Wow, thanks for this!
Mark
On Aug 7, 2005, at 9:04 AM, David-Baptiste Chirot wrote:
At an exhibtion in the Milwaukee Art Museum this summer of Post War
Japanese Prints, there is one very large sized one by Ai-O in which
the artist has taekn a famous print by Hokusai and cut into 24 pieces
which can arranged and rearranged over and over into differing new
prints. Instead of imitating closely the original, (or cutting up a
huge blow up of a repro of it) Ai-O transformed the piece via a Pop
Art sensibility, which plays also on the Japanese prints having become
part of popular cuture for over century since the Impressionists began
using them as models, and their ubiquitous presence the world over as
postcards. (One could think of it also in relation to jig-saw pieces,
puzzles.)
Rather than being a heavy commentary on the original, the piece
has a very playful and light feeling to it. It can be read as
acknowledging all sorts of art historical/critical issues etc and at
same time being just a pop culture puzzle box of a famous image, to be
taken lightly in a spirit of Fluxus play.
Seeing the Pollock pieces brought the Ai-O to mind, though his
is very very different in the sensibility.
>From: Joel Weishaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines"
<WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
>To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA
>Subject: Re: ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT
>Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 08:21:44 -0700
>
>As someone who likes your work, I don't find this piece interesting.
>
>-Joel
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "mwp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <WRYTING-L@listserv.utoronto.ca>
>Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:29 PM
>Subject: ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT
>
>
>ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT
>AFTER Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles
>2005
>
>JP’s Blue Poles, subjected to 3 modifications. First, it is sliced and
>displaced in the vertical direction over 16 steps, then 16 steps in
the
>horizontal direction, then both. The image link shows the 3 processes
>stacked one on top of the other, along with the original Blue Poles at
>the very top.
>
>http://www.kunst.no/bjornmag/mpphp2004/JPBP16Slx2005.jpg
>
>
>mwp
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