The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s “Amerika” as it relates to A Whole of Parts

Can relational aesthetics embody a singular object? How about a chair? We sit in a chair to rest, we sit in a chair to travel, we sit in a chair to work, we sit in a chair to talk, the chair as it relates to the body is inherent but its is also embedded in the human experience. Kippenberger found inspiration for this piece in the unfinished novel Amerika by Franz Kafka where the protagonist enters a recruiting center where an interview takes place that is both real and surreal. This interaction, the interview, takes place in each table and two chair structure that Kippenberger sets up, not literally but the feeling of the interaction is there. Where Karl picks it up is have the interaction, put yourself in the piece, its about you not Kafka, your real and surreal.  Both pieces are bound together by the formal arrangement of furniture, a form of sculpture that is understood and recognized by everyone. Furniture arrangements are encounter everyday by everyone this constant assessment imbues a level of taste and connoisseurship of furniture into the most casual viewer of art.

Karl Vorndran

A Whole of Parts

Martin Kippenberger

The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s “Amerika”

BFA Show Website Up!

Charles Long at Bonakdar

http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/exhibit.php

Black Friday Breakdowns 08

Every November, on the Friday after Thanksgiving, while hordes of people line up at 2 am to get “early bird specials” at all the department stores, my friends and I remind them that times are dark and brutal by face-fucking the unsuspecting shoppers with death metal and breakdowns. Now in its forth year, we upped the ante and are as gnarly as ever. We brought drums this year along with the usual ear bleeding, suffering, torture, and death! To get the full effect play all the videos at once!

The Myth of Originality

“In this challenging collection of fifteen essays, most of which originally appeared in October, Rosalind Krauss explores the ways in which the break in style that produced postmodernism has forced a change in our various understandings of twentieth-century art, beginning with the almost mythic idea of the avant-garde.”

put this on my reading list its available online here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=D5-C2w8n5NwC

Sculpture Final

Finally, a update about what I have been up to…

Peanut Butter Licking Asshole

This drawing came about while doing readings on the use of indexical marks. It was particularly influenced by Roslind Krauss’ “Notes on the Index: 1 and 2.”

Cory Arcangel Interview

over at rhizome theres a great interview with cory arcangel

he discusses the role of humor in his work and in art in general

check it out here

Giulio Paolini

L’altra figura

Neo-Classicism