Naslov
Bez naziva
(Untitled)

Autori
Popović, Viktor

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, izložba

Godina
2006

Ključne riječi
umjetnička instalacija ; korištene stolice ; svijetleće fluo cijevi
(art installation ; used chairs ; fluorescent light tubes)

Sažetak
Portland Art Center (u organizaciji Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts), Portland, Oregon, SAD, kustos Gavin Shettler (2-5. studenoga 2006.) ; The Portland Art Center needed a showstopper to make up for last month's Catacombs, a labyrinth of low-grade performance art that would have undershot expectations even if a high-school drama troupe had put it on. Fortunately, Croatian artist Viktor Popovic supplied the needed showstopper in the form of an untitled, limited-engagement installation that was as seductive as it was arcane. Glowing in the darkness of PAC's cavernous main gallery, the sculptural grouping of elementary-school chairs and fluorescent lights looked like Dan Flavin reincarnated as a fourth-grader. Up close, you saw other seating styles: dining chairs, captain's chairs, stackable plastic chairs à la Design Within Reach. On opening night, Popovic, in town for five weeks for a PICA residency, explained that each of the chairs was lent to him by Portlanders he met during his stay, and that the lenders' energies contributed to the installation's emotional impact. Complementing the piece was Elias Foley's film, with its shifting shapes and shadows, set to an Indian techno-raga beat. It's a pity the show wasn't up longer than three days (Nov. 2, 3 and 4). Maybe people wanted their chairs back. 32 NW 5th Ave., 236-3322.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

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