Saturday, July 10, 2010

Art journal #86: Rem(a)inders, Galleria Continua, BJ

Continua rarely disappoints. This is a traveling show, with heavyhitters: Ai Weiwei, Subodh Gupta, Michelangelo Pistoletto, etc.

Gupta's depiction of (leftover?) Chn meals in oil on canvas is unlike his work, but interesting. Ai Weiwei is doing his piling of waste as installation. Pistoletto's buddha sitting on waste pile at the entrance is imposing. Sun Yuan and Peng Yu's tearing up of Zhang Huan's early photo is irreverent as usual.

I particularly like the square, small size catalog that Continua does for every show. Very consistent and different from others.

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