May 9th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
“I use different types of economic graphs (projections, stock analysis models, financial results …) to produce plastic forms, architectural accident. This information is forcibly displaced in the field of sculpture and landscape. Monuments in, I think there is any doubt about what to make of these forms raised in the landscape. Should we see them as objects-to banish intruders, attractive plastic forms, ecological disasters? This ambiguous poetry for me is the optimum proposal.” – Mathieu Bernard-Reymond
February 28th, 2011 § 2 Comments
Have you been reading anything about found object art?
Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” was considered the first official oeuvre in the movement, but I’ve been more and more intrigued by its recent presence. Ugly, but beautiful. Innovative. And with a touch of “things are not what they seem”.
Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been drawing a lot of attention to the topic by making us take a second look at their piles of trash.
