Will drawing be
the main object form?
Not exact matches
The
main walls to either side have sculpture in dark metal and wood, in the
form of shelves, shields, and
objects in motion.
The presented works
form two groups: one based on playing with the traditional marine painting with its focus on the expressive and aesthetic potential of the sea, and the other, in which the sea is neither the
object of study nor the
main protagonist but rather the backdrop for the action.
And while Ms. Schwartz argues that relational aesthetics, a participatory
form of art, flourished mostly at biennials outside the United States — putting it outside the scope of this show — one of the first
objects you see in the
main gallery is a cardboard box of beer bottles commemorating Rirkrit Tiravanija's gatherings where he would prepare food for visitors.
Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Frankfurt am
Main, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Felix Gonzalez - Torres: Specific
Objects without Specific
Form, May - April 2011 (another example exhibited).
The
main object of this exhibition is to demonstrate that even the most reductive
forms of art have the potential to engage with contemporary culture in new and unexpected ways.