Having just returned from Tibet I was pretty eager to get these photos up considering that blogging and facebooking (among many others) are illegal activities in the People’s Republic of China. Well now they’re up and the Chinese can’t do shit about it except revoke my visas and arrest me when I go back. But if that happens then we’ll know the Mill has really made it. I digress.
I took these photos at a gallery/workshop outside of Lhasa that we had the rare privilege of seeing. The professor leading our trip has an old friend, a talented Tibetan artist, who runs the place and brought us in. He was trained in Beijing at arguably the best arts institute in the country and has used his skill, alongside his colleagues, to develop their little known gallery- housed in an unassuming, oldish Tibetan building. Some of the pieces are highly controversial by Chinese standards. Others are more subdued. However, it all takes a clever approach to reach the intended result. Much of it deals with a disappearing culture, oppression and the persistence of Buddhism (or what’s left of it). I apologize for the photo quality on some as I was running through the gallery taking snapshots of everything without a tripod or proper exposure but you get the point. This is only a handful of the pieces but it shows the varied mediums and focuses. The artists have no websites or much in the way of professional development but you can access a past catalogue from a recent show in Beijing at the Red Gate Gallery (www.redgategallery.com) under “Return to Lhasa”, artists Gade and Tsering Nyandak.
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“Jonathan Schipper’s slow motion car crash.
This exhibit comes to life by simulating a head on car accident in slow motion over the period of 6 days. each car moves about 3 feet per day making it nearly invisible to see each movement.
There’s 3 videos that show the accident occuring over the 6 day span. the first 2 two involving firebirds (pictured) and the last with a camaro.”
This is pretty damn cool. Jonathan Schipper is a sculptor whose works focus on motion, life and death, and inevitability. He writes of the exhibit, “Cars are extensions of our body and our ego. We buy or modify cars that reflect our personalities and egos. When we see an automobile destroyed, in a way we are looking at our own inevitable death.”
He has a fairly detailed archive of his exhibits (for all of which, he also provides videos) on his website. When addressed with the idea of shooting this type of scene, any cameraman would say that it would translate better in an animated piece, so you know this guy’s work is pretty unique; I’d say it’s what you get when a guy with an engineering degree and an obsession with the philosophy of infinity is also secretly into bondage… awesome.
His other pieces include encasing himself in a clear plastic mold for an hour, a machine that moves up and down to one’s breath, and, of course, a boxed head.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/wBSRqneg7o5mkjb6GURqkb8lo1_500.jpg)
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“Jonathan Schipper’s slow motion car crash.
This exhibit comes to life by simulating a head on car accident in slow motion over the period of 6 days. each car moves about 3 feet per day making it nearly invisible to see each movement.
There’s 3 videos that show the accident occuring over the 6 day span. the first 2 two involving firebirds (pictured) and the last with a camaro.”
This is pretty damn cool. Jonathan Schipper is a sculptor whose works focus on motion, life and death, and inevitability. He writes of the exhibit, “Cars are extensions of our body and our ego. We buy or modify cars that reflect our personalities and egos. When we see an automobile destroyed, in a way we are looking at our own inevitable death.”
He has a fairly detailed archive of his exhibits (for all of which, he also provides videos) on his website. When addressed with the idea of shooting this type of scene, any cameraman would say that it would translate better in an animated piece, so you know this guy’s work is pretty unique; I’d say it’s what you get when a guy with an engineering degree and an obsession with the philosophy of infinity is also secretly into bondage… awesome.
His other pieces include encasing himself in a clear plastic mold for an hour, a machine that moves up and down to one’s breath, and, of course, a boxed head.
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Tom Sachs
Sculptor Tom Sachs is known in the contemporary art world for his monumental recreations of popular images (one might see him as a Warhol of sculpture). He has created images ranging from sculptures of Hello Kitty to renderings of Le Corbisier’s 1952 Unite d’Habitation. Sachs has exhibited his works all over the world and is currently working with art collector Mickey Cartin on works themed on the late music artist, James Brown. Here are a few images of his works.
Bravo…
to whoever erected this sculpture on a tree outside of the Wiggins Sculpture Studio. Certainly turned my head.
