Jamie Fitzpatrick and curator Chris Bayley were interviewed in After Nyne: «This ambitious site - specific installation questions what is means to stand in
front of a piece of art and the inherent limitations of the space are adopted to Jamie's advantage.
Yesterday, on Sunday June 7, at noon he tweeted a picture of himself standing in
front of a piece by artist Delphine Diaw Diallo, and later a picture of a Bushwick Collective street mural.
And then he graciously posed in
front of the piece now proudly hanging in his office [with gapingvoid props scattered everywhere, tongue slightly in cheek etc etc.].
Stand for an hour in
front of a piece like Pollock's «Number 1A, 1948,» a 68» x 8» 8» drip painting, and you may feel like you're listening in on a group therapy session.
The installation, erotic novel, and performative work Welcome to the Hotel Munber (2008 — 10) described the hotel his parents ran in Spain; while Studio Pietà (King Kong Komplex)(2013) examined a relationship his mother had before she met his father; and The Mirror Stage (2009 — 12) honed in on the artist's sexual awakening in
front of a piece of art.
Kathy Greenwood, Curatorial Assistant and Sharon Bates, Founding Director stand in
front of a piece by RPI Professor Larry Kagan.)
Some of his footage seems planned out in advance, and other pieces seem tacked on quickly, such as a cameo by Murray's older brother, character actor Brian Doyle Murray; his job is to tell Nate that there are no jobs for him, but the shot looks like it was set up
in front of a piece of black fabric in somebody's garage.
The TV stand features six storage spaces, which can be accessed using sliding doors on
the front of the piece.
I used a belt sander to sand the edges down some on
the front of each piece.
Oh I like it very much, I like how the end trims are still the original color I just love today how we can redo anything vintage and make it new again I also like that tuffed mattress thing in one of the pictures where the piece of luggage is on the floor in front of it
With a little 200 to 400 grit sandpaper... I will make
the front of this piece as smooth as glass!
Artist Hannah Black sent an open letter to the media, while another group blocked the painting from view with their bodies last weekend, wearing shirts that read «Black Death Spectacle» on the back as they stood in
front of the piece.
They sit in
front of the pieces, immersing themselves in them.
Everything else fell away when I was in
front of that piece — a sublime moment.
A+P founder Mark Bradford in
front of his piece «The Next Hot Line» from his 2015 «Scorched Earth» show at the Hammer Museum.
Anish Kapoor poses (in
front of a piece of his work entitled «Two Blues») during a press preview at the Lisson Gallery on October 9, 2012 in London, England.
Thomas Demand's 35 - mm wonder Rain re-creates the effect of raindrops falling on a hard surface; spending 20 minutes in
front of this piece is no less than an act of meditation.
Anish Kapoor poses in
front of a piece of his work entitled «Intersection» during a press preview at the Lisson Gallery on October 9, 2012 in London, England.
Her works are so romantic and complex; standing in front of them conjures the feeling of awe that Mark Rothko or Barnett Newman wanted you to have in
front of their pieces.
Artist Jesse Amado in
front of his piece «Thithering» 2016, at S.M.A.R.T. Project Space in San Antonio.
* Top image: Artist Jesse Amado in
front of his piece «Thithering» 2016, at SMART Project Space in San Antonio.
I thought, rather than look at the piece exclusively on social media and read the many articles and comments to form my opinion, that I would do it the old fashioned way: standing in
front of the piece itself.
In
front of this piece is Martine Syms's Belief Strategy XIII, a series of intersecting metal c - stand elements holding photographs documenting fragments of the body.
The sort of alternation between hard and soft that occurs across
the front of these pieces is built into them at the start.
They scan
the front of each piece of mail and send an email notification.
After carefully positioning the phrase, I did the same thing on
the front of the piece of paper to transfer the charcoal to the wood.
If I was doing a dresser top - I would start at the back reaching across while standing in
front of the piece and as I apply the Annie Sloan wax — I work my way toward the front as so I don't lean into a previously waxed area.