A new series of ceramic floor works referred to as «code poems» gather a range of references to the interaction of visual form and language, namely a nod to the American L = A = N = G = U = A = G = E poetics through an appropriation of Hannah Weiner's experimental text Morse Code (2002), as well as the spatial elegance of Carl Andre's
minimal floor sculptures.
Not exact matches
Canadian sound artist crys cole focuses on the delicacy of
minimal sonic environments, presenting a sound
sculpture, entitled filling a space with salt (in two parts), that is created and located within the gallery
floor's vents.
Two
floors down, soft white panels overlap in waves hiding overhead lighting —
minimal and linear, not unlike the
sculptures of Robert Irwin, also on view.
On the ground
floor of the gallery Argianas» «Song Machine», a spindly wiry and elegant construction, appears as if a thin shiny ribbon folded over a right - angled
minimal sculpture; upon closer inspection the material is brass, a hard metal bent and curved as if it is soft.
The MMK show will get off to a start with the reconstruction of two historical installations that — originally presented at the legendary Heiner Friedrich gallery in Munich in 1968 — mark the beginning of the reception of
minimal art in Germany: Carl Andre's
floor sculpture «22 Steel Row» and Dan Flavin's light installation «Two Primary Series and One Secondary».