Ken Price’s “naturally erotic forms”

Clay sculpture glazed or painted in a melange of color. While they may be “naturally erotic forms,” they remain firmly abstract. I found the colors of the speckled surface and the undulating curves much more playful and visually interesting than his flat drawings and prints on the wall.
The marbled surface of this reminds me ancient Roman pottery, but the colors are closer to neon and the material effect plasticy. This surreal disconnect and the lumpy shapes creates a disquieting secondary reaction to what seems innocent enough at first glance.

Alighiero Boetti’s World-weaving at MoMA

Detail, Tutto (Everything)

Check out my piece on Alighiero Boetti’s World-weaving at MoMA over on Escape Into Life. Boetti’s large woven and embroidered tapestries are the showstoppers of the Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan exhibition, and they have a fascinating history involving the artist’s time in Afghanistan.

F-111

F-111 is a ginormous billboard of a painting Pop artist James Rosenquist made in the 60s. On view now at MoMA as it was originally displayed in the Leo Castelli gallery, its aluminum panels wrap around the four walls.

Having seen the work before hanging full length on one wall, I was more than a little surprised to see it crumpled up like this. I think it prefer it all stretched out–it struck me as more monumental that way. What do you think?