Not a secret that Stone Parliament is partial to white. Our regular readers can attest to reading mention of this often...from white linen, white terry robes, white dishes, white towels to white marble during the amazing all white bathroom reno. Yes, we LOVE white!
So, it should be no surprise when an art installation highlighting WHITE & BLACK in an almost insitutional like setting, sparks our interest and anticipation is spurred! It's a 'not to miss' event at the AIC. Monica Bonvicini's installation entitled "LIGHT ME BLACK" is buzzing! In art, she explores the relationship between gender, power and space, both by drawing, collage, video and sculpture.
Monica Bonvicini (center) supervises the installation of her exhibition Light Me Black.
"Equal parts beautiful and menacing, Monica Bonvicini’s sculptures, installations, videos, and drawings provoke an acute awareness of the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. Favoring industrial materials that reference the modernist canon, such as metal and glass, often combined with the trappings of sexual fetishism—leather, chains, and rubber—Bonvicini confronts the power structures and contradictions inherent in built environments. "
Text was quoted from a variety of sources, including literature, psychoanalytic theory, popular music, and architects’ own words, adds yet another layer to her wry commentary. More than any other artist working today, her projects aim to expose the disparity between the sexy, utopian, and avant-gardist claims of certain—largely male—“starchitects” and the realities of the spaces they create.
A few of you may be more familiar with this conceptual artist's transparent public toilet in Basel, Switzerland.
This toilet, called "Don’t Miss a Sec," first shown in December 2003 and was immediately called "Loo with a View" by the press.
The photos show this transparent glass toilet at the Messeplatz in Basel, Switzerland at a major exhibition centre, were the largest exhibitions about watches & jewelry called ‘Basel World’ and the ‘Art’ (one of the biggest art exhibitions worldwide) take place.
From the outside looking in, it appears to be nothing more than a monolith made of mirrors; from the inside looking out, it’s a fully transparent 360-degree window on the world.
Although the stainless steel potty within the glass cube is fully functional, it’s still more a work of art than what you’d call an ‘official’ public toilet.
So, it should be no surprise when an art installation highlighting WHITE & BLACK in an almost insitutional like setting, sparks our interest and anticipation is spurred! It's a 'not to miss' event at the AIC. Monica Bonvicini's installation entitled "LIGHT ME BLACK" is buzzing! In art, she explores the relationship between gender, power and space, both by drawing, collage, video and sculpture.
Monica Bonvicini (center) supervises the installation of her exhibition Light Me Black.
Another installation shot from the first Focus exhibition in the Modern Wing.
"Equal parts beautiful and menacing, Monica Bonvicini’s sculptures, installations, videos, and drawings provoke an acute awareness of the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. Favoring industrial materials that reference the modernist canon, such as metal and glass, often combined with the trappings of sexual fetishism—leather, chains, and rubber—Bonvicini confronts the power structures and contradictions inherent in built environments. "
Text was quoted from a variety of sources, including literature, psychoanalytic theory, popular music, and architects’ own words, adds yet another layer to her wry commentary. More than any other artist working today, her projects aim to expose the disparity between the sexy, utopian, and avant-gardist claims of certain—largely male—“starchitects” and the realities of the spaces they create.
A few of you may be more familiar with this conceptual artist's transparent public toilet in Basel, Switzerland.This toilet, called "Don’t Miss a Sec," first shown in December 2003 and was immediately called "Loo with a View" by the press.
The photos show this transparent glass toilet at the Messeplatz in Basel, Switzerland at a major exhibition centre, were the largest exhibitions about watches & jewelry called ‘Basel World’ and the ‘Art’ (one of the biggest art exhibitions worldwide) take place.
From the outside looking in, it appears to be nothing more than a monolith made of mirrors; from the inside looking out, it’s a fully transparent 360-degree window on the world.
Although the stainless steel potty within the glass cube is fully functional, it’s still more a work of art than what you’d call an ‘official’ public toilet.
