Beauty in the eye of who?
Many things in this world are subject to interpretation. A wine that brings me to tears could be total plonk to another person. People the world 'round go ga-ga over Picasso's work whereas only a couple of his paintings move me. It is nothing new that these two worlds have 'collided' thus creating a piece of art on a work of art. The latest in this joining of forces made its debut last week at the Chianti house of Castelli di Ama. Take a look at this beauty.
I can see the scene in my head: Castelli di Ama scours the globe for months to find just the right man for the job. Dude gets to hang out in Chianti for a few months 'identifying' with this little corner of the world. In an effort not to taint the commission, the house offers no concepts and asks for no sketches. Scaffolding and curtains are erected with a flurry of activity from artist assistants. After months of rerouting tours and working around the mayhem, the artist pronounces it 'complete'. But no one must see it before its time. Invitations and press release are sent out to stir the soup. Everybody shows up dressed to the nines, sipping Prosecco and dropping names. And then the big moment. The curtain falls and so as not to come across as 'lowbrow' everyone proclaims 'genius'.
Everybody except for the guy paying the tab.
"Kapoor's work ('Aima' signifies blood in ancient Greek) is installed in the chapel yard. "I'm curious about the use of the word 'installed'. From the picture (albeit a small one) it looks like this could have been done with 5 gallon bucket of roofing tar and a can of spray paint. Maybe the picture doesn't do it justice.
"It is described as a 'powerful, bright circle which opens in the centre of the paving, reminiscent of a small, flaming chasm.' "For those of you unfamiliar with the word:
\Chasm\, n. [L. chasma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to grape, to open wide. See {Chaos}.]I think the artist gets a few points for creativity and use of ancient Greek and relatively obscure English but lost a bit on the follow through.
1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the
earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
I can see the scene in my head: Castelli di Ama scours the globe for months to find just the right man for the job. Dude gets to hang out in Chianti for a few months 'identifying' with this little corner of the world. In an effort not to taint the commission, the house offers no concepts and asks for no sketches. Scaffolding and curtains are erected with a flurry of activity from artist assistants. After months of rerouting tours and working around the mayhem, the artist pronounces it 'complete'. But no one must see it before its time. Invitations and press release are sent out to stir the soup. Everybody shows up dressed to the nines, sipping Prosecco and dropping names. And then the big moment. The curtain falls and so as not to come across as 'lowbrow' everyone proclaims 'genius'.
Everybody except for the guy paying the tab.

1 Comments:
WTF!?!? The artist said it all with this gem: "A thing exists in the world because it has mythological, psychological and philosophical coherence."
Er, does that mean that he won't cash the check unless it has mythological, psychological and philosophical coherence?
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