Comments on: Friday eye candy

Friday eye candy

swordfishtrombones — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:35:41 -0800

John Powers, artist. Simple, uncluttered site showing his sculptures, drawings and installations. Some more info here.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:56:44 -0800

For a split second there, I though the bass player from The La's had made a very surprising career change! Anyway, I like the tension between the organic (ugh, you know what I mean) and the coldly geometric in this bloke's stuff. Always been a sucker for sideways takes on Modernism, though.

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:06:54 -0800

I like it. Sort of like amalgamating replicons. I think it would be better live though. I want the 3rd D for full impact.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:37:05 -0800

I think it would be better live though. All art is better live! I've lost count of the number of artists I've liked/disliked online or in reproduction only to dislike/like their work when I saw their work in real life... Even, I dunno, something ultra-conceptual like Lawrence Weiner's use of language in place of sculpture, or as sculpture - eg. his famous early piece ONE QUART GREEN EXTERIOR INDUSTRIAL ENAMEL THROWN ON A BRICK WALL, or my favourite WATER & SAND - which you'd think would work the same written on a scrap of paper, or in an email, or whatever, are completely different works when presented on the wall of a gallery by Weiner himself.

By: gorgor_balabala

gorgor_balabala — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:23:08 -0800

This stuff is so nice. But it makes me want to blow my brains out.

By: alikins

alikins — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:33:51 -0800

His work and style reminds me of Tom Friedman. And Friedman always sort of reminded me of the urban counterpart to Andy Goldsworthy