ArtViews by fishfountain

Joseph Beuys

on 2006-11-22

Did you ever go through his series of felt rooms in Centre Pompidou until you reach the very last room where the felt makes you feel almost deaf? This was one of the most impressive sensual experiences with art I had. I also like his rabbits and the other morbid stuff, but most I like his statement that everybody is an artist and his environemental and political engagement. Check out his song "Sonne statt Reagan" :-)

Tags: felt installation rabbits

Robert Smithson

on 2006-11-22

I like his sculptures at Dia:Beacon in New York: very earthy, sensual with interesting material mixtures: piles of broken glas, mirrors and stones/earth etc. He plays with different optical views on the sculptures or installations.

Tags: sensual earth glas mirrors optical-effects

monochrom

on 2006-11-22

I especially like the way these Austrian-German art collective plays with all types of media, such as words, texts, power point presentations, theatre, drawing, painting, sound. Their performances are among the best I have seen. Also check out their videos (e.g. Köhler, Drachentöter and others).

Tags: performance art-collective video

SunTek Chung

on 2006-11-22

I saw this artist recently at the PS.1 in NYC and find his fotographs absolutely stunning. For me he is for the arts what Haruki Murakami is for literature. He combines modern (business) life in a funny way with elements from classic art works.

Tags: funny photography

John Bock

on 2006-11-22

i loved his trashy, disgusting, and funny pavillions you could enter and explore at Dokumenta and in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich

Tags: provocative trash rags dirt funny