A neon sign with the title of the exhibition, referring to the title of the art - history guidebook 1,001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die (2007), rested on
the floor against the gallery walls, which were covered with dozens of small A4 paper - sized monochromatic canvases arranged in a grid.
Not exact matches
Womack, too, works some of the same territory as Leslie Hewitt, who dismembers
flooring, leans slabs
against the
walls, or adds thick frames to displace the
gallery into memory.
In this overdue exhibition, Toroni has cunningly hung twenty - five square paintings from 1987, each one marked with fourteen orange strokes, at the height of the
gallery's mezzanine: in the main space, the canvases are a tick below eye level, while in the upper space they're propped
against the
wall, as they rest on the
floor.
AT THE REAR OF RYAN LEE
GALLERY in New York, a 1966 painting by Emma Amos casually sits on the floor leaning against the wall between works by other gallery a
GALLERY in New York, a 1966 painting by Emma Amos casually sits on the
floor leaning
against the
wall between works by other
gallery a
gallery artists.
Also included is a work from 1969 in which lengths of braided stainless steel wire form a horizontal sequence of five subtly - reflective squares, mounted flat
against the
wall; and Untitled (Eight - part Vertical Construction), 1992, a composition of black, gray, white, and red lengths of yarn stretched vertically between
floor and ceiling in perpendicular and parallel configurations that relate to the surrounding
walls of the
gallery.
A continuous
wall of plywood starts outside the fourth -
floor entrance of the
gallery,
against the building's neo-classical interior.
In the Main
Gallery, Untitled (Unfold), a group of 6 large white aluminum panels lean
against the
walls and lie on the
floor.
Another major exhibit is Shooting into the Corner, a work of extraordinary complexity and drama that builds up
against the
walls and
floor of the
gallery.
As if to generate an anxiety about the prospect of catastrophic submersion, the
gallery has been transformed by a carpeted
floor that rises like an enormous wave
against the back
wall, threatening at any moment to crash down and wash the visitor away.
Most recently in a 2012 exhibition at Michael Werner
Gallery, New York, and in 2013 at Almine Rech
Gallery, Brussels, Curry has silkscreened wallpaper that covered not only the
walls (and, at Werner, the
floor and ceiling) but also some of the sculptures and collages installed
against them.
At 8:20 p.m., the body artist Chris Burden entered a large
gallery of the Museum of Contemporary Art, did not look at his audience of 400 or more, set a clock for midnight, and lay down on the
floor beneath a large sheet of plate glass that was angled
against the
wall.
Using materials such as lumber, drywall, insulation and plywood, Diiorio assembled partition - like structures only to cut them open and lay the parts on the
floor or lean them
against the
gallery's actual
walls, emptying his objects of functional purpose.
Illuminating in the main
gallery was the juxtaposition of Fernandez's white square reflecting
floor sculpture
against Morris's steely gray but gently circular
wall piece, titled Observatory (1972).
Oldenburg exacerbated this deformation caused by gravity for his 1963 solo show at Los Angeles's Dwan
Gallery, during which he propped
Floor Cone upside down
against a
wall.
It's not fixed to the
gallery wall or
floor, but in true slapstick form, liable to roll off of its resting place
against the
wall.
Installation art was also popular with political activists; in Barbara Kruger's 1991 installation at Mary Boone
Gallery in New York
walls, ceilings and
floors were covered with material relating to violence
against women and minorities.
The exhibition will feature three oversized paintings — the artist's largest works created to - date — which will be exhibited on flat aluminum blocks on the
floor and leaned
against the
gallery walls.
The Contemporary Wing's Front Room
Gallery will feature paintings, collages, and screenprints displayed
against immersive
floor to ceiling
wall works derived from photographic and text - based collages.
Against the backdrop of white
walls and black
floors, this
gallery wall is an inspired way to create a room full of color, pattern, and energy.