Coming to the MAD Museum helps a person explore art on a more creative level, and also helps when you want to find something good to review. If one of us Teen Reviewers and Critics was not interested in writing a review from an outing (cause it hadn’t moved us one way or the other), we could always write one for an exhibition at the MAD. It is our home on Columbus Circle every week! And in addition to exploring the main show “Slash: Paper Under the Knife,” we had time to see other two exhibitions: “Ghost Stories” and “Reveling the Collection.”
“Ghost Stories” caught my eye because the creativity of the design firm Nendo definitely shows. Everything looks so glamorous from afar, and when viewed up close, you see the flaws and even the process through which sculptures and furniture were made. [click to continue…]
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Andreas Kocks, "Paperwork #935G" 2009. Photo: Ed Watkins
Cut, sliced, rolled. “Slash: Paper Under the Knife” is a collection of paper masterpieces brought together in the Museum of Art and Design (a.k.a. the MAD Museum). Gliding open the elevator doors were eclipsed by a large black wall. The form created was dark yet serene. Glancing to the left, St. Peter was slaying a cardboard dragon. Stepping off to my right pushed my imagine into a new world. The paper pieces literally jumped off the floors and walls as all three dimensions were filled with browns, blacks, and whites. Small men stood next to one another, minutely scaled, and fighting off fantastical beasts, as I walked past into a room of architectural marvels. [click to continue…]
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Chris Gilmour, "The Triumph of Good and Evil", 2009. Cardboard, glue # 70 7/8 x 70 7/8 x 39 3/8 in. (It's life-sized!)
Slash: Paper Under the Knife is an extraordinary exhibit. In this exhibit, now showing at the MAD Museum (aka the Museum of Arts and Design) through April 2010, artists use different forms of paper and push them to their limits. If the main concept is to see how far art can go using only paper, the artists in this exhibit succeed exceptionally.
As I was walking through the exhibit there were many artists that stood out to me. One was Chris Gilmour. He created this masterful piece called The Triumph of Good and Evil. The entire sculpture is made of cardboard but you wouldn’t know by the amount of detail that Gilmour was able to construct. He forms beautiful shapes, a distinguished theme and has exceptional craftsmanship for one only using this material. From his sculpture you are immediately able to tell that Gilmour was fully committed to his work. [click to continue…]
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