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In the Conceptual Art wing of the Oakland Museum sits a cast bronze version of a peacock chair in which Huey Newton, iconic leader of the Black Panthers, was once photographed.
Sitting on the chair*, the visitor looks down to see herself reflected in a mirrored base, deeply marked with concentric circles that both capture the reflection and send refractions of color all over the room.
It's stunning.
Very late, this post. But I was lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving in Israel thanks to a partner who had to be there for work, and who invited me to tag along.
I spent a day wandering Tel Aviv with my camera, chasing the street art that was everywhere. Huge wall-size pieces, tiny rat-sized ones. Black spray paintings, colorful wheatpastings. Aggression, sadness and whimsy, sometimes all at once.
More of the set here.
At last night's Dorkbot at the Exploratorium, we got to see the engine from the Raygun Gothic Rocketship up close and personal. Beautiful, buzzy, high-voltage scupture makes me happy.
Karen Marcelo, Dorkbot-SF's organizer, has a great video on her Flickr feed. Check it out.
"Untitled", Larry Bell. Vacuum-coated glass
A few years ago, on a trip to Washington DC, I took a walk through the Hirshhorn Museum's sculpture garden. There was a cube there, highly reflective, chest-high, beautiful. The piece stuck with me for its simplicity and the beautiful way that it echoed its surroundings.
Fast forward to September 2010. I'm walking through the Oakland Museum of California, and stumble across the piece above. I know it instantly. It's not the same piece, but I know it's by the same artist.
This piece reflects its surroundings, yes. But more magically, from certain angles, you can also see THROUGH the cube. Forward and backward at once.
Full circle and then some.
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