After visiting the Sculpture Center in Queens this weekend, I see why Matt King picked Ross Knight in his 2003 top ten. These wonky, awkward, pretty things look more flimsy than they really are. My favourite was the ski hill-esque structure with the colourful sheen and raggedy robot-style window panel (detail below). Both works have lots of understated personality, holding their own nicely in the bleak midwinter concrete courtyard. (for a more informed review go here)
Hey, today I saw these. "Holding their own," certainly. I found myself wondering if they might have more trouble doing that in the summer. They seemed just precisely brave and truly themselves. It was SO cold, and the texture and colour of the plexiglass, instead of looking threatened, had a kind of parallel reality: you may be cold, but I am here. They'd do just as well at one of the poles.
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After visiting the Sculpture Center in Queens this weekend, I see why Matt King picked Ross Knight in his 2003 top ten. These wonky, awkward, pretty things look more flimsy than they really are. My favourite was the ski hill-esque structure with the colourful sheen and raggedy robot-style window panel (detail below). Both works have lots of understated personality, holding their own nicely in the bleak midwinter concrete courtyard. (for a more informed review go here)
- sally mckay 1-19-2004 8:17 am
Hey, today I saw these. "Holding their own," certainly. I found myself wondering if they might have more trouble doing that in the summer. They seemed just precisely brave and truly themselves. It was SO cold, and the texture and colour of the plexiglass, instead of looking threatened, had a kind of parallel reality: you may be cold, but I am here. They'd do just as well at one of the poles.
- Jean (guest) 1-25-2004 10:18 am