Not exact matches
I really like the
way the cork board is set up on the
wall and has other things to sort of fill
in the space that is decorative and
functional.
Initially joining the weaving workshop, being one of the few options open to women students, Albers took on textiles
in just the same
way as she might have taken on painting, creating brilliantly patterned abstract
wall - hangings alongside more
functional textile designs.
Curiously some of the commercial galleries that represent the apotheosis of the contemporary art industry and market, such as, here
in NY, Gagosian and Zwirner, have been able to mount museum quality shows the past few years, including for example excellent Picasso and Frankenthaler exhibitions at Gagosian and the recent exhibition of Ad Reinhardt's work at Zwirner,
in spaces that either are as beautiful as any museum or that are just
functional in a good
way, with few frills, just good
walls and space.
Presumably, hanging Bubble Wrap on the
wall alludes to the fact that its designers originally intended to produce three - dimensional wallpaper before realizing that their product was far more
functional as packing material for fragile objects; placing it alongside Morellet might hint at the
ways in which the standard grid served as a point of departure and structural principle for both artistic composition and industrial manufacture.