It Really Is

I Now Need A Big Yard So I Can Buy This

I was in Manhattan this past weekend; saw Richard Serra’s two new sculptures, Junction (2011) and Cycle (2010), at Gagosian West 24^th. The enormous tilting and winding sheets of oxidized steel made me feel like I was in a tunnel on mars. Or tripping.

RICHARD SERRA, Cycle, 2011, Weatherproof steel, 62' x 56' x 14'
Copyright Richard Serra. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo by Lorenz Kienzle

I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural form to make space distinct.
– Richard Serra

Yay art! Image courtesy of my soul sister, Laura Semon

A Lot Like Yesterday, A Lot Like Never

Billed as a masterpiece by some (not so much by others) I spent a good portion of last Saturday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, watching Video and Sound Artist Christian Marclay’s The Clock. With the help of six assistants and almost three years, Marclay was able to create a twenty-four montage of thousands of film and video clips depicting or referencing the precise time of day.

Originally debuting at White Cube, Mason’s Yard last fall, The Clock went on to be screened at Paula Cooper in New York and at this year’s Venice Biennale where it was awarded the Golden Lion. “The Clock has an appeal, as everyone is concerned about time. We never have enough time to do anything,” Marclay told a news crew after his big win in Venice.

The MFA’s debut of The Clock (it co-purchased one of the six copies in existence with the National Gallery of Canada) coincides with the opening of the museum’s new Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, a $12.5 million refurbishment of the museum’s 1981 west wing, designed originally by noted architect I.M. Pei.

Christian Marclay’s The Clock will be on view at the MFA until October 10. For more information go here.