Archive for June 23rd, 2014
Latino Artists at the Guggenheim
The Guggenheim presents a strong selection of Latino artists (as problematic as the label is), however, the work that is featured is not amongst the strongest by these individuals. Three works that stood out are Carlos Amorales’s Calder-inspired cymbal mobile that visitors may play, Jonathas de Andrade’s “Posters for the Museum of the Northeast Man. 2013”, and Juan Downey’s Amazonian film installation. Many of the works are presented out of context as many were performative and/or protests, works in which the power lies in the environment and moment when they were executed. Presented within the context of the museum robs the cultural significance of many of these pieces.
Juan Downey
Jonathas de Andrade
Carlos Amorales
Futurist at the Guggenheim
Forunato Depero
Photos are not allowed in the Futurist exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, however, I needed to document the work of Forunato Depero, purely for research and academic reasons. At 22 Depero discovered the Futurist Manifesto that inspired his career as an artist and designer. I was not familiar with Fortunato Depero, now I’m amazed at the work he was doing throughout the first half of the 20th century.
Depero, Text-based Pavilion
I did not document who made the work below, it’s more of a personal note, however, it is as well part of the Futurist exhibition and across from the Futurist stage constructed in one of the galleries of the Guggenheim.
Guggenheim Futurist Exhibition