1000 artworks to see before you die

Strangely inclusive (and thought-provoking) even in its non-comprehensiveness - perhaps a hat-tip to the world according to (post-)postmodernism?

Link via Guardian.

Rachel Whiteread

“Place (Village)”, 2006-8

A departure or a point of inflection? Concerns for an impossible representation of domestic spaces seems to be the underlying theme. Also see short video here.

Link via New York Times.
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U-Ram Choe

"Opertus Lunula Umbra" (Hidden Shadow of Moon)

Somewhere between surreally menacing and rhythmic meditative - like a sentinel being, almost, slipping through casual moments.

Link via Make.
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Jessica Hosman

Making strange the everyday and familiar - a nod towards that impossibility of knowing for sure.

Link via Artist A Day.
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Oscar Munoz

Aliento, 1996-2002, Grease photoserigraph on steel discs, 20 cm each

Munzo's brilliance is consistently centered around that theme of impermanance which, ironically, leaves behind a more persistent trace than a directly tangible approach.

Link via Universes in Universe and Art Review.
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"Mankind Is No Island"

A winning short film by Jason van Genderenshot that is shot entirely on a cellphone - proving that it is not the tools but the story-telling that matters.

Link via lens culture photography.
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Update: Roger Hiorns' "Seizure"

Just to share a video.



Link via The Sceptical Chymist.
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Tim Knowles

Spy Box (E3 to WC1E), 2006
Card, aluminium, digital camera, timing circuit, wiring & 6 min DVD loop

This series of work fits in with that of the artist's other works which document - almost in an investigative mode - the traces that results from an interface between a given system's own internal logic and its environment.

Link via Make Blog.
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