Empty sculpture stand and blank canvas are main attractions at ‘invisible art’ exhibi
 

Modern art takes an unexpected twist: Empty sculpture stand and blank canvas are main attractions at ‘invisible art’ exhibition

Some of the best art here you will never see...........

By Eleanor Harding
PUBLISHED: 17:39 GMT, 18 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:09 GMT, 18 May 2012




It looks like the aftermath of a museum robbery.
But this empty sculpture stand is in fact the main attraction at a leading British gallery – and punters will be charged £8 a head to see it.
The ‘work’ was created as a stunt by Andy Warhol and will form part of an exhibition of ‘invisible art’ at London’s Hayward Gallery.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...01_634x786.jpg Empty: Tom Friedman's Untitled (A Curse) was stood on by Andy Warhol. The artist hired a witch to curse it



Visitors will be asked to look beyond ‘material objects’ and ‘set their imaginations on fire’ by looking at the empty gallery spaces.
Also included in the 50 ‘invisible works’ will be an empty piece of paper, an empty canvas and an empty space.



It is thought to be the first such exhibition staged at a major institution in the UK.
But it is likely to provide more fuel to critics who see much of modern art as a case of the ‘Emperor’s new clothes’. Quite literally, in this case.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...36_634x491.jpg Invisible: Gianni Motti's Magic Ink, 1989 has drawings made in invisible ink



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...91_634x491.jpg Mystery: Yves Klein's In the Void Room (Raum der Leere), 1961, is one of the exhibits at the show

Ralph Rugoff, director of the Hayward Gallery, offered a different view. He said: ‘I think visitors will find that there is plenty to see and experience in this exhibition of invisible art.
‘This exhibition highlights that art isn’t about material objects, it’s about setting our imaginations alight, and that’s what the artists in this show do in many varied ways.’
Warhol’s ‘Invisible Sculpture'; - dating from 1985 - consists of an empty plinth on which he had once briefly stepped.
Another work, ‘1000 Hours of Staring’, is a blank piece of paper at which artist Tom Friedman has stared repeatedly over the space of five years.
The same artist is behind ‘Untitled (A Curse)’, an empty space which has been cursed by a witch.
Invisible: Art about the Unseen 1957 - 2012 opens on June 12 and also includes work by John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, who provides instructions encouraging viewers to conjure up an artwork in their minds.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...28_634x395.jpg Visitors to Jeppe Hein's Invisible Labyrinth wear headphones that vibrate when they bump into an invisible wall


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...13_634x401.jpg Vanishing act: Art about the unseen is on show at the Hayward Gallery on the South Bank

And there will be an Invisible Labyrinth by Jeppe Heine, in which visitors negotiate their way around a maze wearing digital headphones activated by infra-red beams.
The exhibition forms part of the Southbank Centre’s summer-long Festival Of The World with MasterCard.
Mr Rugoff added: ‘From the amusing to the philosophical, you will be able to explore an invisible labyrinth that only materialises as you move around it, see an artwork that has been created by the artist staring at it for 1000 hours, walk through an installation designed to evoke the afterlife, and be in the presence of Andy Warhol’s celebrity aura.’

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22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

Well that explains what the heck this thing is that they errected in the centre of my city. Here it is being assembled. It's been up for best part of a year now and it's an abomination. There is another one a few kilometres away in the nightclub strip which is equally repulsive and it's location is extremely dubious.

I've been trying to work out what the hidden symbology is but I can't grasp it. I think it might only become apparent from an angle you can't see from, like looking down on it from above.
http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/110818/17...j4-174oej7.jpg

Given that pyramids are being included in lots of new construction here, I'm sure it has some symbolic meaning.

Oh and the price? $1 million.

"Oh and the price? $1 million."

Yaw'll got fucked!

Then again, I wouldn't give 50¢ to see "nothing" in the OP.

Aww it's only "fiat"... in a way it's fitting.... fake art for fake money.

How do you like my latest masterpiece..........$1,000,000........if ya want it someone else may get in before ya......

the weird thing about art such as this is that it is maybe more powerful in someways then normal art.

I mean its got a message ....nothing ...you could call it fiats true meaning if you wish.....

http://mattovermatter.com/wp-content...pty-canvas.jpg

This exhibition highlights that art isn’t about material objects, it’s about setting our imaginations alight


Sounds like a economist on CNBC

The exhibition forms part of the Southbank Centre’s summer-long Festival Of The World with MasterCard. http://images.moneyville.ca/images/2...0bcd6b23cd.jpg

Goes well with the hot air and hand claps.

lmao! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

The question we need to ask is: Who runs the Art Market and how did it become a freak circus? ...

The answer: http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net...moon-ArtI.html

I think I prefer this art by Alex Schaefer:

http://www.cjamesgallery.com/assets/...-1-400x509.jpg

Currently on exhibition at the Charlie James Galllery

Not sure about all of it but the anti bank stuff I like. There is a PDF catalogue here. Even has a pic of a Cop taking a pic of his pic of a burning bank, which just happens to be across the street. I think his rise to fame was because he got arrested or hassled for painting the burning bank picture in public.

That you for that link Hermie ...........

It was excellent read and it showed just how little i knew about the machinations of Art

It also proves yet again that demise of Classical art reeks of Bagels

Visitors should be wearing invisible clothes..... like el douche Obama.

if you bring a magic marker & draw on a blank canvas, have you ruined the "painting" ?


once i watched an experienced graffiti artist at work. that guy was GOOD.

Now hold that thought, and put it where the sun don't shine.

A nation turns it's lonely eyes to you woo woo woo... http://www.smileyhut.com/laughing/rofl.gif
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05...0_undefined,0_

The jew is laughing all the way to the bank. You goys are so fucking stupid.

Do you have a finished picture or two? We can work out the code.
In my city its a ringing Public Pay Parking. http://www.smileyhut.com/laughing/rofl.gif