I recall some very large chairs or chair shapes exhibited I think at
Annely Juda in London in I think early 80s which were certainly non-human
with the apparent hostility of deep uninterest
whoever / whatever might sit there would not be interested in me
& there was a sculpture at LYC Arts Gallery in Cumbria 30 years ago - Nash
- of twigs penetrating the building through the window, suggestive of
decay, lack of shelter etc
L
>Though Nash’s early work provided an anthropomorphic sense of play, in
these large outdoor and indoor works (not permitted to photograph), I
believe, with some exceptions, we are introduced to a much more inhuman
landscape in which actual nature - no matter how much more revealed, and
awesomely so here - it is an acknowledgment of nature as a presence that
may well have nothing to do with us (no matter how our machinations may
screw it up, try to destroy it, make it over, whatever).
On Wed, July 28, 2010 21:45, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
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> Some new stuff on blog may be of interest as in the poetry of the
> oblique:
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> Towers & Columns: (Discussion & photos) Brancusi (Google!), Ann Hamilton
> (Geyserville, California) & David Nash (at Yorkshire Sculpture Park,
> Yorkshire). An exploration of sorts, and an extension of an earlier blog
> discussion of Ellworth Kelly, Brancusi, the Mali Gazelle and the Paris
> Hotel shadow.
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> An photo homage to Malevich, from the Neighborhood Anthropology Series.
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> Haptic responses to readings/events by David Wolach, Kenny Goldsmith,
> Lawrence Kearney and Duncan McNaughton
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> As always, your responses appreciated.
>
>
> Stephen Vincetn
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>
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"This is not a time for foolery, or compliments. It may be that both of us
are within a few minutes of death... And I, at any rate, don't propose to
die with polite insincerities in my mouth. "
C S Lewis - That Hideous Strength
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Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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