Wednesday, September 30, 2009

midway; contemporary

The Secret Life of Objects
Work from private Twin Cities Collections









    unfortunately midway doesn't have a clever alias like my pals Walker and Mia.  I'll just call him midway.      upon entering the building; i barely noticed Wade Guyton's piece X.  is this art? or is this simply a structure holding up the building? or both? art serving a purpose.  who knows.   wade guyton probably knows.



    as i set foot in the building before venturing to the back room, i noticed this disgusting stain on the ceiling.  i thought about telling them that they have a leak, and they should get it checked out before the whole place falls in.  i kept my thoughts to myself; and now i realize...that's art. to each his own.  the more i think about it, the more fond of it i become.  i could not locate this image on the internet; but it was interesting, to say the least. <--i managed to find the image on the gallery website.  who would have thought!



    further in my excursion, my eyes were glued to Monica Bonvicini's work : Add Elegance to Your Poverty, 2002.  I thought it was extremely fascinating and i was curious to know as to how this could be a part of someone's collection.  regardless, it was thought-provoking.  i was indifferent. 






my favorite piece of the exhibition was certainly Carlo Mollino's unique polaroids Untitled.   Matthew Fitzmaurice is a lucky man.  i can't find a close up of this exact image.. but these should suffice to get Mr. Mollino's expression across.  i don't think i could be friends with anyone who had a negative reaction to this piece.  to me, it defines beauty.  someone who doesn't like this piece is someone who wears croc shoes, and doesn't know anything.  and that someone, will never be my friend.

















brilliant.
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4 comments:

  1. Geoffrey Nel ThomasSeptember 30, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    Perhaps the "x" serves as a means to start a discussion on the contradictions of art and its purpose. I dunno. I like the Polaroids: erotic and elegant.

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  2. MariaOctober 1, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    Alex! Your interpretation of Carlo Mallino's polaroids was wonderful! Though I didn't spend time looking at the piece he had in the Midway gallery, I'm sure I would have had a deep appreciation for it. I like the timeless quality of a polaroid. Often times, I feel like polaroids tend to catch people in hidden moments. Do you know what I mean? To me, polaroids always show something pretty personal. And like Geoffrey said, "erotic and elegant".

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  3. ampersandriaOctober 4, 2009 at 11:10 AM

    erotic and elegant is the perfect way of putting it. i can relate to 'hidden moments'. too bad the film is so damn expensive or i'd probably polaroid my entire life.

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  4. MU U9 Maroon TeamOctober 6, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    Nice writing, Alex. It doesn't really seem to be possible that you are indifferent to Bovicini's work. Maybe intrigued might be a better word... I agree that you the work does defy a standard positive or negative critique...I'm happy that you have chosen some of the more challenging works in the exhibition to discuss. Now, how about some external information to back up your impressions?

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