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Indepth Arts News:
"Notationsw | Franz West: 2Topia"
2001-07-20 until 2002-04-30
Wexner Center for the Arts
Columbus, OH,
USA
This summer, the Wexner Center for the Arts
institutes the first of a series of
Notations--artists' interventions organized by
and created for the Wexner Center that are
notable for their innovative and challenging use
of nontraditional exhibition spaces. Freely
adapted from ideas articulated in John Cage's
influential book of the same name, these
Notations further connect the Wexner Center
with the Ohio State campus and the city of
Columbus by utilizing public spaces,
sometimes outside of the Wexner Center itself.
Austrian artist Franz West has been invited to
develop the first project of the series. Slated to
participate in future projects are American
artist Lawrence Weiner, Spanish artist Alicia
Framis, and Jeanne van Heeswijk from the
Netherlands. West and Weiner’s projects will
take place on campus; Framis and van
Heeswijk will work elsewhere in the community.
As his project, West gives the Wexner Center
Café a new look this summer by redesigning its
tables and chairs, as well as the adjacent
Videotheque area. Organized by Carlos
Basualdo, the Wexner Center's Chief Curator of
Exhibitions, West's intervention into this
busy area of the center introduces two new
types of tables--long, rectangular tables that
seat eight to ten people, and circular tables
that seat four to five. For the café chairs, West
uses a fabric decorated with patterns based on
West African prints. The Videotheque area
features bookcases, divans, and a small table
outfitted with Internet access for public use.
The café installation remains on view through
spring 2002. West's furniture and an additional
project called Internet Bed will also be on view
in Hélio Oiticica: Quasi-cinemas, a multimedia
exhibition on the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica
that opens this fall.
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