tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post7934659250957864024..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: ARTY-FACTSBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-16549847215473352832009-08-18T07:12:16.547+01:002009-08-18T07:12:16.547+01:00One of the things that I find fascinating about th...One of the things that I find fascinating about the Biennale is that the buildings (many of them so obviously very early-1900s) remain the same year upon year (or year upon every-other-year!) but inside there is always something totally different - unexpected, engaging, exciting, bizarre or even downright silly...<br /><br />We have visited the gardens on the years when the Binanale is <i>not</i> on and the empty national houses sit amongst the trees shut up, forlornly awaiting their next extravagant and exotic tenants.<br /><br />The concept of nationally-styled pavilions is, of course, one that was featured in many world's fairs and international expositions and is still found, today, in Epcot's World Showcase at Walt Disney World in Florida.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-63441721696155191592009-08-18T01:39:02.077+01:002009-08-18T01:39:02.077+01:00Not surprisingly, I liked the wicker cats best...
...Not surprisingly, I liked the wicker cats best...<br /><br />Amazing stuff. (and the ArtSpeak about the German kitchen cabinets, well, I suppose it's gratifying to know that it isn't just here where art is described in terms that leave one feeling as if one's head has just been turned inside out, and left that way.) I far prefer your commentary!<br /><br /><br />The Hungarian Pavilion's exterior decoration is wonderful.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />DALSALIA -- a new breed of erotic glass plantscbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048966584552769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-83391574277888056482009-08-17T14:27:41.645+01:002009-08-17T14:27:41.645+01:00And in the Kew Gardens exhibition they were spring...And in the Kew Gardens exhibition they were springing up or suspended in the various hothouses as if they were particularly rare and exotic orchids and lilies.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-86194156124609822182009-08-17T14:15:37.554+01:002009-08-17T14:15:37.554+01:00I love how Chihuly's glass was set up in that ...I love how Chihuly's glass was set up in that exhibit, as if the works were plants themselves. Great stuff.Ryan Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156634290115527701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-73597288259202721712009-08-17T13:55:16.612+01:002009-08-17T13:55:16.612+01:00Yes, we also saw Dale Chihuly's fantastical fo...Yes, we also saw Dale Chihuly's fantastical foliage at Kew (we probably passed in the Palm Hose without knowing it!) and thought them sensational.<br /><br />There is a fabulous sculpture by him currently hanging in the atrium of the V&A Museum. You can see it <a href="http://briansibleywindowgazing.blogspot.com/2009/04/extravaganza.html" rel="nofollow"><b>here</b></a>.<br /><br />As for the German Pavilion's exhibit: here's what it's all about:<br /><br /><i>"In Liam Gillick's <b>'How are you going to behave? A kitchen cat speaks'</b>, one meets a kitchen and a cat. <br /><br />"The kitchen is inspired by the design of the Frankfurter Küche (Frankfurt Kitchen) by the Viennese architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Conceived in 1926, the Frankfurt Kitchen with its functional form was intended to optimize household workflows. The first prototypes of today’s built-in kitchen were integrated into more than 10,000 public housing units in Frankfurt, Germany. <br /><br />"The (animatronic) cat sits on top of the kitchen and fights against the echo in the building and tells us a circular story of misrepresentation, misunderstanding and desire."</i><br /><br />I'm sure you understand perfectly now. :-)Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-73446345516710626002009-08-17T13:31:44.031+01:002009-08-17T13:31:44.031+01:00We saw that guy's glass sculptures at Kew a co...We saw that guy's glass sculptures at Kew a couple of years ago- amazing!<br />Were the Germans opening an IKEA in their pavilion?<br />Roger O. B...<br />LEEDRA: an editorial comment on an art exhibitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-6166200557355015952009-08-17T07:50:42.744+01:002009-08-17T07:50:42.744+01:00It took the better part of a hot and humid day and...It took the better part of a hot and humid day and I did about 4/5ths of the exhibits before getting pooped and requiring a long sit down. <br /><br />Fortunately, I chanced on the Israeli Pavilion which had both comfy armchairs arranged around a table laden with impenetrable modern paintings <i>and</i> <b>AIR CONDITIONING!</b> <br /><br />So I (literally) chilled out - pretending to be absorbed in the aforesaid impenetrable art books - while David knocked off the rest of the show and brought me back photos to show me what I'd missed!<br /><br />As for the erotica, it was pretty much hard to avoid it! No one country, it seems, has the monopoly when it comes to rude or suggestive art.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-493080275721186622009-08-17T07:25:23.745+01:002009-08-17T07:25:23.745+01:00Wow - what a collection. How long did it take you ...Wow - what a collection. How long did it take you to get round (and did you spend a bit longer at the Erotica)?<br /><br />scryle: rude spherical flower artSharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.com