Re: FLUXLIST: George Brecht Exhibition
In a message dated 10/4/04 6:01:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: gagosian gallery in London just makes you want to gag doesn't it?
FLUXLIST: George Brecht Exhibition
Hi all, This is the last week for the George Brecht exhibition at the gagosian gallery in London it finishes on the 9th. I went a couple of weeks agao. It's excellent!! There's also a catalogue available with full colour plates of the exhibits and an essay by Thomas Kellein, Interview with George Brecht by Michael Nyman and a biography also. The catalogue is £30. I assume you may be able to get it from the gallery's website. I bought a copy at the gallery but you have to ask for it as it's not on display. gallery site http://www.gagosian.com/ Brecht exhibition site http://www.gagosian.com/gagosian.php?mode=exhibitionsgid=4 cheers, Sol.
Re: FLUXLIST: George Brecht Exhibition
---An 80 page catalogue for £30 sounds a bit steep when you consider you can get a 40 page FLOSS assembling 'zine for the cost of postage to send me the pages! Michael http://A1scrapmetal.blogspot.com/ http://flobberlob.blogspot.com/ Sol Nte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, This is the last week for the George Brecht exhibition at the gagosian gallery in London it finishes on the 9th. I went a couple of weeks agao. It's excellent!! There's also a catalogue available with full colour plates of the exhibits and an essay by Thomas Kellein, Interview with George Brecht by Michael Nyman and a biography also. The catalogue is £30. I assume you may be able to get it from the gallery's website. I bought a copy at the gallery but you have to ask for it as it's not on display. gallery site http://www.gagosian.com/ Brecht exhibition site http://www.gagosian.com/gagosian.php?mode=exhibitionsgid=4 cheers, Sol. = It's another blog! http://flobberlob.blogspot.com/ ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
FLUXLIST: George Brecht Exhibition in London
GEORGE BRECHT : Works from 1959 - 1973 Sep 9 - Oct 9, 2004 Gagosian Gallery 8 Heddon Street London W1B 4BU Tues - Sat 10 -6 http://www.gagosian.com Opening reception for the artist: 9 September 6 8pm Gagosian Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of the work of George Brecht. Born in New York in 1926, George Brecht was one of the most influential artists of the 1960s in New York, where he became involved with the experimental group of artists associated with Fluxus such as John Cage, Walter de Maria and George Maciunas. Brechts background in research chemistry, statistics and oriental philosophy would ultimately form the foundation of his thinking and his art. An underlying principle in Brechts oeuvre, inspired by the Dadaist Tristan Tzara, is that reality is more interesting and important than art. Following this paradigm, Brecht incorporated music, time and space in his work, presenting simple, randomly arranged objects and calling on the viewer to bring his own experiences to the work: to interact with the object, to rearrange elements, or to do nothing. Concerned with overturning conventions and upsetting cultural expectations, Brecht introduced chance and open-endedness into his work, expanding on the Duchampian form of the readymade by creating objects that were events, replete with multiple, unforeseeable possibilities. Included in the exhibition are such seminal objects/events as The Case (Suit Case) (1959), Medicine Cabinet (1960), Chair Event (1960), and Monument to the Revolution (1970), amongst others. Accompanying the exhibition is a fully-illustrated catalogue including a new essay on Brechts work by Thomas Kellein, Director of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, and an historic interview with the composer Michael Nyman. George Brecht currently lives in Cologne.
