Friday, November 15, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Francois Morellet @ Kayne Griffin Corcoran
approaching the gallery...
NoendneoN, 2013
29 blue neon tubes 200cm and transformers
about 37 1/2 x 15 x 28 feet
Unique
Tamponnade n 3, 2013
black tape 2.5 cm directly on the wall
106 x 137 7/10 inches
Unique
Tamponnade n 2, 2013
black tape 2.5 cm directly on wall
118 x 151 1/2 inches
Unique
Installation View
2+4 Angles droits, 2012
white neon tubes, acrylic on canvas on wood
59 x 57 1/4 inches
Edition 2 of 3
Enfilade, n 3, 2013
white neon tubes, acrylic on canvas on wood
72 1/4 x 94 4/5 inches
Unique
Double sens n 4, 2013
white neon tubes, acrylic on canvas on wood
55 1/2 x 64 1/2 inches
Unique
Entre deux mers n 2, 2013
acrylic on canvas on wood and stainless steel
67 x 104 inches (9 4/5 inches between the 2 canvas)
Edition 1 of 3
While I was viewing the show near closing time, the gallery turned off several works prematurely not knowing someone was there. I reveled in the event for several reasons. The following are examples of what it looked like.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Neil Beloufa "Speaking About Best" @ Francois Ghebaly
The act of looking and listening. Hodge lodge (an autofill typo that I somehow like better than "podge.") Connections (tenuous, "real," bogus...). Landscape. Overwrought maquettes at the details. To sit and think or not (cf. Rodin, perhaps only obliquely). "The Dan Graham Problem..." Transparency and deflection. Seriality. Difficult to differentiate between what is intentional and what is given (circumscribed?) by the space. Non-functional design. Dissonance. Sometimes competing and confusing forces can be productive; in this instance, it's not clear what is being put forward other than attention to attention deficit. Look to Dave Hullfish Bailey or Fischli & Weiss for a more coherent exposition of such concerns, the flow of energy and information. Portals, dimensions, and sensory overload (the new anxiety rooted in the current system of exchange---the internet).