notes.husk.org. scribblings by Paul Mison.

2012-04-09

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In 2007 they were the subject of a large Tate Modern retrospective. “We felt we deserved it”, says Gilbert. “But we wanted it in the right Tate, not the wrong Tate.”

“Every English artist who has a show in Tate Britain is finished two weeks later,” says Gilbert. “It’s the kiss of death. If you have Tate Modern, then the other one must be Tate Old-Fashioned. They’re trying to say that they don’t really believe in British modern art.”

Gilbert of Gilbert and George, in a Guardian interview to promote their White Cube show.

2012-04-08

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Getty Images at Daylife:
An employee poses between a 1978 embroidery work entitled ‘Aerei’ (Aeroplanes) (R) and a 1989 embroidery of the same title by Italian artist Alighiero Boetti at the Tate Modern in central London on February 27, 2012. The Tate Modern will present an exhibition of Boetti’s work titled ‘Game Plan’, from February 28 to May 27, 2012.

Getty Images at Daylife:

An employee poses between a 1978 embroidery work entitled ‘Aerei’ (Aeroplanes) (R) and a 1989 embroidery of the same title by Italian artist Alighiero Boetti at the Tate Modern in central London on February 27, 2012. The Tate Modern will present an exhibition of Boetti’s work titled ‘Game Plan’, from February 28 to May 27, 2012.

2010-12-14

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“ Artist Tacita Dean will tackle Tate Modern’s cavernous Turbine Hall in 2011, the 12th in the annual Unilever Series which has become one of British contemporary art’s most prestigious commissions. ”
Reuters. I love the Roaring Forties storyboards, so I have high hopes for this one. (Tip via Chris.)

2010-10-15

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“ Although porcelain is very robust, the enthusiastic interaction of visitors has resulted in a greater than expected level of dust in the Turbine Hall. Tate has been advised that this dust could be damaging to health following repeated inhalation over a long period of time. In consequence, Tate, in consultation with the artist, has decided not to allow visitors to walk across the sculpture. ”
A spokesman for Tate Modern, which has stopped visitors trampling on Sunflower Seeds, as quoted in The Guardian.

2010-10-11

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Stefan Wermuth photograph of a photographer getting a close up, from the Guardian’s in pictures: Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern.

Stefan Wermuth photograph of a photographer getting a close up, from the Guardian’s in pictures: Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern.

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“ I love this work. It is a world in a hundred million objects. It is also a singular statement, in a familiar, minimal form – like Wolfgang Laib’s floor-bound rectangles of yellow pollen, Richard Long’s stones or Antony Gormley’s fields of thousands of little humanoids. Sunflower Seeds, however, is better. It is audacious, subtle, unexpected but inevitable. It is a work of great simplicity and complexity. ”
Adrian Searle waxes rhapsodic about Tate Modern’s sunflower seeds: the world in the palm of your hand in his five-star review for the Guardian. The whole thing is worth a read.

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“ If I was in the audience I would definitely want to take a seed. But for the museum, it is a total work, and taking a seed would affect the work. Institutions have their own policies. But I know I would want to take a seed. ”
Ai Weiwei, talking about his installation Sunflower Seeds in The Guardian.

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媒体 - Ai Weiwei’s photo of photographers snapping him at the launch of his “Sunflower Seeds” installation at Tate Modern.

媒体 - Ai Weiwei’s photo of photographers snapping him at the launch of his “Sunflower Seeds” installation at Tate Modern.

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[Ai Weiwei], who has been under state surveillance, said of the political repercussions of his latest work: “As a gesture it really encourages a lot of young people to express themselves more freely. As a nation, China has to (do that)” (from the Telegraph photo gallery).

[Ai Weiwei], who has been under state surveillance, said of the political repercussions of his latest work: “As a gesture it really encourages a lot of young people to express themselves more freely. As a nation, China has to (do that)” (from the Telegraph photo gallery).

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