around the tree center giving off illumination to the ground. "My remit is to work with nature as a whole" and use natural materials while usually using hands, teeth and tools in environment to work with. Andy is deliberate and accepts the cycle of life's decay and the impermanence of his earthwork artwork. I enjoy the illumination given off as I enjoy the "Tree's Soul" of frozen icicles glued together with the natural glue of frozen water. It is beautiful and original.
That is what I enjoy about Christos’ and Jeanne-Claude’s installation of Wrapped Reichstag.
It's original and makes the building a beautiful silvery sculpture with all the angles and details stand out. I appreciate that both natural and UN natural materials will both become reused (The thick drapery that Christo used is recycled), and that the artists are courageous with the impermanence of their artwork. One will be enjoyed by many more people as the live version, which is always better than just a photo image. But both represent freedom in expression. Christo pays for his elaborate projects to maintain control of his expression, also knowing that "Possession is equal to permanence, and permanence is the enemy of freedom." Also, I discovered that Christo had freedom in mind with this building which is under jurisdiction by all allied forces...He was passionate about negotiating this particular east to west ideological location and being a united states citizen from a communist country, his artistic flamboyance makes sense to me now that I understand where he comes from.
I thought Robert Grober's installation, Untitled at Dia Center for the Arts, New York 1992 (11.29 7th editions).
I think the artist might be conveying the idea that a homophobic society, being narrow-minded keeps us imprisoned and limited, thus the paths that go out and backwards. Maybe another tip-of –the hat to a different kind of freedom, perhaps. This type of art, the installations that require our using our interpretational skills or checking our emotions are both challenging and fun to try and grasp. No matter the meaning, I do like the opposing things being together here. Are we outside looking in, or inside looking out?
Speaking of looking in from the outside, Louise Bourgeois’ Red Room (Child),
is an interesting look into her childhood angst at her fathers infidelity with other women while Mother was ill, including her tutor. Possibly the red thread has the meanings of ‘What you sew, you will reap”, and it might just be “Blood on your hands.” She said, “He was the wolf….” She wanted the adults to teach her by good examples, thus maybe why we see the larger hands showing how to do ‘ it’ to the little set of hands.
The doors together that won’t open for us are also of interest and telling. Also a installation that calls on our emotions and our observations.
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