ITALY_02.png Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921658245-2X2EZ0YEVKUV4YYI7E33/ITALY_08.jpg Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921456788-VJLYUHJ41T9BT6WNUCXD/ITALY_03.png Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921475854-5KLK4YGUEPVADIT8OTO5/ITALY_04.png Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921468051-0VOC1W1D45IGBGFJNS4Q/ITALY_05.jpg Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921471043-ZJZIVNL6EB2AS2Q4RYHB/ITALY_06.jpg Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921473425-EWWBIE45338ZESHBL1VS/ITALY_07.jpg Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921714214-Y5U2QWX5DP8FAGOM2T6G/ITALY_09.jpg Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921738262-POQ4L1NOHTPTR8N8LONP/ITALY_10.jpg Stories - Art Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1526921484900-DO6GSVYR12MEGXL2RQQB/ITALY.png Stories - Art Magic http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2018/6/5/peaceful-monsters monthly 0.5 2018-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1528479074245-EW7QLPJ0POMXQSD9M915/PEACE_5.jpg Stories - Peaceful Monsters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1528479037785-NGKLG2L2L47MTTDMOMJD/PEACE_3.jpg Stories - Peaceful Monsters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1528479091069-EJ94IY8JJDQCJLGRYCN1/PEACE_6.jpg Stories - Peaceful Monsters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1528479044751-R5VBOBY83GZNOTD32Z9P/PEACE_2.jpg Stories - Peaceful Monsters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1528479071751-AWL06D65CMDKBOVANWJF/PEACE_4.jpg Stories - Peaceful Monsters http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/8/26/murakami-and-me monthly 0.5 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503769994381-YJNPP2NSNSBMK5I5I2I8/Chi_Murakami_1.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - MCA Chicago Spectacular tentacles overwhelmed the MCA to announce the arrival of Murakami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503769994732-O7XVIRVUMFUVLG2RWVJM/Chi_Murakami_2.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Polyrhythm, 1991 Synthetic resin and stainless steel As someone who has played with the iconic power of the militaristic toys, I found this early Murakami work interesting. It said something about how the “sinister” can often be found in the “cute.” A note from the artist: "Our society's paradox is that we create plastic toy models that create a background for aggression and murder." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503770665406-O2RZ7ILMDEKUZVGJ2VPI/Chi_Murakami_3.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Date Paintings Date Painting 1978/2/4 1992/11/7 1988/11/1 Acrylic on canvas with sticker I obviously like On Kawara's conceptual date paintings more than Murakami who saw them as pretentious. And yet, he chose to make art that is a riff on those very paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503771165081-8NUY80Q9NWY0JPHUWV00/Chi_Murakami_4.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Nuclear power Picture, 1988 Straw, cardboard, and silver and gold pigment on canvas. Murakami had seen a retrospective of the work of Anselm Kiefer and you can see the influence here. More important for me is the fascination (or horror) with nuclear power that seems to regularly invade Murakami’s work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503851267640-KGCK3ACHSTYC36EVBOX0/Chi_Murakami_5.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - DOB Genesis: Reboot, 1993 Acrylic and silk screen on canvas mounted on wood. Any Murakami fan is all too familiar with the friendly, mischievous, sometimes evil Mr. DOB, Murakami’s alter ego. This painting marks his debut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503851268064-VL5A9C2Q407A5A3V0AFU/Chi_Murakami_6.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Installation View The large graphics associated with the show embraced Murakami’s often-repeated imagery including this view of a skull/atomic mushroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503851279363-84IP54KZZRXLKRJX2MVD/Chi_Murakami_7.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - ZuZaZaZaZaZa, 1994 Acrylic and silk screen on canvas mounted on board. More early versions of Mr. DOB, with nods to pop-culture and Disney as well as traditional Japanese Nihonga painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503851278249-U2TFO152F3H18WKASCNS/Chi_Murakami_8.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - 727, 1996 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas board. Murakami’s time spent studying traditional Japanese painting were on view in this work featuring Mr. DOB riding a burbling white river across the canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503853870980-SBDE31VFT105HZDCP061/Chi_Murakami_9.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - And Then, And Then, And Then, and ten, and Then (Red), 1996 Acrylic on canvas mounted on board. After asking a professional wall painter to render Mr. DOB, Murkami found the result to be "too perfect." So he sanded it down creating a mottled surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503853894267-EYG27SGH6E0E6LHNJF4W/Chi_Murakami_10.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Installation View Murakami’s flowers are one of my favorite themes in the world of art. From the moment I experienced them, I was sucked in by their “superflat” charm that somehow feels just a little sinister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503853881368-3MKBE7S52FFGPHUIMZOW/Chi_Murakami_11.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Flowers, flowers, flowers, 2010 Acrylic and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on aluminum frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503853907483-4H0A63PEGYQZLK9MLGM2/Chi_Murakami_13.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Installation View Murakami’s works inspire contemplation. And yet, they are often as unsettling as they are calming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503853914272-X44DJKHQ6EBBK7ADZ2S7/Chi_Murakami_14.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Of Chinese Lions, Peonies, Skulls, and Fountains, 2011 Acrylic on canvas stretched on wooden panel. Eighteenth-century works by Sakaki Hyakusen and others are the inspiration for this work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503855707966-61OLOFA1APBW5UV4ZM73/Chi_Murakami_15.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Tan Tan Bo Puking - aka Gero Tan, 2002 Murakami’s works strained to fit the walls of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary art including this work which features Mr. DOB transformed into a crazed monstrosity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503855702142-9H717O0SICV2PY69OGWV/Chi_Murakami_16.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503855718114-PAOPC7M40FDM6L80E0CV/Chi_Murakami_18.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Dragon in Clouds--Indigo Blue, 2010 This painting is directly based on Dragon and Clouds by eighteenth-century artist Soga Shohaku's. The work is a departure for Murakami and is painted by hand without his typical laborious studio process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503855728976-611CWGNMTJHC25UL1TKA/Chi_Murakami_19.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Detail: Dragon in Clouds--Indigo Blue, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503853901408-OBLHGV4CUJ4N4C3KFFLO/Chi_Murakami_12.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Isle of the Dead, 2014 Acrylic on canvas. In response to the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people in Japan, Murakami turned to historical paintings and the legend of a band of Buddhist monks called arhats who roamed the land in an attempt to heal and comfort people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503855740004-7FR1GJIBUR7B5P0OV1X9/Chi_Murakami_20.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Isle of the Dead, 2014 Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503855744368-VW7KNQM4J187CRWZGA9C/Chi_Murakami_21.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Isle of the Dead, 2014 Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503856760152-8V9R6532OJBMA7EUEV6Y/Chi_Murakami_22.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - The Octopus Eats its Own Leg, 2017 Acrylic, gold leaf, and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel: 45 panels. This multi-panel references a Japanese folktale about an octopus who eats its own leg to survive, knowing that it will regenerate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503856763762-NMBMWF6EF92YBESFZCAX/Chi_Murakami_23.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - The Octopus Eats its Own Leg, 2017 Acrylic, gold leaf, and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel: 45 panels. This multi-panel references a Japanese folktale about an octopus who eats its own leg to survive, knowing that it will regenerate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503856771959-6BC1QDOR21MD4882C8EI/Chi_Murakami_24.