{"id":944,"date":"2015-06-24T14:34:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T21:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/?p=944"},"modified":"2015-06-24T14:35:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T21:35:42","slug":"adrian-villar-rojas-at-moderna-museet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/24\/adrian-villar-rojas-at-moderna-museet\/","title":{"rendered":"Adri\u00e1n Villar Rojas at Moderna Museet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adri\u00e1n Villar Rojas at Moderna Museet in Stockholm<\/p><\/div>\n

While seeing Adri\u00e1n Villar Rojas\u2019s \u201cFantasma\u201d exhibition at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, I was immediately reminded of Gabriel Orozco. The work, the objects, the installation and presentation were a second coming of Orozco\u2019s efforts, however, unfortunately much more affected. <\/p>\n

With Orozco\u2019s work, I tend to be presented with a sense of discovery by mistake or happenstance. Many of Orozco\u2019s photographs document a visually engaging observation that is about to fade or capture a playful intervention. And the objects as well, may be found objects with slight interventions or playful ideas that have been produced at human scale. Although Villar Rojas’s objects harken to Orozco\u2019s sculptures, they appear entirely artificial and do not have a sense of playful discovery. They seem entirely manipulated and in the end not very interesting or engaging.<\/p>\n

I wish that the large installation of objects were all in the vein of the defeated Robotech diorama in the stark white space preceding the larger hall (pictured above). At least this piece has more fun with the Fine Art museum setting than the pretentious tall island of stuff in the main gallery.<\/p>\n

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The museum presents an interview with Adri\u00e1n Villar Rojas in which he unfortunately comes across as a bit pretentious. I’ll be surprised if this work is worth restoring and preserving.
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