I'm peeing in my artsy pants excited at Urs Fischer's exhibition in October which will occupy all three floors of The New Museum. Guys, he's so "I don't give a fuck what you think" that for an "art piece" he excavated the entire floor of a New York art gallery. All I can say is DO IT AGAIN! DO IT AGAIN!
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I'm looking forward to seeing Anish Kapoor's twenty-four ton sculpture "Memory" when it goes on display at the Guggenheim in October.
Its thin Cor-Ten skin, only eight millimeters thick, suggests a form that is ephemeral and unmonumental. The sculpture appears to defy gravity as it gently glances up against the peripheries of the gallery walls and ceiling, and down again to the floor. Its inaccessibility forces viewers to negotiate the work at a remove and to contemplate its ensuing fragmentation by attempting to piece together the images retained in their memories. As such, they are required to exert more effort in the act of seeing. Kapoor describes this process as creating "mental sculpture." As participants rather than as mere spectators of Memory, they become hyperconscious of their own positions in space.
Or a steampunk pea.
Leandro Erlich's recent piece "Shattering Door" is rather neat. You can view his remarkable swimming pool installation at PS1 through October 24.
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Brooklyn based artist Kevin Cyr's "functioning sculptural piece," the absurd camper bike. Also, check out his camper (shopping) cart.
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Previously mentioned last year, I checked back in with the Decapitator to see if he was still going around chopping off heads of people on advertising posters. Yup, he's still decapitating away.
Branislav Kropilak takes photographs of billboards from a seemingly ordinary position and yet manages to produce these unique results.
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Steve Sachs captures the unintentional bland brilliance of New Jersey. I particuarly like this shot below.
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I can't find much background on this amazing critical mash up of Shepard Fairey's OBEY Giant.
"Hope, Hopeful, Hopefulness" by Pravdoliub Ivanov.
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Gun shaped coin purses by James Lassey might just attract the wrong kind of attention from everyone. Seriously. You'll either look like an idiot or get shot.
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Philippe Starck's 18k gold-plated aluminum bedside gun lamp that can load a single 75 watt bulb. $948 here.
Frank Plant is an artist who creates pieces using steel wires, including this recently constructed 350 cm x 120 cm steel frame AK-47 titled "Something for Everyone."
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Sam Spenser created this cheerful piece of blooming yellow umbrellas.
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I like the surreal aspect of this open air media installation, "Airport."
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A neat LED display by Daniel DeSure. It really is, I swear.
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