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - Chakras Open and I Drown Under the Waterfall of Life, 2017 Styrofoam, water-based urethane, wood, iron, and acrylic paint. Sculpted by Lucky Wide Co., Ltd. Painted in collaboration with MADSAKI and snipe 1. I watched the creation of this work on Instagram. So it was delightful to see the work in person. It was also my introduction to the art of Madsaki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1503856891363-87TXO3N1WDZ31BXFBF4O/Chi_Cover_2.jpg Stories - Murakami and Me - The Octopus Eats its Own Leg, 2017 Acrylic, gold leaf, and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel: 45 panels. This multi-panel references a Japanese folktale about an octopus who eats its own leg to survive, knowing that it will regenerate. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/12/14/art-pirate monthly 0.5 2018-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277572019-4K2JNTUW9LZTQ0OFEV48/DH_Cover_Option_2.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Demon with Bowl (Painted Resin) At about 60 feet tall, this sculpture was one of my favorites, if for nothing else than the sheer bravado it represents. And I still can't figure out how they installed the thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277606607-ENPU2CWYTWNIJ1W56I3Z/DH_Main_2.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Demon with Bowl (Painted Resin) According to the legend that led to the show, this is an enlargement of a smaller bronze recovered from the wreckage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277608881-RQI0CEG8S1VG1L03RSEU/DH_Main.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Demon with Bowl (Painted Resin) The show guide suggests, "the bowl held in the demon's outstretched arm was a vessel used for collecting human blood, conforming to the contemporary perception that demons were universally destructive beings." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277600670-2SK056CLD1NNB20G5GAZ/DH_Head.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Head of a Demon, Excavated 1932 (Bronze) This head is supposedly the lost head of the Demon with Bowl on display nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277567873-N0I5S9I787CQFMMY90VU/DH_Bodies.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Hermaphrodite (Bronze and black granite) There were three versions of this. Shown here are a "museum copy" and a "pre-restoration" version encrusted in coral. I liked the strangeness of seeing them together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277567004-DNT1CRW6FPDCUKQ3KTUV/DH_Collector.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Bust of the Collector (Painted Bronze) I can't tell if Hirst celebrating or mocking his collectors.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277616366-DEINLXNEU2PIMFI4LKBO/DH_Mickey.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Mickey, Bronze I will admit that the Disney stuff was a little ridiculous. Mostly because it stepped so far out of the narrative. I'm pretty sure Damien did these works just because he knew neo-Pop collectors would pay lots o'money for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277613642-RTX9BIWRGDVFG3NNOD1B/DH_Mickey_Light.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Mickey Carried by Diver (Powder-coated aluminum, printed polyester, and acrylic lightbox.) Many of the works were accompanied by lit photographs of pieces being salvaged from the wreckage. I found the images engaging even if this particular work struck me as silly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277599348-2G8LQEX4WRVCOVA2IOMB/DH_Jungle_Book.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Best Friends (Bronze) This Disney-themed work was ev en less effective. And I really missed the weird Damien-Hirst titles that so often make you question the meaning, even if those questions involve The Bare Necessities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277595424-LW4CI0EO4FWWLCNPSB42/DH_Cyclops.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Skull of Cyclops (Painted Bronze) From a conceptual standpoint I thought this was one of the more interesting works in the show. But its execution was less interesting than other works in the show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277611675-ECXYG09OQL7AOAB22E5Z/DH_Medusa.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - The Severed Head of Medusa (Malachite) This was one of many works where the use of expensive materials sometimes felt gratuitous. That said, I like that Hirst loves to make work intrisically valuable through his choice of materials.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277617365-1VPE17TIBZAR276Q364E/DH_Neptune.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Neptune (Lapis Lazuli and white agate.) I appreciated the workmanship that went into many works. One wonders where you find the artisans to produce such work.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277622356-QT13LOIKPB4H5ZKWGWTJ/DH_Offering_Unknown.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Aspect of Katie Istar ¥o-land (Bronze and Gold Leaf.) The gold leaf applied from the neck down was a startling effect on this sculpture of "the goddess of fertility, sexual love, and warfare."   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277904441-JKKJUOTG1J2I70FXTZ5D/DH_Cover_Option_3.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Aspect of Katie Ishtar ¥o-land (Bronze and gold leaf)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277626040-9WFE75HC10V88E14WC8G/DH_Penitent.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Penitent (Silver and Paint) Some of the more sexually charged works in the show were most intriguing. But like the Disney works, they some how seemed out of place considering the story behind the show.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277632728-V6NONJOTH88BHL03POVI/DH_Sinner.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Sinner (Silver and paint)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277626133-TDOP0CK1QKMK44E65DW0/DH_Pharoah.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Unknown Pharaoh (Blue granite, gold, and white agate) Understanding that this is a "collection of ancient works," some pieces were too literal of a translation of that idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277630822-1FU6IWM7NMRZF7BXYJ92/DH_Skull_Skin.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - The Skull Beneath the Skin (Red marble and white agate) This was one of my favorite works in the show. It felt like it came from the mind of Hirst that made me a fan. And it was beautifully displayed.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277640702-Z6TH8S1DVR5ATAKB7PCJ/DH_Sphinx.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Head of Sphinx (Silver and Paint) The large quantities of silver required for this show are mind boggling. But I liked the idea of works cast in silver. (I have some small skulptures in my home that are sterling silver.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513277638273-OKEXLO5EF07RI194QEN7/DH_Transformer.jpg Stories - Art Pirate - Huehueteotl and Olmec Dragon (Silver, paint) The modern nature of these works also jolted the viewer out of the exhibit, which may have been Hirst's intent. But they would have been more interesting under with a different context. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/12/14/helping-hands monthly 0.5 2018-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513279704543-3JS0LY121W3F7EZ0KHXX/Hands_2.jpg Stories - Helping Hands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513279703390-X67WM6QKN8UCFJ6T6Q2V/Hands_3.jpg Stories - Helping Hands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1513279710285-EQIJDT7FMLOT8W62U33H/Hands_Cover_Option_2.jpg Stories - Helping Hands http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/9/25/mnster-now monthly 0.5 2017-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346594970-LZTMQWDT6KEPCSY6486W/ANW_Eisenman_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Nicole Eisenman: Sketch for a Fountain The gender-neutral bronze and plaster figures lounging around a pond were a delightful discovery on my first day wandering Münster. This work is also featured as the main image for this post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346597856-COI3QDULDIAZJSPEBAWR/ANW_Eisenman_3.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Nicole Eisenman: Sketch for a Fountain Many of the figures seemed to have sprung leaks with mist or squirts of water spraying from them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346610318-6O4H1UEH6AI7UUAGUMU5/ANW_Eisenman_4.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Nicole Eisenman: Sketch for a Fountain As calm and relaxed as these figures are, they caused controversy. During the festival the sculpture was vandalized twice. One figure was decapitated and later the work was spray painted with a swastika, a phallus, and other negative graffiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346609110-JJK34TRIZNR01JC534OA/ANW_Eisenman_5.