What are people for, 2013
oil on canvas
80 x 56 inches
Dreams come true, 2013
oil on canvas
80 x 56 inches
The blues, 2013
oil on canvas
120 x 144 inches
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Pae White "Ursa Soft" in Pet Shapes @ International Art Objects
Ursa Soft, 2013
cat whiskers, dog whiskers, glue, metal
Dimensions Variable
Jim Shaw @ Blum & Poe
This artwork covers a lot of ground as its banner waves. I've always enjoyed the anagram of time as emit; now I enjoy the others Shaw has shown me here. What a clever sequence of events, this flow.
Brian Wills @ Nye + Brown
Untitled, 2013
Enamel and single string rayon thread on wood
36 x 36 inches
Detail
Untitled, 2013
Single strand rayon thread on wood
(4) 12 x 96 inch panels
Oblique view
Detail
Detail
Untitled, 2013
Single strand rayon thread and basswood on wood
45 x 6 x 6 inches
Detail
Untitled, 2013
Single strand rayon thread on wood
(4) 12 x 24 inches
Oblique view
Untitled, 2013
Single strand rayon thread, basswood on wood
36 x 36 inches
At first glance, this work is seductive by its use of color and that it requires a moving body to appreciate its perceptual shifts (hence my oblique views above). Upon further interaction, the pleasure of effect wears off for the most part, and I am left wondering if this is just an academic exercise (singles threads not weaving together to perform less than they would if they had or what other artists have already treated us to such thoughts regarding painting support inversion and thinness of ground. When there is no title, one goes immediately to materials for attempt at meaning). I liked the one piece that acknowledged its multidimensionality; it was the corner piece that simultaneously conjures Gene Davis and Donald Judd, albeit slight on both accounts.