Sunday, August 26, 2007

Rudolf Stingel (Greg's pick)


Rudolf Stingel @ Whitney Museum
This show really blew me away. Grand and subtle. I appreciated the sparseness of the galleries- there was plenty of room to look at and contemplate each piece. The artist moves easily from abstraction (hazy paintings w/instructions on how to make them) to installation (a mirror covered floor reflected golden baroque patterning) to realistic painting (giant black and while photo-based images of the artist) and he takes us along for the ride.

Read the NY Times Review
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E5D9103CF931A35755C0A9669C8B63

And here is a link to some images
http://www.artnet.com/artist/156904/rudolf-stingel.html