"Like the wacky inflatable arm man drawing eyes to dealerships... theatricalizing the artwork as a caricature of attention... turning an artwork to an interpretable state and blinking, tea leaf divination in sporty Vegas-odds inkblots.... "
"the background artists and cultures upcycled into its staging system under the spotlight of Contemporary Art .... a system in which the production of artistic meaning is itself made clear as a series of gestures and movements that encode work with whatever aura..."
"its child-like unstoppability.."
"its child-like unstoppability.."
"an action to conjure the documentation."
"Because: the system shifts from content generation to interactivity itself, turning itself into interface for the user/viewer to self-produce. This is the turnkey-operation entrepreneurial dream, in which as long as the structure is up and running 'content-revenue' will self-generate, perfect museum lobby bait. It fulfills the institutional functions in their programs whose goals like "outreach" have kids painting in the style of those artist to see themselves as..'
Read Full: Ei Arakawa at Kunstverein Dusseldorf, Ei Arakawa at Taka Ishii & Peter Halley at Modern Art, Karl Holmqvist and Ei Arakawa at Overduin & Co., Ei Arakawa at Artists Space
Read Full: Ei Arakawa at Kunstverein Dusseldorf, Ei Arakawa at Taka Ishii & Peter Halley at Modern Art, Karl Holmqvist and Ei Arakawa at Overduin & Co., Ei Arakawa at Artists Space
