Oct 8 Mirror Blog

The Frieze Foundation

So I dove into the Frieze website and kept clicking on artists until I found something appealing. This print above caught my attention from a distance. I couldn't find much more from this artist, but I did make it to the 303 Gallery and found this artist who makes nice artistic installations using mirrors. Doug Aitken also is featured here. Both Jeppe Hein and Aitken use mirrors and use great precision with their art. Aitken's work is very bold and in your face. Bouncing light and reversing images, then double that up to reverse it, yet the object remains a reflection, now that is what I consider good stuff. I've always been fascinated on how they do what they do.

Jeppe Hein

 "I Only Have Eyes for You." I watched this version of installation. I could only imagine watching this projected on a massive scale like from the DC Mall lawn.

 Leo Villareal has the key to making mystifying light shows. He works with layers. I did not know this. It is where they intersect which makes the light take on random patterns. If I could be his apprentice, I definitely would.

e-flux has a nice write up on Wang Guangyi: "Thing-in-Itself:: Utopia, Pop and Personal Theology Though the link to www.todayartmuseaum.org does not work, I can only see the one oil on canvas painting.  The contrast between the headless figurines in the background and the symmetrical solid and dashed gridded lines has a nice effect. It feels like the viewer is on the outside of a very somber place.

Prof. Kramer, your link to Yes Tiawan has some really nice installations. I navigated my way to the digital arts and found all of the installments visually stunning, but difficult to translate.

Whoa! Talk about not expecting that to happen. Impressive and believable for the most. This video is like catapulting into the movie, Avatar or Battle Star Galactica.The question for some is, "what is art?"