‘Objects of Desire’ (2005-2008) by Michael Kargl (aka Carlos Katastrofsky).
A numbered but unsigned set of sentences, which disappears from the screen as soon as the next set is automatically displayed, allows the visitor to become the owner of a unique work of art, but only as long as he or she keeps it in mind.
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Also tagged Carlos Katastrofsky , computer , desire , forget , keep , Michael Kargl , mind , number , object , screen , script
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‘Untitled’ (2007) by Jordan Wolfson combines the Prologue by Philip Leider from the film “Painters Painting The New York Art Scene 1940-1970” (by Emile de Antonio, 1972) with Wolfson’s own footage of a slow pan and zoom of a Mac Classic Computer sitting on the edge of a rural highway.
Leah Capaldi , ‘Allure’
Capaldi sprayed herself with ¾ of a bottle of perfume and travelled around London on public transport.
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Also tagged action , allure , chanel , DIY , fuckem , fun , leah capaldi , performance , perfume , public , romance , space , the wild , transport , trash , unknown
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‘Pedestal dispenser’ by Niklaus Ruegg
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Also tagged collection , fuckem , fun , game , generic , installation , niklaus ruegg , pedestal dispenser , plinths , sculpture , service , shapes , toy , unknown , work , world
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William Hogarth ‘s ‘Time smoking a picture’ (1822)
The quotation in Greek written on the upper part of the frame reads, “Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.”
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Also tagged allegory , darkness , engraving , hand , head , hole , light , painting , print , romance , scythe , severed , statue , time smoking a picture , unknown , varnish , william hogarth , wings
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‘Sarah Lucas’ (2008)
‘Celmins, Gibbs, Martin’ (2007) by Simon Linke
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Also tagged advertising , agnes martin , artforum , barbara gladstone , collection , commercialism , ewan gibbs , exhibitions , gallery , magazine , paintings , sarah lucas , shows , simon linke , text , unknown , vija celmins
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‘Video Art Manual’ (2011) by Keren Cytter .
‘New York Nudes’ (2012) by Ellen Harvey .
Every nude postcard from New York’s contemporary art museums, drawn on to highlight the nude bits.
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged collection , contemporary , DIY , draw , drawing , Ellen Harvey , museum , New York , nude , pose , postcard
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Gabriel von Max , ‘Monkey viewing a painting’ (18??)
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Also tagged animal , flower , gabriel von max , light , melancholy , monkey , painting , romance , sentiment , the wild , unknown , viewer , viewing
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