Up on New York Art Beat, my take on the Whitney Museum’s exhibit “Starting with The Universe” and other sites in New York City celebrating the life of inventor, futurist Buckminster Fuller:
“As a scientist, inventor and architect (to name a few of his pursuits), Buckminster Fuller’s vision was full of grandeur and foresight. And though many of us may have already come to the conclusion from all surrounding evidence that Orwell was right and the worst is yet to come, Fuller’s work is an inspiring and refreshing look into the far reaches of human potential and imagination.”
“Future Summer Visions.” (NYArtbeat.com)
Filed under: art snobbery
From New York Art Beat:
“ ‘From the most tender brutalities to the most devastating sensitivities’ is how Ran Ortner describes the subtle range of his work. A one-time professional motorcycle racer, and extreme sports enthusiast, Ortner relishes the physicality of his art process—an exchange of blows with the canvas like those of battering waves against his surfboard. ‘The arc of movement, the range of movement, up and off the ladder, back, that moving in and out while I am painting feels like a dance. You’re both exhausted and you’re touched by the magnitude of the process.’ ”
“ With a giant wobbled lurch forward, Tom Sachs’ “Hello Kitty Wind Up” (2008) is, well, exactly that: a Hello Kitty windup toy caught in mid mechanical step, 21 feet tall, cast in bronze. It’s the centerpiece of a set of similar bronze statues by Sachs on display at the plaza of the Lever House building, including two smaller fountains-all modeled after real toy counterparts of Sanrio Co. creations Hello Kitty and My Melody, as well as Dick Bruna’s Miffy character.
