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Paul McCarthy

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Catrìona

“McCarthy’s works include performance, installation, film and “painting as action”. His points of reference are rooted, on the one hand, in things typically American, such as Disneyland, B-Movies, Soap Operas and Comics – he is a critical analyst of the … Continue reading →

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Kerry Skarbakka – The struggle to right oneself

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Catrìona

“Philosopher Martin Heidegger described human existence as a process of perpetual falling, and it is the responsibility of each individual to catch ourselves from our own uncertainty.” Text from: http://www.skarbakka.com/portfolios/struggle_statement.htm   Blue tree        A friend sent me … Continue reading →

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Eat my words – Bound to fail – Feet of clay

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Catrìona

  The relationship with language that I am reading about is why I looked at these works by Bruce Nauman. The nature of communication and the problems surrounding language. Manipulation and understanding. Naumans “A rose has no teeth” – makes … Continue reading →

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Bruce Nauman – From hand to mouth

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Catrìona

From Hand to Mouth (1967) is both a play on words, (expressing his modest income at the time) as well as an illustration of the Nauman philosophy – that what is not there is as important as what is. (http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Exclusive-interview-with-Bruce-Nauman/18605) … Continue reading →

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When its physical

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Catrìona

A language that has no visual or auditory form. Something that is felt in a very physical sense and not described in words or shown in images. This what Ive been trying to describe in photographs and casts or distorted … Continue reading →

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Carsten Höller

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Catrìona

  For Carsten Höller, the experience of sliding is best summed up in a phrase by the French writer Roger Caillois as a ‘voluptuous panic upon an otherwise lucid mind’. The slides are impressive sculptures in their own right, and … Continue reading →

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