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| China, China -bust no.10, 1998 |
Stumbled across the work of Ah Xian, a Chinese artist now in Australia, over at Art Inconnu, and really loved these fancifully inked porcelain heads that toy with tradition and representation. More here and here.
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| From China China series, 1998 |
So here I am in Mexico, and I feel like I haven’t written in weeks. I have a lot to catch up on, plus a new place to explore!
If only I had a sheet of music, like Schipper’s figure who dances (or twitches?) in response to the sheet of piano music scrolling through the machine, that could help me bang out some of my thoughts. For my writing, I think I’ll have to pick a sound track other than Slayer’s Raining Blood though.
So much art from the New York art fairs, so little time.
Lump of Meat on a Stool, 1999
then we would have a winner.
Yesterday Beautiful Decay featured interesting work from a Swedish artist that I can’t seem to dig up much information on. Leif Holmstrand’s creates crocheted and knitted sculptures and performance pieces that at their best combine simplicity and clear color with a darker underlying significance.
Cover for Matthew Barneys Cremaster Cycle, 2006
Prams, 2006
No Arms, No Legs, 1999-2004