I guess you are comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the original piece, whereas I was comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the presentation at the Whitney.
...sorry it took 4 comments to get my point out...
I guess you are comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the original piece, whereas I was comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the presentation at the Whitney.
sorry it took 4 comments to get my point across...
Also, they had the roll-up door open the day I was there, and Tiravanija's assistant had the Thai food simmering. There was construction across the street and a hydrant open right in front of the gallery, flooding the street. With the noises of the city and the smell of curry coming through the dumpster, it was a little easier to imagine that this was in fact an abandoned dumpster, and not an art installation.
So after that informative, but completely sterile presentation of Matta-Clark's work, being able to walk around inside the dumpster in the first place (let alone signing my name in marker) felt like I was interacting with the work in a way much closer to what the artist intended.
I disagree. I saw this after coming from the Whitney's Matta-Clark exhibit, where I got yelled at for trying to assemble a full set of Walls Paper - which they had bundles and bundles of on newsprint. ("please do not unwrap a new bundle if there is already an open one" "i'm just trying to get one of each color" "only two per person, sir")
I guess you are comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the original piece, whereas I was comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the presentation at the Whitney.
...sorry it took 4 comments to get my point out...
m1rr0rshad3 4 years ago
I guess you are comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the original piece, whereas I was comparing the presentation at Zwirner to the presentation at the Whitney.
sorry it took 4 comments to get my point across...
m1rr0rshad3 4 years ago
Also, they had the roll-up door open the day I was there, and Tiravanija's assistant had the Thai food simmering. There was construction across the street and a hydrant open right in front of the gallery, flooding the street. With the noises of the city and the smell of curry coming through the dumpster, it was a little easier to imagine that this was in fact an abandoned dumpster, and not an art installation.
m1rr0rshad3 4 years ago
So after that informative, but completely sterile presentation of Matta-Clark's work, being able to walk around inside the dumpster in the first place (let alone signing my name in marker) felt like I was interacting with the work in a way much closer to what the artist intended.
m1rr0rshad3 4 years ago
feels more like walking through a movie set...
I disagree. I saw this after coming from the Whitney's Matta-Clark exhibit, where I got yelled at for trying to assemble a full set of Walls Paper - which they had bundles and bundles of on newsprint. ("please do not unwrap a new bundle if there is already an open one" "i'm just trying to get one of each color" "only two per person, sir")
m1rr0rshad3 4 years ago
matta clark where are you?
ericmarchant 4 years ago 2