Rebecca Warren: Metropolis

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1. I was initially hesitant to view this episode but foun the discussion very valuable. I was somewhat surprized that what seemed the forfront thought for me in viewing the works were not mentioned but almost touched upon. I saw the show as a journal entry from the studio. I( regarded the unpainted work as the first in the series. The artist entering the workspace , contemplative. The leaning sgtraightedge and the pedistal with drink seemed to indicate the studio space as did the wooden constructio seemed a maquette for developing the work. The levels and measuring sticks appeared to me as the primary tools of approaching the work. I liked the idea that one of the commenters made of some artists approach the work to discover answers rather than deliver them. As a person who spent many years carving carousel figures the horses leg seemed very obvious in one figure and suggested in others. Could it be a depiction of the spirit with which the artist enters the studio areana? The reclining figure felt very familiar to the studio environment and the upward gaze seemed as if the figure was contemplating something she was working on but viewing from below. The two figures with one upturning the other seemed the resolution. To turn the figure on its head. Just my imaginings, but I couldn’t clear them from my mind as I viewed the show. Thank you for these programs. I deeply enjoy them.

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2. These pieces seem very decorative to me. Back in the mid 1980’s I had a woman friend who got her sculptures shown as part of the window display at Bergdorf’s or Bendels’ (I can’t remember which one). These works are also playing a supporting roll in a fashion sense, but in support of what….like Jock said, pointing at previous historically important sculptures. I think they are as empty as Charles Ray’s but not as perverse.

   Thanks for another interesting forum.

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