Psyche

Artworks Claudio Parmiggiani



'Why don't you lay your head down. In my arms. Lay your head down in my arms.' - Keren Ann, Lay Your Head Down

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Bits & Pieces

1. Paul Mpagi Sepuya
2. Ricky Swallow

An experiment in colour and form. A design study. Of candles and jockstraps, cups and trestles. The comforting beauty of everyday objects, respectively subjects. Yet decorative in any home.
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On Display

1. Hans Bellmer, La Toupie
2. Wilhelm Freddie, Le Bureau de Zola

After being at a surrealist objects exhibition, the task for the weekend is as follows: Find random objects. Glue them together. Paint them white. Maybe I will succeed, maybe I won't.
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Lover Boys

Artworks Felix Gonzalez-Torres

An artwork that replicates the ideal weight of the artist and his partner who was dying at the time the piece was made. Visitors are encouraged to take a piece of candy as the pile should be continuously replenished. A metaphoric creation of the conditions for perpetual life.
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Specific objects without specific form, January 29 – April 25 2011, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

Thin Line

Furniture Acne

After a disappointing 'no sale' shopping day I escaped into the mysterious and rather addictive voids of online shopping. The virtual shopping cart remained empty but I rediscovered another object of desire.
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Taxidermied Idolatry

Steve Bishop Christian Dior - J'adore (Mountain Goat), 2008
Taxidermied goat, concrete, chalk


Steve Bishop Jean-Paul Gaultier - Classique (Arctic Fox), 2008
Taxidermied fox, concrete, paint

The living and the breathless. Overlapping. Embodiments of object and creature. And in its centre: figurative perfume bottles. Animalistic scented sculptures.
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British Art Now II, October 27 - April 17 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London

Mixed Media

Top Steven Meisel, Vogue Italia (2007)
Bottom Benbo George, Particles (2008)

Surrealistic objects and appearances. The furry something and the gorilla costume. The round something and the roses-and-pearls embellished designer blouse. Let's have breakfast.
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Quiz Show

1. Sebastian Wickeroth
2. Unknown
3. David Hockney

Price question for 500 points: Which remarkable collection are these images portraying? Please press the buzzer and enter your answer. The winner will receive an inflatable washing mashine.
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Octagon Hexagon

Pendant Kris van Assche

Embossed letters. Symmetry. Material. Hardware and sensuality. If I wore accessories I would be tempted to acquire this piece. If I owned an empty gallery space I would be willing to place this object.
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Spurenelemente

Painted love. Metallic skin. Phallic pyramid. We belong together.
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Double Dildo

Artworks Lynda Benglis

It's art.
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Replica II

Horst Meier vs. Meret Oppenheim



Briefs American Apparel
Blanket Model's own

Only little critical attention has been paid to Meret Oppenheim. And as Horst loves Dada, this replica intends to revive its naïve and deranged momentum. The mentally disturbed reflected via stylised profanity.
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P.S.: If you would like to see your replica next Sunday, submit your artwork here and now.

Fragments

Artworks Terence Koh

Works that have been created by ingenious Terence Koh during a studio session in Germany. And as if he knew, his action figures, dinosaurs and abstract objects transcendently relate to my German heritage and childhood.
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Deconstruction

Peter Fischli and David Weiss vs. Alexander McQueen

The white platform. Plain canvas for performance and installation. The static origin of exposure. Staging the mere object as fetish or transforming the living object as sculpture. Alexander McQueen in The Bridgegroom Stripped Bare by Nick Knight.
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Urinal ETC

Artworks Marcel Duchamps

We all know it, but I say it again: Duchamps is nice.
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Kitsch Lovers

Photos Lina Scheynius, Marcelo Krasilcic

Light and shadow, yin and yang, minimalism and kitsch. I was always wondering why I am so intrigued by tacky sculptures of porcelain, but now I know. It's this anti-fascination that makes you value a pure white cube even more. Life makes sense again.
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Primary Forms

Sculptures Larry Estridge

My new favourite activity: bending, folding and curving. Can be applied to any form of work. Because we all know: technique is key.
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Blessed

They're from Berlin, they make great fashion and they create fabulous objects with a touch of art: Bless. Cool and poetic describes their work best. See yourself:
hair brush


mobilephone charger golden pearls & coiffglasses horses

Aahh, and check out the wooden watch...
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