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Nicole Eisenman: Sketch for a Fountain The pensive, calm nature of the work was delightful and I've read some reports that suggest the city might consider purchasing the work so it would become a permanent resident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346632043-SK56BHA0ECCAV3609ZKX/ANW_Favaretto_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Lara Favaretto: Momentary Monument – The Stone This granite monument's rough hewn form stays true to the messiness of much of what the art world seems to want now. But I was drawn to its monolithic presence. And it's conceptual nature made it more interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346625734-3NOEOEMTC5I3K060LVG6/ANW_Favaretto.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Lara Favaretto: Momentary Monument – The Stone The rock had been hollowed out with a few small slots where viewers were invited to insert coins. At the end of the festival, this giant bank was crushed and more that 26,000 euros were donated to HIlfe für Menschen Abschiebehaft Büren e.V. (Help for People in Deportation Custody). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346683636-R5QGJD416RW8S0T6Z8UE/ANW_Gardens_3.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Jeremy Deller: Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You This work was tucked away in a community-garden cottage. The idea started ten years earlier at the 2017 installment of the Skulptur Projekte. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346662168-YF3X9OJEREJRL1QSHGBD/ANW_Gardens_4.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Jeremy Deller: Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You In 2007, Deller asked community gardens around the world to keep garden journals for the following decade. In 2017, he showed about 30 of these journals that could be removed from a wooden shelve for browsing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346651903-79UM11IIXM48MWURU94I/ANW_Gardens_1.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Jeremy Deller: Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You Part of the joy of Deller's work was the walk required to get there. The path through one of Münster's community allotment gardens (participants in the work) made for a lovely afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346653125-IJRV2FROIOSONCR660RM/ANW_Gardens_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Jeremy Deller: Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You The cottages along the path to Deller's work were charming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346579341-B78ZVX8IE8Z6B53DN0PA/ANW_Baghramian.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Nairy Baghramian: Privileged Points This work, placed in front of Münster's Baroque palace Erbdrostenhof, remains intentionally unfinished with clamps holding the brass castings together. Only when the piece is sold and finds its final home will the connections be permanently welded together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346683684-I1S2FM9L1HQH2TAMFW18/ANW_Matherly_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Justin Matherly: Nietzsche's Rock Based on an actual rock that inspired some of Nietzsche's philosophies, this work explores the human connection to a philosophical and aesthetic past. I got none of that from seeing the sculpture but I loved it's strange, iceberg-like presence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346710559-9EQW7EN27RIQ2U75HRCM/ANW_Matherly.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Justin Matherly: Nietzsche's Rock Part of the fun of visiting Münster is seeing new works interacting with the permanent sculptural residents of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346694961-O04XMDVPV4OEM4M96K4X/ANW_Odzuck_1.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Christian Odzuck: OFF OFD This work is based on Münster's recently demolished revenue office. It's located on the building's previous site. The work introduced a trend that I would see repeatedly over my entire trip: sculpture that simultaneously felt monolithic and temporary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346713314-AG3CF0TE3D1KMMTU6DAG/ANW_Odzuck_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Christian Odzuck: OFF OFD A detail from the concrete blocks that created the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346723315-E82WY3XPEYFJVRGGPQOL/ANW_Peles_Empire_1.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Peles Empire: Sculpture The tiled facade of this work features an image of the crumbling Romanian castle at Peles, the namesake of this artistic duo. I loved the way the sculpture interacted with Münster's historical buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346732134-FMTWU4ITG6DBJQUMZ31T/ANW_Peles_Empire_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Peles Empire: Sculpture The work wasn't just a facade. Viewers could enter the church-like space where they were confronted with a contemporary architectural environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346741375-WOYYPRUELLE4NYJT0YOP/ANW_Posters.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Andreas Bunte: Laboratory Life This work made me wonder what really qualified as sculpture. Posters pasted directly onto architectural spaces in the city featured QR codes that retrieved video content of laboratory and scientific images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346750282-EIYOV48PW5SFMAIEA5TG/ANW_Schutte_1.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Thomas Schütte: Nuclear Temple This was one of my favorite works mostly for the way the public reacted to it. Kids giggled, screamed in delight, and darted in and out of the sculpture with visible joy; a strange juxtaposition against an apocalyptic-looking work titled Nuclear Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346762464-7MV7JY286KGG98CHSXD2/ANW_Schutte_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Thomas Schütte: Nuclear Temple This detail shows sealed, window-like shapes that either provide protection from the outside, or entrapment from the inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346769010-N7BTXLXGVE7BDS96SIEP/ANW_Steyeri_1.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Hito Steyerl: HellYeahWeFuckDie According to the online magazine Billboard, the five words in the title of this work are the most commonly used in the English language music charts. This sculpture featured amazing video which was so cleverly utilized in the environment that it was the only time during Skulptur Projecte I felt video achieved a true sculptural quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346770850-HN8S83L59CVK7L4LP01G/ANW_Steyeri_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Hito Steyerl: HellYeahWeFuckDie In addition to these monolithic sculptures, the featured videos were very engaging. They showed lab videos of robots being tortured by humans to improve their mobility and stability. I left the installation feeling that when robots take over the world and destroy us all, they might very well point to these images as the reason for their actions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346786665-STCO9CYPHPH2Y1K108LE/ANW_Water_Bridge.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Ayşe Erkmen: On Water Experiencing this "walk on water" was a bit terrifying. The effect on the day I was there wasn't as dramatic as I've seen in other photos where it looks like people are walking on water. Here the water went up to your knees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346770902-6RXJ8QE0BBRIOF40PE28/ANW_Tonaki.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Installation view from Münster Skultur Projekte 2017 I'm not totally sure exactly what you're seeing here. I believe the photo walls are part of Provisional Studies: Workshop #7 How to Live Together and Sharing the Unknown by Koki Tanaka. They are placed near a sculptural remnant from a past festival. What I love about the image is the way it expresses the strange vistas that occur when so much public art is found in such a small city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346797891-LS8RKD7AJJDGJRV2KA5S/ANW_Youmbi_2.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Hervé Youmbi: Celestial Masks This creepy installation was found in a disused cemetery. Hidden high in the trees, the masks stared down at viewers and those buried below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506346805130-LNK2XB9U9YV895ZM4VEO/ANW_Youmbi.jpg Stories - Münster Now - Hervé Youmbi: Celestial Masks Created with a combination of an American horror film icon and animistic tokens from traditional African cultures, the masks asked questions about capitalism, religion, and superstition. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/10/27/mnster-then monthly 0.5 2017-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509134888921-6Q4ULO1I9PO1R7OWI3TW/APW_Anselmo.