Tobias Rehberger

Just went to a great lecture by Tobias Rehberger at the Denver Art Museum this week. His concepts and working methods are quite interesting, he would draw things from memory like a chair or car and send his drawings to the carpenter and have them make the object. For some reason it reminded me of a childhood game called Telephone (whisper a phrase in someone's ear and the last person had to say the phrase out loud which was quite opposite of the original).

Most of all it was great to hear the artist not have the exact answers for some of the ?s, his honesty was a breath of fresh air. As an young unknown artist its great to hear a Golden Lion winner say he is still working out the reasons why.

Here is a LINK to some of his work.

The Architecture of Economics

Check out this article, LINK , it describes the visual residue of our economic crisis and artists who are working under the realms of architecture, art, and advocacy.

"It's quite fascinating how this is possibly the first crisis of our times that has a distinctive architectural aesthetic - empty, detached suburban mansions connected by deserted streets, or slum-like frame houses in varying states of dilapidation,' he wrote in the online journal Where We Are Now.¹In the 1930s, the Great Depression found its emblem in the winding breadlines; in the 1970s, it was a line of cars waiting at the gas pump. Today's crisis is symbolised by an empty house."