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Art from 2014: Creating Context

August 13, 2015 Tyko Kihlstedt Leave a Comment

This will be the first of several posts showing art I saw last year. Rather than simply photographing the following twenty-one images in a straightforward manner, however, I give each work of art a context.

At times I pull back to reveal an expanded setting in which the art loses a bit of its primacy. At other times, I zero in to show a detail in which the art may no longer even be recognizable. Because of this “transformation,” I give each photograph a title which seldom alludes to the title of the piece photographed.

My hope is that each photograph, along with its captioned title, will speak for itself. Therefore, I also offer no explanatory texts below the images. For viewers seeking more information, please “google” the artists’ names.

 

Young Critic, Bronx Bricks (5B), NYC, The Bronx, Paintings by Vladimir Ossif
Art Patron, Volta NY, NYC, Manhattan, Art by Zoe Charlton
Contemplating Andy Contemplating, Scope NY, NYC, Manhattan, Sculpture by Kazuhiro Tsuji
The Great American Nude Slides Home, The Armory Show, NYC, Manhattan, Sculpture by Tom Wesselman

Isaac Julien at MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Ten Thousand Waves installation
Slot, Skarstedt Gallery, NYC, Manhattan, Painting by Martin Kippenberger
 Read His Lips, National Arts Club, NYC, Manhattan, Bust of George Bush by Marc Mellon
Easy Does It, Bishop, Our Lady of Pompeii Church, NYC, Manhattan, Bust of  Venerable Bishop John Baptist Scalabrini 
Campo Vaccino in the Bronx, Bank Note Building, NYC, The Bronx, Hunt’s Point, Print of G. B. Piranesi
Prints by Wofsey, Bronx Bricks Apt. 3B, NYC, The Bronx, Mott Haven, Exhibition of prints by Tammy Wofsey
3 Landscapes, The New Museum, NYC, Manhattan, Paintings by Etel Adnan in show of art from the Arab world
MoMA’s Maillol I, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Aristide Maillol’s Sculpture, The River
MoMA’s Maillol II, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Aristide Maillol’s Sculpture, The River
MoMA’s Maillol III, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Aristide Maillol’s Sculpture, The River
Silver Nereid, Museum of the City of New York, NYC, Manhattan, Presentation Bowl by Tiffany & Company (Newport Goelet Cup)
Deflecting Treblinka, Museo del Barrio, NYC, Manhattan, Detail of Children of Treblinka by Raphael MontaƱez Ortiz
Daphne Pruned, Museum of Art & Design, NYC, Manhattan, Detail of Kate MacDowell’s Daphne
East Side Tessera, Times Square Police Kiosk, NYC, Manhattan, Midtown, Detail of mosaic of map of New York
Through the Wall, Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, NYC, Manhattan, Installation by  Jonah Freeman & Justin Lowe
Man Emerging, Flushing Boulevard, NYC, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Wall with mural and graffiti
Visible Hand: Wall Street, Federal Hall, NYC, Manhattan, Financial District, Detail of Statue of George Washington by John Quincy Adams Ward

Filed Under: Art & Photography Tagged With: A. Maillol, Andy Warhol, Art, Etel Adnan, Isaac Julien, Kate MacDowell, Kazuhiro Tsuji, M Kippenberger, Marc Mellon, Photography, Piranesi, Rafael Ortiz, Tammy Wofsey, Tiffany, Tom Wesselman, V Ossif, Zoe Charlton

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