this is the voice of re:mote induction.Tuesday, October 14, 2003
BERLIN
Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin - this is a modern art gallery in the building of the old hamburger train station. there is a variety of serious installation pieces, big stone, glass and metal structural objects in the main entrance hall, surrounding by stark and vivid paintings. off that gallery there is a collection of warhol's work. there were two particular season/exhibits on while we were there - the Ron Mueck: Hyperreal collection, and a series of australian works under the banner face up. face up is a major piece of work, leading to bright orange flags waving from the buildings roof top, and the doors into the building being converted into shark mouths. the mueck collection is there till the 2nd of november this year, while face up is there till the 4th of january next year.
i particularly liked the multi media piece by patricia piccinini. the centre piece was car mutating into a whale, or something similar, a great big morphing black plastic mass. on the walls surrounding this were a series of clean and lively photographs, which could have been a conceptual catalogue shoot, telling the story of boy meets girl. but with a car with shark gills, and a girl ending up with similar. on the big front wall there was a screen, looping footage of the girl in the water, the sound of crashing waves and gasping breaths filling the room. the piece was called sandman - and the photographs of the room, along with those in the room and the film appear to be on her site.
ah xian also provided some interesting pieces. busts with different materials texturing the surfaces. the piece shown here as "human human-dragon" was the one i found particularly appealing in the exhibit.
Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin - this is a modern art gallery in the building of the old hamburger train station. there is a variety of serious installation pieces, big stone, glass and metal structural objects in the main entrance hall, surrounding by stark and vivid paintings. off that gallery there is a collection of warhol's work. there were two particular season/exhibits on while we were there - the Ron Mueck: Hyperreal collection, and a series of australian works under the banner face up. face up is a major piece of work, leading to bright orange flags waving from the buildings roof top, and the doors into the building being converted into shark mouths. the mueck collection is there till the 2nd of november this year, while face up is there till the 4th of january next year.
i particularly liked the multi media piece by patricia piccinini. the centre piece was car mutating into a whale, or something similar, a great big morphing black plastic mass. on the walls surrounding this were a series of clean and lively photographs, which could have been a conceptual catalogue shoot, telling the story of boy meets girl. but with a car with shark gills, and a girl ending up with similar. on the big front wall there was a screen, looping footage of the girl in the water, the sound of crashing waves and gasping breaths filling the room. the piece was called sandman - and the photographs of the room, along with those in the room and the film appear to be on her site.
ah xian also provided some interesting pieces. busts with different materials texturing the surfaces. the piece shown here as "human human-dragon" was the one i found particularly appealing in the exhibit.
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