{"id":20268,"date":"2014-02-10T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T20:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=20268"},"modified":"2014-02-10T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T21:38:18","slug":"keith-sonnier-one-more-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/02\/10\/keith-sonnier-one-more-look\/","title":{"rendered":"~KEITH SONNIER . . ONE MORE LOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"

there’s so much going on out there . . this month.
\nsome real good stuff.<\/p>\n

but before we move on, ONE LAST LOOK. <\/p>\n

ONE LAST ‘TRIPPIN’ the light, lightly !!<\/p>\n

ONE LAST ‘TRIPPIN’ . . the light fantastic !! <\/p>\n

KEITH SONNIER – ‘ELYSIAN PLAIN + EARLY WORKS’
\nJAN 24 – FEB 22, 2014
\nPACE<\/a> – 510 W 25th ST – CHELSEA, NYC<\/p>\n

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\nKEITH SONNIER, (left) ‘Neon Wrapping Incandescent’, 1969. and, (right) ‘Mirrored Slant’, 2013.
\nthis is an interesting juxtaposition of .. an early work, and a later, as in ‘happening . . right now’ piece.
\nwe lose the incandescent bulb, the roping neon tube . . and gain instead, as dancing partner: a shaped flat mirror, and a shaped flat acrylic surface. more ‘ghost’ in the machine . . less ‘drawing’.<\/p>\n

more . . ‘scientific’.<\/p>\n

it’s also pink and blue, though the pink is more acid, but that sharp rind . . yellow – nails it.<\/p>\n

the neon light elements move further back into the ‘distance’, and decrease in ‘volume’ – but their dynamic, the visual play of their ‘sharp’ color hues, and minimalist spacing . . is just as strong – wherein lies the great beauty of this piece.<\/p>\n

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\nKEITH SONNIER, ‘Mirrored Slant’, 2013. neon, glass, mirror, acrylic, aluminum, electrical wire, transformer.
\n9′ 6-1\/2″ x 76-1\/2″ x 17″.
\n($225,000) <\/p>\n

reflection, refraction. transparency, hue. dot dot dash.<\/p>\n

what I also love about this piece, is . . how anthropomorphic – it is !!
\nit looks just like a little robot man – from a future planet !!
\nor maybe even us, when our bio\/wired digital integration is . . complete.
\nwhat . . they say: a brother from another . . mother.<\/p>\n

I was thinking, too bad it’s not wireless, but then again, maybe it’s just ‘charging’ !!
\nI mean there is always going to be the ‘juice’, the energy source, even in TRON.<\/p>\n

but if you also read about the inherent ‘fold’ and ‘open’ power in micro bacteria, you know what.
\nmaybe . . NOT !!
\nyep: energizer bunny !! Bacterium !!
\nsee: BACTERIA as GENERATORS of ELECTRICITY – WALL ST JOURNAL<\/a><\/p>\n

(if the link doesn’t work for you, just re-paste ‘THE ENERGIZER BACTERIUM’ in your browser \/ as if we all don’t want to get paid for content . . )<\/p>\n

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\nit’s interesting to ‘integrate’ with the piece, even though it’s flat and structurally ‘finite’ on the wall, as you move, you can see different depths of field in the reflections.
\nso, go on: break that . . ‘plane’ !!<\/p>\n

it’s also interesting to compare the ‘mirror’ to the ‘acrylic’ surface . . very subtle, but quite the game changer.<\/p>\n

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\nI absolutely adore how those two dashes of acid pink sit there, so exquisite.
\nlike two . .
\nlittle hands.<\/p>\n

and then .. how the bottom acrylic panel extends slightly outward, with almost human balancing stance, and then, how the yellow neon tubing was put against<\/strong> the back wall, instead of up against .. that jut forward.
\nit’s all those little details that bring great humanity, and beauty, to the piece.<\/p>\n

it’s like the opposite of ‘brutality’.
\nit’s like the hand of god, the presence of man .. in its most graceful aspect .. that you would follow, and hope could change the world, and it does . . for the brief moments you spend with it.<\/p>\n

it’s the opposite of ‘Wolf of Wall Street.’<\/p>\n

that’s . . the take-away. <\/p>\n

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\nit’s definitely: interactive.
\nfinite \/ infinite.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nit’s definitely: the ghost in the machine !!<\/p>\n

some people trade in hedge funds, penny stocks, and IPOs . . and others \/ in dash dot dash . . <\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

there’s so much going on out there . . this month. some real good stuff. but before we move on, ONE LAST LOOK. ONE LAST ‘TRIPPIN’ the light, lightly !! ONE LAST ‘TRIPPIN’ . . the light fantastic !! KEITH SONNIER – ‘ELYSIAN PLAIN + EARLY WORKS’ JAN 24 – FEB 22, 2014 PACE – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20268"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20270,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20268\/revisions\/20270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}