Potentially Guilty Thought: Lawrence Weiner at Giorgio Persano, Turin

mauri — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:00:11 +0000

With a strongly emblematic title, MENS REA, Lawrence Weiner’s new exhibition at Giorgio Persano in Turin is divided into three sentences that unfold along the perimeter of the walls.

Starting with the presumption that thought is guilty only when it generates an action, within the space of the gallery the artist presents concrete examples of things that on the one hand are associated with concept, while on the other they are ready to free themselves into an infinity of new considerations.

Weiner thus foresees the maximum level of interpretative autonomy for the public, to whom he passes the responsibility for the presumed verdict: if the mind is guilty, what results remains open to judgement.
Suspended in doubt if this way, the phrases offer no replies but suggest possible questions that are open to a variety of interpretations.

A central figure in Conceptual Art, Weiner’s work has been appreciated around the world since 1960. His way of producing art by dematerialising the art object itself into pure language has contributed to a clear turning point in the history of art.
His works are to be found in the contemporary art collections of leading international museums.
A major exhibition of his work is currently open at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam.

Lawrence Weiner was born in 1942 in New York, where he lives and works.

giorgiopersano.org

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Summer of Photography at Carolina Nitsch Project Room

mauri — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:00:46 +0000

Summer of Photography at Carolina Nitsch Project Room hosts a conglomeration of images depicting the idiosyncratic, sexualized, and commodified America of the 20^th and beginning of the 21^st centuries. It features photographs by iconic, world-renown artists such as Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman and William Eggleston. An assortment of white frames in varying dimensions is masterfully arranged within a small space plastered with an aquamarine blue hue. The inconsistent size of the images grants each photograph even prominence, as none overpowers the room, but rather each harmoniously and rhythmically balances the other. This peak-trough orchestration mimics the movements of the ocean, diffusing an atmosphere of curiosity and exploration across the space. The photographs encompassed are optically as vivid as is their visual content; bright colors complement images of the deranged physicality and peculiar beauty that is the authentic American experience. Specifically, sexuality is emphasized as both a suggested and literal vehicle to strip the nation down to her elements- elements that are both intentionally and ironically manipulated into patterns via symmetry and repetition. Hereby, even the eccentric, queer subject becomes a commodity. As such, this beautifully curated selection represents a set of artists whom are mutually iconoclasts and leaders; burners and authors; rebels and, well, conventionalists.

by: Arianne Milhem

Summer of Photography
July 12 -September 21, 2013
Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art
534 W 22nd St. NYC
carolinanitsch.com

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