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Giovanni Anselmo: Verkürzter Himmel This work from the 1987 edition of the Sculpture Project features the work's title, Verkürzter Himmel [Shortened Heavens] engraved on a simple stainless steel post. For as minimalist as the work is, it was impossible not to stop and explore when it came into view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464788167-1NPHBHZ6KLU330B8JI9A/Then_Glasses_2.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Silke Wagner: Münsters GESCHICHTE VON UNTEN [Münster's HISTORY FROM BELOW] was installed for the 2007 edition. The sculpture remembers a local activist named Paul Wulf and acts as a advertising column for content from a relevant website, www.uwz-archiv.de. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464785565-J98JY0HVVDFT0EOTZYQJ/Then_Glasses.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Silke Wagner: Münsters GESCHICHTE VON UNTEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464882009-2YTW075WRLQXFQZS0S8V/Then_de_Vries_2.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Herman de Vries: sanctuarium This circular brick wall sculpture with sandstone elements was created for the 1997 Sculpture Project. The enclosed area isn't tended like the surrounded park, creating a [hopefully] more natural view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464880079-1VR9ZPV8D0YUGFKBGGWI/Then_de_Vries.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Herman de Vries: sanctuarium Openings in the wall allow you to see the "natural" view desired by the artist. However graffiti and litter have invaded the work, making it something the artist may not have intended. On the day I was there, an abandoned bra added unexpected ornamentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464792016-XJNQTQ6JZ7KSJB3VJGP6/Then_Graham_2.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Dan Graham: Oktogon für Münster This octagonal pavilion with two-way-mirrored glass, metal, and wood was built for the 1987 festival. It may have been my favorite piece I saw in Münster for it's beauty and calming force. It felt like it was imagined just for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464792065-B9YADVCFL5PFD4P6CFLJ/Then_Graham.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Dan Graham: Oktogon für Münster Of course the work wasn't built just for me. Instead it was designed to honor the city's history and a tradition of "pleasure pavilions" that were a Baroque tradition in any palace park. It certainly lived up to its promise of pleasure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464796765-RVRXAKXLW3OASJ9FCCEV/Then_Judd.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Donald Judd: Ohne Titel [Untitled] Ringed walls seemed to be a thing at Sculpture Project including this work form the 1977 edition. Somehow these works have largely avoided graffiti which is ever present in many other works. Perhaps that's because this work is designed to be an idealized version of the existing topography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1509464796885-DE228GCWZGETD0JEUBBR/Then_Oldenburg.jpg Stories - Münster Then - Claes Oldenburg: Giant Pool Balls This work from the first Sculpture Project in 1977 must have been perfectly delightful at a time when art in public spaces was still a bit of a novelty. Then again, it was pretty dang delightful even in 2017 when the whole city is filled with public art. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/9/22/the-ice-rink-and-the-apocalypse monthly 0.5 2017-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088620050-G4PK58F4IRPA5J9BL2MB/PH_2.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - Careful cuts. Everything about this installation is thought through. The pattern of cuts in the concrete ice rink are based on the Stomachion logic puzzle invented by Archimedes. Yeah, I had to Google that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088619214-IMHBWDO2V4IB9J2I3WUD/PH_1.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - Sound and motion. The large pyramidal panels in the ceiling opened and closed to an ominous soundtrack created by scanning the shell of a conus textile, a venomous sea snail, and using that to create the score. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088623623-UAN6M2J2CR30VQ2SCAP7/PH_10.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - Achtung. As you waited in line, you were made aware of the real dangers that awaited inside the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088620104-HSEZXJWV6DWF2SPEXGGG/PH_3.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - Beware the bees. This mounded column of dirt contained a beehive. The bees gently drifted in and out of hive as they escaped and returned through the opening in the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088621179-OI3MVXK5MH7SQ5WT638Z/PH_4.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - A watery surprise. The glass in this aquarium changed from black to clear. It was triggered (I think) by light entering the ice rink as the pyramids on the ceiling opened and closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088622432-3N2ESGOSCDHN86YFAX3S/PH_8.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - Art reflections. When the aquarium is in its black state, it makes a startling, reflective surface that makes the viewer feel like he or she has been assimilated into the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088622013-41E09C260AHO94MLVJP7/PH_6.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - Sea creatures. When the walls of the aquarium shift to clear, you see chunks of ice rink floor surrounded by a small fish and a venomous sea snail. It was unnerving yet somehow calming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1506088621230-FVARMM1GGC1YV2ZDQJB4/PH_5.jpg Stories - The Ice Rink and the Apocalypse - Perfect light. The installation was lit entirely with natural light adding to the feeling that this place is somehow no longer controlled by humans. 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When Art Sucks - Superhero to the rescue The arrival of a small child in his superhero getup was the perfect juxtaposition to the powerful, menacing waters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1496624078400-1WB2ML6P955OHZLDGI5Q/Descension_2.jpg Stories - When Art Sucks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1496624144869-DKUSLS7KB3WK28GCHNID/Descension_5.jpg Stories - When Art Sucks - The big picture This view from the Brooklyn Bridge shows the lengths the Public Art Fund is willing to go to to install an artist's vision. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/4/26/spiraling-into-control monthly 0.5 2017-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1501709616420-D018X9I6HMUYIZOHEQBR/Spiral_Jetty_Cover.png Stories - Spiraling into control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1501709644011-JB8IFH96IP3O7QCU847T/Spiral_Jetty_People.png Stories - Spiraling into control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1501709642471-F6CNT3O80J0D4JQN81TX/Spiral_Jetty_Rock_Out_Crop.png Stories - 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Minter uses metal as a substrate because enamel cracks over time on canvas. The medium dries quickly so these paintings are created with many layers of paint, the last applied with fingers to ensure a perfectly blended finish.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486748907246-14DRJONM0IHB62GF5MM7/Coral_Ridge_Tower.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - The Coral Ridge Towers 1965, printed 1995, Gelatin silver prints The Coral Ridge Towers photographs were the result of an undergraduate assignment. The museum card notes, "The ways in which women view, mask, and display themselves, is exemplified in the extreme by her mother's narcissicm, reflected in the many mirrors of her home." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486744167378-G5E7FGCOJXX6RXEYINGT/Little_Girls_Detail.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Little Girls #1 1986, Enamel on Canvas, three panels Little Girls #1 considers how the female body is viewed even from an early age. "The funhouse-style mirroring suggests the distorting effects of traditional notions of beauty and femininity imposed by this gaze." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486744166499-HJBRWDSLG3UKF9Z3223C/Little_Girls_close.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Little Girls #1, Detail 1986, enamel on canvas, three panels The Benday dots are a fine-art nod to the Pop artists of the 1950s and 60s. However the content of these paintings seems to critique the sensibility of Pop's mostly male cast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486744449095-P2X2HNIRE3KBYLL99JML/Big_Girls.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Big Girls 1986, Enamel on canvas, two panels   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486744107515-JLRATASRDZPD0NT5UQBZ/Sink_Study.