Richard Serra Unveils Sculpture in Qatar Desert
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- Опубликовано: 10 апр 2014
- Richard Serra was feted in Qatar this week with the opening of several exhibitions in venues around the capitol Doha. The renowned American sculptor was on hand as his “East-West/West-East” was unveiled in the desert about 40 miles from Doha.
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Beautiful!!!
I need to get there, to see this
Last week friday we visited there.
What is this ? 4 metal piece in desert...
And people watching it
I CANT BELIEVE HE WASN'T WEARING A HAT TO PROTECT FROM SUN,,,
ممتاز!
3,000 years from now, if, our digital and most of our material works may be gone, but not this. It's every bit as mysterious and elemental as the great pyramids.
Bonnie Ora Sherk’s “Sitting Still Series”, an early performance that now signifies her current pop-up
interventions in unexpected places. The evolutionary growth of Sherk’s earlier performance works to
her current public practices can still be recognized as demonstrations of art practices within the realm of
art and activism. Referring to the Suzanne Lacy’s article "Debated Territory: Toward a Critical Language
for Public Art”.1 The artistic actions model executed within Suzanne Lacy’s article, which displayed and
labeled the artist positioning within specific environments forming connections with certain audiences.
Bonnie Ora Sherk integrates her passions outside the art world and into her current living library and
farm work projects that contribute to the specific sited communities. The significance of revolving the
work around specific sites which is explained in Cher Krause Knights introduction of “A short History of
the United States “official” public art, when the General Services Administration’s produced the A-i-A
program which consciously involved the public within property rights as well as creating spaces that
were made accessible to the general public. Portable parks is something that seems to be this tie with
her work from the 1970’s to her current work and this process of figuring out how to transform what
she refers to as ‘dead spaces’ into protected lively areas. This idea of space correlates to Aurora
Morales, “Medicine stories” when Morales wrote, “how to transform shame and denial into wholeness,
perhaps I could find a way out of that numbness of privilege”.
Sherk recognizes her power and places her energy into real life subjects by positively influencing the
environment around her. There is the acknowledgement of privilege and with that acceptance there is
the availability of thoughtful thinking on what it is you as the individual can offer.4 Instead of labeling a
place as dead and then leaving it is no tactic of Sherk, because she actively projects great significance on
the belief in relooking and reexamining a place for opportunities. Within the Suzanne Lacy’s reference of
the model of the artist’s positions she states,
“…To become catalysts for change, artists reposition themselves as citizens-activist. Diametrically
opposed to the aesthetic practice of the isolated artist…To take position with respect to the public
agenda, the artist must act in collaboration with people, and with an understanding of social systems
and institutions.”
This directly relates to Sherk’s work, with the potent connections that she has made with the
collaboration with the surrounding students in the specific area, as well as the collaboration and
consolidating with the infrastructure of the cities government. The importance of education plays a vital
role within in these farm-based projects, because once a place is transformed that does not mean the
work is done. There is no hierarchy with her work, and the concept of the concentric circle within Lacy’s
article “Debated Territory” is a prime example of the Nonhierarchical notions of interactivity and
interrelationships. The idea that the movement of power is fluid.
Bonnie Ora Sherk is accomplishing the possibilities of renewed environments. Sherk has a sense of place
and wonder, which displays the essence of her passion to dig up the earth and rid of the cement to
create new possibilities.
2001
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COOL ! I write articles about Qatar and enjoy going there. Haven' tbeen for awhile so I didn't know about this. Excellent. Now if the Saudis would stop their nasty stupid boycott.... D.A., NYC
2001 vs 2009 whatever
Richard Serra - ripping off the monolith of 2001 A Space Oddity. but here's the thing - he did it really well. that's the essential difference. almost every artist copies. great artists steal - Picasso