Some of us got to see some of this guys work during the GI a good (shocked to say) 4 years ago and Paul and I got to see an installation of his work in the New Museum in New York too. Roberta Smith is rather raving about him in this review of some new work in PS1 and I think there's some interesting things at play in his video installations, which can be overly garish in visual and sound but still quite an experience.
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You can't help but love and hate Trecartin's work at the same time. Undescribabble.
ReplyDeleteI was going to write some more about the style of art that Providence, Rhode Island artists churn out but then I got distracted by this curious article:
http://www.projo.com/art/content/projo_20050927_risd27.cdb0ec8.html
True dat!
ReplyDeleteStill not sure about his work. I can appreciate that he is doing someting far more encompassing as an experince of the installation space and moving image compared to the escapism and concentration of the black box you usually get but I find it a bit too garish... Although I'm sure thats part of the point of what he's doing.
Its interesting that the justification that the white cube or black box bought to works is not necessarily out of fashion but not as needed anymore. Maybe some of the more exciting objects being made and presented are disregarding it because that very justification is no longer important.
I can understand the destraction. It's an interesting idea, seems to be more leaning towards design rather then fine art. I can understand why they would want people who where accomplished conventional drawers although its a shame that the idea of drawing as mark making doesn't seem to be taken into account which means something so much more exciting and challenging isnt happening. Seems a bit literal to me. But maybe thats just the prospective students mentality, which will change as they become more aware and involved in that subject.