Shapes of Space at the GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

James Kalm brings you along for this preview of "Shapes of Space". Guggenheim Museum Chief Curator, Nancy Spector, briefly discusses the concepts behind this exhibition and introduces the team of curatorial assistants who organized this intriguing show. For artists, space isn't the final frontier, but rather the primal frontier. "Shapes of Space" brings together examples of work from the museum's permanent collection which illuminate themes and shared responses to creating and representing space. This exhibition includes works by: Matthew Ritchie, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Carl Andre, Tom Friedman, Roni Horn, Louise Bourgeois, Lee Bontecou, Vasily Kandinsky, Maria Elena González, Robert Gober et al. Featuring a guided tour with explanations by Assistant Curators Nat Troutman and Kevin Lotery

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[jameskalm]

Unfortunately, I shot about an hour, 60 or 70 separate takes and then spent a long time over the course of a couple of days splicing it together so it looks simple. Oh my aching back.

[jameskalm]

artboy2,

part of the intention of this show was to pose the kinds of shared sensibilities and unexpected juxtaposed similarities that you mention. There were several other examples that I could have featured if I had 10 more minutes, but I'm trying to stay away from the two part format. If possible you should visit the exhibition and see for yourself, one of the better museum shows in New York this summer, thanks JK

[cybeavertoo]

it's always the same. You see the beautiful old Reinhardt, (or, less favoured by me rothko) but whatever they hang there to speak for themselves, they speak for themselves, i really believe they do, i love those late Reinhardt's and then all the flubbydubby art-i tell then u mayb understand-why its worthwhile to look at-mumblejumble.

And for what? the new fluff of the youngsters we will never hear about over ten years.  its a shame.

[rofea]

Thanks for that! I am just interested to know are video cameras usually allowed in the Guggenheim or did you have special permission to film?

[artboy2]

well, thanks for doing all that work!

[tiglath]

Other good reasons for limiting it to 10 minutes: one shoots less footage, makes for quicker editing and saves on your hard drive space. Video files are huge. Your short video revealed so much more the feel of the exhibit than all the links to images (used for this show) in the Guggenheim website.

[artboy2]

I love the dialog between the Calder and the Friedman. That is an historical approach we dont see often enough these days. The Bontecou/Gober pairing is different, I need time to think about the significance of that. My first reaction is to link the holes imagery of both- Bontecou's hole as abstract voids and Gober's drain holes- both entrances/exits into/from another world/dimension. I have never used the back/slash so much! //// its fun!/// / Kinda like karate!