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Sink Study 1978, Oil on unstretched canvas. I loved this painting which foreshadows Minter's future work, whether it's the photorealism, the willingness to represent life's grittier details, or the attention to the captivating nature of food.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486684460570-OCY38MNR3XND5P155H4K/Rouge.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Rouge Baiser 1994, Enamel on metal The extreme phallic nature of this women's staple stays true to Minter's themes of the way women present themselves, frequently in environments where they need to challenge the power of men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486684568160-CTEEGI4JK3UY7XBP64MI/Food_Porn.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - 100 Food Porn 1989 - 90, Enamel on metal From the museum notes: "Twenty years before the rise of foodie culture, 100 Food Porn drew connections between the work of food preparation (shucking, peeling, de-veining, and cutting) and sexual activity. The paintings borrow from the language of drips and splashes in the work of Abstract Expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486743542621-4TFBLG255QXN986A8HLB/Porn_Grid.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Porn Grid 1989, Enamel on metal, four panels From the museum notes: "These paintings portray cropped images appropriated from pornography and embellished with suggestive paint splashes and drips. At the time this work was shown, the subject matter, and Minter herself, sparked controversy." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486683867208-R99MOON8MOODE4OIWDVQ/Meltdown.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Meltdown 2011 Enamel on metal The grand scale, luscious liquid imagery, and female footwear help this image leap off the gallery walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486684073617-NC30OOS89YRJSKQG82VM/Dirty_Heel.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Dirty Heel 2008, Enamel on Metal Minter's paintings of women's feet in lavish heels juxtapose this poshness against the grit and grime of life on the city streets. The results are always strange and beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486684239845-CI33JKW0VSV6G814IAOO/Glazed.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Glazed 2006, Enamel on metal   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486684824611-4DP2Z9NZ9M2IME4PRUHS/Drizzle.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Drizzle (Wangechi Mutu) 2010, Enamel on metal From the museum notes: This painting depicts artist Mangechi Mutu, a friend of Minter's. Minter typically employs models in her shoots, and Mutu was likewise provided with expert makeup, designer clothes, high heels, and fake nails. The dripping gold liquid pouring from Mutu's mouth is a combination of vodka and metallic food coloring, a material trick that Minter employs to slimy, opulent effect." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486685235660-ECXWVIMAACNVWK7AOEXL/Blue_Poles.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Blue Poles 2007, Enamel on metal From the exhibition notes: "Painted at the crucial moment before the complete dominance of Photoshop in the fashion industry, blue Poles zooms in on one professional model's bodily realities: fair follicles, straying eyebrows, freckles, and a ripe pimple. Her eyes are smeared in shimmering blue makeup, and Minter's signature layering of enamel paint crisply details the abstract landscape of her face. The work's title is an allusion to Jackson Pollock's Number 11, 1952, also known as Blue Poles, a mural-sized Abstract Expressionist painting where allover drips are punctuated with dynamic vertical poles." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486744667554-QI09X9IQCBOYHXNLVXQW/Installation_View.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Installation View https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486744760090-Z9NULFXBLM4PNXCANUYZ/Torrent.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Torrent 2013, Enamel on metal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486745472657-SCZVPJG0VQKFZI9OQ2FT/Defrost.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Defrost 2015, Enamel on metal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486745883178-M92XQIEW9YLST0QR106N/Black_Orchid.jpg Stories - Pretty / Dirty Indeed - Black Orchid 2012, Chromogenic print http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/2/9/meeting-and-meditation monthly 0.5 2017-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1487977371637-8F8PWLFIKT651JDMBL9Z/Meeting_2.jpg Stories - Meeting and Meditation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1487977372010-NMQQ0CC3JE20H5W08P3E/Meeting_3.jpg Stories - Meeting and Meditation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1487975184428-LDVEMNVM8QE6FG4N9YSZ/Meeting_1.jpg Stories - Meeting and Meditation http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/12/25/the-amazing-monsters-of-guillermo-del-toro monthly 0.5 2017-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794809899-CJRJ65AM8L3C4RO4EFSJ/Old_Man.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - Curious Cabinets Throughout the exhibit were cabinets, many created for movies, filled with curious objects and curios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794806125-DXMC629LH7P0BPSMIQO6/Frankenstein_4.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - The Monster Frankenstein's monster is a recurring theme throughout the exhibit. I loved this giant head modeled on Boris Karloff as the monster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794804586-J49OVXBAJVATFR98EJRI/Frankenstein_2.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - The Mad Scientist and His Monsters These life-sized sculptures reference Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Frankenstein with his monsters (Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794804216-N85GT9ZGGG5D1IBN6TN1/Frankenstain.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - Boris and Jack The exhibit featured a number of life-sized, hyper realistic creations like this of Boris Karloff and famed make-up artist Jack Pierce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794805027-DHOU6O6L53CMS0L5JE8E/Frankenstein_3.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - The Thoughtful Monster This painting of Frankenstein's Monster entranced me with it's melancholy, compassionate gaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794809283-DLWAM7O15B5Q08273RUC/Portrait_2.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - H. P. Lovecraft Guillermo del Toro is a big fan of horror-fiction writer, H. P. Lovecraft, seen here as a life-sized sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794814941-9LYUZBUYIKT548JT1R7J/Portraits.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - Obsessive Collections I've inadvertantly started collections of things like hands and skulls. But I love how obsessive and specific del Toro's collections are, like these busts of H. P. Lovecraft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794821073-KXYCTMK5Q63TCR9KA2JW/Skeletons_3.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - Ray Harryhausen and Little Friends This life-sized sculpture featured the inventor of "Dynamation" with some of the characters that made him famous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1482794816235-Y43UJEEO0XBS8ZII4IL7/Skeletons_2.jpg Stories - A Master and His Monsters - Skeletons Everywhere This detail from the sculpture of Ray Harryhausen featured his infamous skeletons modeled on those found in movies like Jason and the Argonauts. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2017/2/7/dream-containment monthly 0.5 2017-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486488547599-7WF10NKS36JNKGJRM2VA/Sound_Systems.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Mark Leckey Sound Systems These stacks of speakers were beautiful in a minimalist way. They created a haunting soundtrack that pulled in audio memories from other works in the exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579469417-FJJW2ATZT3SMGPBDK7W8/Green_Screen_Refrigerator.jpg Stories - Dream containment - GreenScreenRefrigerator (2010 - 2016) This installation is pretty much what it says it is. But in addition to the Samsung "Smart" refrigerator and speakers set within a green-screen environment, there was a Samsung TV, smartphone, and tablet, all playing videos featuring the refrigerator. The work isn't so much a sponsored moment, but rather a critique of the way "brands" have effectively become life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579415294-CB8K1VN54FLQL0NJI8FU/Felix_Deflated.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Inflatable Felix, 2014 This work appears in many of Leckey's exhibits. In fact there was a video nearby featuring the sculpture crammed into a variety of spaces. As someone who has an old stuffed version of this character left in my house after the death of Felix Flores, the deflated Felix took on added significance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579444510-6DQQDA56NYJ6UM5O4W8E/Felix_Mask_Installation.jpg Stories - Dream containment - UniAddDumThs (Animal), 2013 - 2016 This work includes copies of things like Louise Bourgeois' Nature Study, Max Ernst's The Elephant of Celebs, and a 1st century mummified cat. Of course there's also a large Felix the Cat helmet that appears elsewhere in the show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579429160-K76P7LCIOHDOVY4CAF1V/Felix_Mask.