The human mind automatically
sees a relationship between objects that are in close proximity.
Not exact matches
For example, apes have extreme difficulty with photo -
object matching and with
seeing the
relationship between a TV picture of a space and the real space, or
between a dollhouse model of a room and the real room (MA 99 - 108).
It is caused by the attachment of desire to specific
objects... [and he adds] As we shall
see, the
relationship between attachment and addiction is not as simple as it might sound.
Regardless of the mode of making or the content within the form, each work in the exhibition asks us to reevaluate the way we
see and experience the spaces we are in, the
objects we confront, and the
relationship between vision and perception.
Part of the curator's interest here is in the
relationship between text and sculptural
objects and the manners in which a written text can be unraveled structurally and what this deconstructed form allows to be
seen.
Seeing this work first reiterates the notion of
object subversion
between the
relationships of galleries to
objects, be it from a conceptual curatorial perspective or
objects as commodities.
Instead of being fascinated by Zittel's personal story, we
see our own shifting
relationship between the use
object and the art
object; our unique need and obsession around each; our
relationship to genuinely significant value structures and the shift and slippage when use
objects become art
objects.
Examining the
relationship between self and others, seer and the
seen, subject and the
object, Byrne subverts our expectations and associations of this timeless genre.
Working on the
relationship between what we
see and how we physically perceive, Franz West's work is influenced by Lacan's psycholanalytical tests and Wittgenstein's philosophy, and explores the
relationship between art and everyday life, questioning the traditional way of contemplating an artistic
object.
For Baghramian, whose work is currently included in Documenta's Athens section and will be
seen later this year at Skulptur Projekte Münster and the Walker Art Center, these bizarre
objects are about the
relationships between people and systems.
Three Evidentiary Claims Artists: Erin Shirreff, Lesley Vance, and Michael Jones McKean Curated by Rachel Cook Three Evidentiary Claims examines the vexed
relationship between images and
objects, offering a set of triangulations as a reading strategy for how to
see, think, and experience the creation of meaning within artworks.
Only
object - oriented ontology, the study of
relationships between objects, beyond the scope of humans, could begin to explain the
object that we are
seeing.
Featuring work from MoMA's permanent collection, «Take an
Object» traces the trajectory from Neo-Dada, to Pop, to Fluxus, to proto - Minimalism, specifically as
seen through the
relationship between everyday
objects and traditional art practices.