Saturday, August 12, 2006
no animals were harmed in the making of this art.
my love for the metropolitan museum of art only deepens as the years go by. one thing that makes me love it all the more is the art on the roof they have every summer. this year they're showing works by contemporary chinese-born artist cai guo-qiang. rather than blather on as i so often do, i'll just quote the descriptions from the exhibit's website
Contemporary Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang, known for his elaborate sculpture installations and gunpowder projects, was invited by the Metropolitan Museum to create this site-specific installation for the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, overlooking Central Park with expansive views of the Manhattan skyline. Included are works that present the artist’s reactions to issues of present-day concern:
Clear Sky Black Cloud, an ephemeral sculpture that consists of an actual black cloud appearing above the Roof Garden at noon on Tuesday through Sunday of each week, bursting like an inkblot in the sky and then dissipating slowly in the air. This recurring work, made from miniature black-smoke shells, sets a new and symbolic clock for New York City for the duration of the exhibition.
The 15-foot-tall glass Transparent Monument, at the base of which lie replicas of dead birds. "Like a transparent sculpture or canvas," says Cai, "the glass encases the city and park, fusing them with the work as one, and bringing out the relationship between the city, or civilization, and park, or nature."
though the "dead birds" aren't actual dead birds, they seemd to be realistic enough to attract a fly (look on the right side of the bird.)
The installation also features Move Along, Nothing to See Here, a pair of lifesize replicas of crocodiles, cast in resin...
...and pierced with several thousand sharp objects confiscated at airport-security checkpoints...
...which loom over the Roof Garden space
i posted these pictures and others from the Cai Guo-Qiang exhibit, here on flickr. While you're there, you can see my pictures from the Met's "Anglomania" show, as well as some other pictures i took around the museum.
Contemporary Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang, known for his elaborate sculpture installations and gunpowder projects, was invited by the Metropolitan Museum to create this site-specific installation for the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, overlooking Central Park with expansive views of the Manhattan skyline. Included are works that present the artist’s reactions to issues of present-day concern:
Clear Sky Black Cloud, an ephemeral sculpture that consists of an actual black cloud appearing above the Roof Garden at noon on Tuesday through Sunday of each week, bursting like an inkblot in the sky and then dissipating slowly in the air. This recurring work, made from miniature black-smoke shells, sets a new and symbolic clock for New York City for the duration of the exhibition.
The 15-foot-tall glass Transparent Monument, at the base of which lie replicas of dead birds. "Like a transparent sculpture or canvas," says Cai, "the glass encases the city and park, fusing them with the work as one, and bringing out the relationship between the city, or civilization, and park, or nature."
though the "dead birds" aren't actual dead birds, they seemd to be realistic enough to attract a fly (look on the right side of the bird.)
The installation also features Move Along, Nothing to See Here, a pair of lifesize replicas of crocodiles, cast in resin...
...and pierced with several thousand sharp objects confiscated at airport-security checkpoints...
...which loom over the Roof Garden space
i posted these pictures and others from the Cai Guo-Qiang exhibit, here on flickr. While you're there, you can see my pictures from the Met's "Anglomania" show, as well as some other pictures i took around the museum.
# posted by Sweatpants Money : 8/12/2006 08:02:00 PM