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Felix the Cat Helmet, 2016 This detail from UniAddDumThs (Animal), 2013 - 2016 is just one of the moments that makes Felix the Cat a surreal thread running throughout the exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579435946-31TXMXQX2RKD82L8S3PW/Felix_Mark_Jeff.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Felix, Mark, and Jeff This (self?) portrait shows the eye of artist Mark Leckey peering through the eye of his work, Felix the Cat Helmet. I've now added my image to the work, reflected in the feline's nose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579865150-I5CDUHEGI7C3S2JPH0E7/Felix_Photo.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Felix the Cat at NBC Studios, c. 1928, 2016 This c-print was the source for Mark Leckey's video Felix Gets Broadcasted (2007). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579451467-96WYCP7VWINDBMUYHFK2/Felix_Mini.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Miniature of Felix the Cat Helmet Mark Leckey uses copies of lots of other artists' work in his installation. His process includes miniature 3D printed models like this one of his own work Felix the Cat Helmet shown in earlier photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579459785-E4JVFU9T8HW0KSA7LWY1/Gober_Mini.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Gober three ways This exhibit gives an interesting glimpse into Mark Leckey's process. These are mini 3D printed copies of other artists' works that appear in the show including Robert Gober's Untitled (Man Coming Out of a Woman) which I have now seen three ways: This miniature, the full-size translucent copy also in this show, and the original Gober work seen at a retrospective of the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579485022-9NRK65N46KNWY1CQR2I4/Installation_View.jpg Stories - Dream containment - The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things Here's an installation view rethinking the artist's 2013 exhibition based upon his virtual archive of curiosities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579510752-9MH56TSPQC9WT6P1KUJD/Power_Tower_Installation.jpg Stories - Dream containment - 2016 - 1964 AD Mark Leckey presents a dreamy memory using his own works and the works of others, providing impressions from his former apartment in London's Soho district to the industrial infrastructure of his childhood in Liverpool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579525288-F0BRXYLPGJ6RL2XNBD4Z/Rock_Drill_Installation_View.jpg Stories - Dream containment - UniAddDumThs (Machine), 2013 - 2016 Most of these objects would seem at home in any millennial's room. But as I've spent time after my visit researching the inspiration for this entire exhibition, you realize things are more complex than they first appear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579517744-VV6LGP0I8TWCCXUSWGFM/Rock_Drill.jpg Stories - Dream containment - Copy of Torso in Metal This sculpture (Cosmo Wenman's 3D-printed copy of Torso in Metal from The Rock Drill) and the large white creature in the previous photo look like familiar models of Star Wars creatures. In reality, they are copies of Sir Jacob Epstein's 1914 sculpture of the same name which now sits in the Tate Museum. Learn more here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1486579484673-0THB90D9BYCS4GNKUFCA/New_Flight.jpg Stories - Dream containment - A New Means of Flight Mark Leckey finds his inspiration far and wide. This is a copy of a poster by Walter Sache found on deviantart.com. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/4/kiefer monthly 0.5 2016-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467688708158-JA1YU7GT60U3W632NLVY/Kiefer_2.jpg Stories - Art for an unsure world - Six out of seven. Installation view featuring six of The Seven Heavenly Palaces by Anselm Kiefer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467688708346-UTLOPX1RG98E7YV6UOU8/Kiefer_3.jpg Stories - Art for an unsure world - It could all come crashing down. From most angles, the towers in Anselm Kiefer's The Seven Heavenly Palaces felt poised to crumble down on top of the viewer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467688708392-SHA8V3GP8UTCJVGGLZCS/Kiefer_5.jpg Stories - Art for an unsure world - Torre dei Quadri Cadenti One of the smaller towers sits at the very end of the large hall. Elegantly lit and placed next to a large, melancholy canvas (Die Deutsche Heilslinie), the work evokes a devastating loneliness, particularly with no one else in the room. Based on the show's notes, I'm pretty sure that wasn't the artist's intent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467688708768-AY0ZN2OUDIY08GM9K150/Kiefer_6.jpg Stories - Art for an unsure world - Die Deutsche Heilslinie, 2012-2013 With its single, life-sized figure staring into a bleak landscape this massive canvas reminds us how lonely the future can be. Yes there is a "rainbow" of historical thinkers and philosophers. But that strikes me as little comfort in this solitary landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467688708696-YBDSCWO4VVT01PAW2T9S/Kiefer_7.jpg Stories - Art for an unsure world - Jaipur These canvases are bleak but inspiring. And I'm not the only one who recognized that fact. The guide for the installation suggests that the inverted pyramid becomes "a symbol of man’s vain attempt to move closer to the divine." I know just what they mean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467688709146-A98VCANKIHR855QK9GKK/Kiefer_8.jpg Stories - Art for an unsure world - Epic scale It's hard to imagine how big this installation is. But seeing a few humans, small and insignificant, helps demonstrate how The Seven Heavenly Palaces reminds us of our place in the universe. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/30/snack-like-an-italian monthly 0.5 2016-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469885601238-MQ38W7Y13O4MXSTM5BE6/Gelato_1.jpg Stories - Snack like an Italian - A frozen philosophy Gelato is more than outrageously delicious. It's a way of life. I loved getting a copetta (tiny bowl) of creamy goodness and leisurely wandering the vie and piazze on a warm summer evening with hundreds of Italians doing the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469885601377-D8D3RGRYU5225EQCVTEN/Limone_1.jpg Stories - Snack like an Italian - Schweppes Limone I love every brand of Italian lemon soda. But those little glass bottles of Schweppes Limone are my favorite. It's so refreshing and when you order them at a bar or restaurant they almost always come with ice, a rarity in Italy. I enjoyed this bottle at the impossibly chic, Wes-Craven-designed Bar Luce at La Fondazione Prada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1470619958194-1H4EPZ468SKIXRBUATLJ/Vinegar_Oil.jpg Stories - Snack like an Italian - The essentials Sure my hotel in Iseo had a coffee machine with coffee and tea. But it also included the staples of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, just in case you end up with a loaf of bread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1470629315892-OJEA8HWQJ4WTFYXP2F7V/Gelees.jpg Stories - Snack like an Italian - Gelèes Fruity jelly candies are everywhere. And i haven't found any I don't like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1470619940691-X5E7Y5PBS5DVZUCF29Y1/Parmigiano.jpg Stories - Snack like an Italian - Cheese snacks It's illegal in Italy to call processed cheese by a traditional cheese name. Of course in Italy, processed cheese is frowned upon. These are 100% legally-labeled Parmigiano Reggiano! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469885601588-KSNYV1KOLKBZU3KKRRQU/Limone_2.jpg Stories - Snack like an Italian - Seriously, get the Schweppes Limone Did I mention how much I love Schweppes Limone. It's the perfect after-Art refreshment. I enjoyed this bottle at the Hangar Bicocca cafe. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/17/una-bella-passerella monthly 0.5 2016-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808599156-K54FBBDH9I6EQT2WT50F/Walk_5.jpg Stories - Una Bella Passerella - A yellow brickless road The cheery yellow promenade helped elevate the spirits of every strolling The Piers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808617591-E2Z2216L71FNS33NCJFX/Night_Piers_1.jpg Stories - Una Bella Passerella - Nighttime Adventure The cool of the evenings made nighttime strolls particularly popular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808599682-7HN0VYV0Z0WDA4FC2QJ8/Walk_6.jpg Stories - Una Bella Passerella - Strolling views Lago d'Iseo and the surrounding mountains creating spectacular vistas for those out walking The Piers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808599797-Y7WCV2GIWX8A700F1DEB/Walk_7.jpg Stories - Una Bella Passerella - Photo Op With all that glorious light, the epic spectacle, and plenty of friends, taking time to snap photos was irresistible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808599113-4588EQVASJCVXDY7LNG3/Walk_4.jpg Stories - Una Bella Passerella - Basking in Sunshine Since The Piers were out in the middle of the lake, there was nothing to create shadows except for the walkers themselves. