Home | Business News | Browse by Publication | C | C: International Contemporary Art

Claude Wampler: Staging Shadows Without Source.

Publication: C: International Contemporary Art
Publication Date: 22-MAR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
CLAUDE WAMPLER STAGING SHADOWS WITHOUT SOURCE

3rd Yokohama Triennale, Japan

"Politics revolves around what is seen and what can be said about it, around who has the ability to see and the talent to speak ..." (1)

--Jacques Ranciere

A large, low-raised, spotlit pedestal in a dim space is unusually unadorned while a subtle, massive shadow seems to emanate out of nothing on the room's back wall. Upon approaching the pedestal, guards politely tell me not to get too close. While a student sketches a spectacular and bulbous form, her pastels and charcoal sprawled around her, another viewer crouches down as if to observe an underbelly detail of the piece. Other visitors seem as confused as me, wandering up to the label on the wall only to read a rather...

View this article FREE - Now for a Limited Time, try Goliath Business News
Free for 3 Days!



More articles from C: International Contemporary Art
28th Bienal de Sao Paulo: In Living Contact., March 22, 2009

Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.

Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication name or publication date.

About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company analysis or best practices in managing your organization, Goliath can help you meet your business needs.

Our extensive business information databases empower business professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible, authoritative information they need to support their business goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting, company research or defining management best practices - Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.