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<\/a>\nas well as his idea-charged ‘painting studio’, Nicholas also took the Yale Open Studio Weekend \/ Spring 2013 as an opportunity to showcase some of his newest light projections – in an entirely different room, on a different floor.
\nthus: outside the ‘studio’ box.
\nthus: light projected from inside .. a box, onto a wall \/ becomes .. outside the box, literally.<\/p>\n
I mean ‘light’ art in general, is outside the box, no matter how you cut it.<\/p>\n
as I write this . . looking back to April 2013, from the vantage point of August 2013 . . it’s relevant to note the huge huge torrent of press \/ exhibition activity this summer has seen . . for the ‘godfather’ of light – JAMES TURRELL. <\/p>\n as well, for followers of the greater media culture this summer, who can see an electric plug so close to the ground . . and not crack up, re: LARRY DAVID & ‘THE HOWARD’ . . in contrast to the ‘light’ projection . . becoming pure ‘solid’ color, the supposedly ‘solid’ floor – is totally made . . un-solid, un-real, shimmery and, well . . hard-to-define, esp as ‘space’.<\/p>\n as .. in ‘painting’ ? I don’t know .. it’s more thinking along the lines of DAN ASHER’S tiny ‘fingerprint’ scribble on a wall of other-wise empty paper vs Basquiat’s huge over-all hyper-dense and profoundly active compositions. you know, the yin and the yang. sometimes the small gesture steals up from behind, to win the hand.<\/p>\n the other projection – was even more obtuse, abstract, ‘strange’. who doesn’t<\/strong> want to put their hand through the eternal mystery, the unseen ‘chemistry’ of . . a beam. a beam of . . light.<\/p>\n NICHOLAS STEINDORF, YALE MFA OPEN STUDIOS, APRIL 27-28, 2013<\/p>\n PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n see: JAMES TURRELL, ‘SEEING THE LIGHT’, NEW YORK TIMES T MAGAZINE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthis is the projection, for this piece. there were 2 pieces on display.
\nI liked how small – it was … as well as the swirl of energy & color. and the the trace of .. unpredictable imagery.
\nI also liked the contrast put into play, with the ‘hard copy’ plywood art board . . above. <\/p>\n
\nbut, that’s .. another post, for another day.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nsome of the color range in this work – had that same vibrant bold color that one sees in the TURRELL work, albeit on a much smaller scale, production-wise.
\nI mean that’s interesting, not just as a comparison of grad school budget vs artist at his commercial height (!!) – but more, how infinitely amazing . . . it is to contemplate ‘transparent’ light – turned – bold ‘pigment’.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nwith that in mind – the floor \/ base under the projector – was really interesting too. <\/p>\n
\njust asking . . . !!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nsince,
\nit’s my fate, my journo beat ? – to scout out ‘new’ talent, JAMES TURRELL is a just little bit played-out for my purposes, and way obvious by now. but still, there’s a resonance of similar ‘light’ play – going on here, between these 2 artists, who are at the very opposite poles – of the art world spectrum, career-wise . . to make some comparisons.<\/p>\n
\nmaybe I wouldn’t like grad student Nicholas’ work, as much either .. if it could be “raised and lowered hydraulically to function as a skyspace as well as a dining area that seats 12” (T Magazine, see link below) as MR. TURRELL’S piece . . for Santa Monica art collectors RIC & SUZANNE KAYNE does. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nnow, that’s what I call, a moment of .. truth.<\/p>\n
\nnote how the ‘rawness’ of this ‘light’ shape \/ animation . . upon the wall, it’s almost .. ‘nothingness’ – contrasts with the projector itself. which is so machine \/ tech \/ tangible.
\nso . . stereo\/record player-like. very JACK GOLDSTEIN.
\nas opposed to TURRELL, come to think of it. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNicholas makes\/sets up .. the mechanical elements himself. I guess that makes him a bit of an artist\/techie. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nserious . . and playful.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nan arc of light . . transforms a wall.<\/p>\n