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/17/art-in-demand monthly 0.5 2016-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808035626-TS3LE8JTG6UCK1C8J7AK/Demand_6.jpg Stories - Art in Demand - A dark descent Visitors descend a long, narrow, dimly-lit staircase to enter Processo Grottesco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808035462-OUJ09VVFN86YD6YUR7AF/Demand_5.jpg Stories - Art in Demand - Grotto Thomas Demand's large scale image, Grotto is the first thing you see upon entering the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808015609-TLSYEN61NWW299LDG2A8/Demand_1.jpg Stories - Art in Demand - A subterranean world The star of the Processo Grottesco is this set constructed of paper and cardboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468808015938-OSEMEVKHDYCW676479DO/Demand_2.jpg Stories - Art in Demand - Precision and nature For the first time ever, Demand used virtual computer technology to help cut his 3D model. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/17/the-relativity-of-yellow monthly 0.5 2016-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468811236962-ST42AMKR2H1TFJWBXSN5/Cigna.jpg Stories - The relativity of yellow - The perfect accessories The local bird population seemed to be as enamored with The Piers as the humans. The swans arrived perfectly accessorized with their yellow/orange beaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468811236925-43OACN26V2I5YT0XET1Z/City_1.jpg Stories - The relativity of yellow - Follow the yellow silk road Almost like a flood, the yellow fabric creeped out of the lake and up through the streets of Sulzano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1468811511896-TCWUZQPRTZ6HZUC3OLI2/Yellow_2.jpg Stories - The relativity of yellow - Yellow everywhere It often felt like everything in the region had been turned yellow. These barricades were all over Italy, but in Sulzano it felt like they had been specially made just for this event. And everything from buses to flashing traffic signals seemed to have lovingly adopted the color. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/23/a-pilgrimage monthly 0.5 2016-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469309777693-7Q61MEFWPGNZQO3ZMJ4W/Prada_3.jpg Stories - A pilgrimage - Haunted house This four story building known as the Haunted House is clad in 24 carat gold and houses objects from the foundation's permanent collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469309778082-N1M53CNUF0VL87UT6WRH/Prada_4.jpg Stories - A pilgrimage - Open spaces The open spaces between buildings added a minimalist attitude to the older buildings that were part of a former 1910s distillery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469309777021-FZ7C9D1SG1BG0CENO0VQ/Prada_1.jpg Stories - A pilgrimage - Information on demand I loved the consistency of the information booklets provided for each exhibition. Simple newsprint booklets arranged on center-punched holes made me wish for a special binder just to keep everything organized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469309781548-36LLL3EIQCZGE6JLFKFQ/Prada_2.jpg Stories - A pilgrimage - A wooden road The finishes at La Fondazione Prada were spectacular. These gray, wooden cobblestone-like pathways were simple yet elegant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469309778744-FRNPL2SXU8VFSPWJPW28/Prada_9.jpg Stories - A pilgrimage - A walkway refined The weathered wood walkways continued inside the main entry but with a more sophisticated attitude, creating fond memories of the places just passed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469309779271-720YIR3N7VR49JHU89ZT/Prada_10.jpg Stories - A pilgrimage - A moment of reflection Large swaths of outdoor mirrors seemed to ask visitors to contemplate the art on display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469584128214-DNI356GSJVZ52R41E8MJ/Bar_Luce_Limone.jpg Stories - A pilgrimage - Bar Luce The perfect way to end a visit to La Fondazione Prada is with a refreshing Schweppes Limone at the impossibly chic Bar Luce designed by Wes Craven. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/25/marching-bandemonium monthly 0.5 2016-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469489912893-ZYYGVURSJG7U59L9IZU3/Band_Tooele.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Tooele High School Marching Band Tooele brought some serious marching precision to the parade. Although if you look closely you might find someone out of step. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469489932402-IEHYAAX7IDD4G98BEGI1/Band_Tooele_2.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Trombones and Tubas of Tooele Most marching bands choose the classic Sousaphone for lower brass sections. But this over-the-shoulder tuba sure looks sharp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469490183162-FGRHWFPGNDP16L7S0M8N/Band_Canyon_View_Falcons.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Canyon View Falcons Marching Band Usually it's the trumpet section that features the cool kids. But the Falcons offered up a section of saxophonists who brought the style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469490373992-WK3M3SGK534ELRRWAO47/Band_Delta_1.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Delta High School Marching Rabbits Delta was decked out in fantastic uniforms, I figure they're from down south; they're not going to let a little northern-Utah heat scorch their style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469490373541-JQOP50TBK7T5Y37MUX0H/Band_Delta_2.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Delta Drum Line Marching bands are nothing without a great drum line, the hardest working section in the whole parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469490598828-J42PQVDBTTZV500LMEVR/Band_Kearns.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Kearns High School Marching Band I give you the entire drum line of the Kearns High School Marching Band. Ladies, I salute you for doing what every good drum line does, keeping the entire affair on track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469490925335-IP64J809WRJF1R08E8HO/Band_Letter_Carriers.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Letter Carriers Band Not all bands marched. Although I seem to remember the Letter Carriers Band marching in the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469491032699-UOC4X3DLRSV6VADVPHH5/Band_Temple_Pentecostal_Church_Choir.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Pentecostal Temple Church Choir Some bands didn't march and were a lot more than bands. While technically there is a band here, the annual appearance of Pentecostal Temple Church Choir brings a whole new, crowd-energizing vibe to the idea of mobile music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469491135280-4Y3KTI6O9J2S9F8T959W/Band_Wesleyan_Tonga.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Utah Brass Band The Pacific Islands produces more than one marching band. The Wesleyan Church Brass Band brings a stately island attitude to the parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469491354584-CUZPXJMV5P3SL30VGZTP/Band_Liahona_Alumni.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Liahona Alumni Band Every year, the Liahona band delivers a big, giant Aloha party vibe to Pioneer Day festivities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469491463238-9YL981NFZJ0DZXTRAOMY/Band_Utah_Pipe.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Utah Pipe Band Bagpipes brought a very different international sound to Utah's 24th celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469491705364-POY6OQQCCFDC4L3GT5QQ/Band_Davis_1.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Davis High School Marching Band Davis introduced themselves with the most stylish signage. What followed was the biggest band by far. That isn't always a good thing but in this case it was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469491705528-OLHVY8VP0V7E415MLBZD/Band_Davis_2.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Band Shenanigans The Davis band had a big, bold sound. And their quirky, choreographed shenanigans were delightful. I particularly liked the "freeze frame" at the very end of the parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469491705835-EBUVCVZAPYORNXUQ92ZO/Band_Davis_3.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Sousaphones Davis High had rows of Sousaphones spread throughout the band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469492084245-XT28Z40VCJ24WFQOMFSO/Band_Park_City.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Park City High School Marching Band Possibly the most refined band in the parade was from Park City High. And I'm guessing that coming from the cool, rarefied air of Utah's mountains, they forgot how hot it is down here in the valley. That's probably why they chose to wear those snappy uniforms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1469492084053-F05TD3Q1BUT8SCKUHQKA/Band_Park_City_2.jpg Stories - Marching Bandemonium - Brass band The Park City brass were screamin' good. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/2/bikes-boats-and-floating-piers monthly 0.5 2016-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496571859-H11264KS0ALHE87L1TUC/Bike_1.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Ride with a view. The bike ride along the hills above Sulzano, Italy was not only beautiful, but it also made you understand how truly monumental The Floating Piers was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496571900-Z6Z2D0PTUZ12UJU7B7TL/Bike_2.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Hotel envy This hotel high above Sulzano offered spectacular views of The Floating Piers, not to mention a pool that felt like it was right out of a movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496573345-ZKH4NK3J253URBDO3OA3/Boat_4b.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Walking on Water The boat offered a better view of what it was like to see thousands of people walking across the lake with only a plastic and fabric separating them from water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496573023-7JC4USC9I0NZ0AXB7HY4/Boat_2.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Isola di San Paolo This tiny island rose directly out of the water, which meant the piers were free-floating rather than attached to land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496573663-8IV0I76L9MNQY5XEHDMH/Boat_7.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - A perfect lookout The vistas from the boat allowed you to see how truly ephemeral The Floating Piers were. Here, a worker stands on a corner of The Piers surveying the crowds that are just out of view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496573856-DS8LUGCT3EGJB8H441FA/Boat_8.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Rest and relaxation Many people would just sit down and relax on The Piers. That was all fine unless the crowds were extreme; then workers paroled the walkways with bullhorns encouraging people to move along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496574508-5A02YXH2ISAA6FJJ6R10/Boat_Christo.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Adoring fans Christo loved to ride along side the piers on his giant barge (as seen in the background) as the crowds waved and shouted happy greetings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496576255-W9SRYAV69NY370MNXS2D/Boat_Tiny_Island_2.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496575138-2LV1FVP6DICJ30BFX4RY/Boat_Paradison.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Faded paradise The Floating Piers weren't the only think to see when you take a boat ride on Lago d'Iseo. The derelict Hotel Paradiso was on the opposite side of Monte Isola and provide a beautiful, haunting panaroma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496575624-RCD0MKYNNILPRLJAVS3N/Boat_Tiny_Island_1.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - Castle on the water Isola di San Paolo wasn't the only edifice rising out of the lake. Even more dramatic was Isola di Loreto, Both structures are privately owned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467496576960-BPCWZTXENZTXNHMK3ITA/Boat_Villa.jpg Stories - Bikes, Boats, and Floating Piers - At home on the lake. I loved all of the villas on the shores of the lake, most were homes with many families enjoying the view from their yards. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/7/3/when-in-doubt monthly 0.5 2016-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467568530146-1R0DV1IL4MSFH3RQTESS/Doubt_Entrance.jpg Stories - When In Doubt - An uncertain future. This photo features two works: Y (2003) and Division Walls (2016). Y is an amusement-park-like walkway that leads to entrances to the rest of the exhibit. There were numerous warnings that those who could not handle complete darkness or are claustrophobic should not enter. They weren't kidding about the extreme darkness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467675202370-NRVQE0RRWIL2ONBRND29/Doubt_Corridor.jpg Stories - When In Doubt - Light at the end of the tunnel. Decision Corridors (2015) was a maze made out of large metal walkways. They were completely dark so that you had to feel your way through. At the very end, you emerged into the larger exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467675564692-876GKWV946YWBBTFNXS4/Doubt_Spectrum.jpg Stories - When In Doubt - An art carnival The main area of the installation had a carnival like feel where I was able to soar above it all in Two Flying Machines (2015) and flip the world with Upside-Down Goggles (1994/2011) while riding Double Carousel (2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467568530262-OE1SM916W39XMFG49C6F/Doubt_Sphere.jpg Stories - When In Doubt - Celestial lights Yellow/Orange Double Sphere (2016) was a blinking, blinding light that seemed to act as a guiding star for visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467568528817-NDSHPE81EJERAM8T72IA/Doubt_Bed_1.jpg Stories - When In Doubt - Lost in sleep My favorite work int he installation was Two Roaming Beds (Grey) (2015). These single beds were remote controlled by an algorithm and a GPS signal, so they aimlessly (and creepily) wandered the cavernous space of HangarBicocca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467568528941-8RB86F62PRK4HRPICCDC/Doubt_Bed_2.jpg Stories - When In Doubt - Night at the museum Had I known, I could have spent the night at HangarBicocca. The artist invited visitors to sleep and experience the exhibition by themselves at night, alone. I doubt you'd get much sleep and the experience would likely induce strange dreams for some time to come. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/6/26/engineering-art monthly 0.5 2016-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467495800376-7W2JXO5BG59NYQBR9L2S/Cubes.jpg Stories - Engineering art - Building Block 220,000 of these plastic cubes were used to create the 3 kilometers of The Floating Piers. 2.7 million liters of water were used to create the gently sloping effect at the sides of the piers which slanted down to water level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467495800442-YMSTN97N1CBSOCMVP6XZ/Boats.jpg Stories - Engineering art - Safety First There was an entire fleet of these red boats paroling the edges of The Piers to ensure safety and help with other needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467495800937-79RJPHM3GW78IX0B327Z/Light_Delivery.jpg Stories - Engineering art - A Nightly Ritual Like clockwork, every evening at 8:30 p.m. these boats drifted along the edge of The Piers. Workers on The Piers paced out spacing as another dropped off lighting boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467495943953-FHHPESNRY2QQHTITXI1D/Lighting_1.jpg Stories - Engineering art - Let There Be Light Workers on The Floating Piers unfolded the boxes to reveal these LED spot lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467495801248-63FYIBMBAC5TI3Q6607P/Night_light.jpg Stories - Engineering art - Night Light The magical lighting was one of my favorite things about The Floating Piers. They all came to life at the same moment just as dusk fell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1467495801078-9L55HC0AG0VFOTF3QKMR/Lights_2.jpg Stories - Engineering art - Waiting for a Charge Early in the morning, all the lights were grouped and waited for pickup to be charged for the following evening. http://www.artlobster.buzz/stories/2016/6/25/remember-the-passed monthly 0.5 2016-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1466939748484-NO895SRA7ZZQXIDSWY5P/Cemebary_Cover_2.jpg Stories - Remembering the passed - Floral wall Entire walls seem alive with the beauty of flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1466939847837-WN3DTSDB8IBFO7XRD4TQ/Cemetary_2.jpg Stories - Remembering the passed - Subterranean tribute A new take on buried underground, these walkways were underground and open to the sky. It helped create quiet in a busy world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1466939906829-PVZ4TLREJ4PE6WR9AWAW/Cemetaries_5.jpg Stories - Remembering the passed - Crosses and markers Other areas of the cemetery featured what I think of as more traditional Catholic head stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57685053d1758ea78686a01e/1466939965928-E5ML3YJLYL70ZENKT89F/Cemetary_4.jpg Stories - Remembering the passed - Mementos Everywhere you go, people have left small objects as gifts. And almost every tomb features and electrified glass torch. 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