#Christian Marclay Cyanotype Series Are In#

Large Cassette Grid No.9, 2009. The photograms in this exhibition are made with music cassette tapes he physically. We will be looking at both historic and contemporary artists, from 19th century botanist and photographer Anna Atkins to Swiss composer Christian Marclay, who have used the process of cyanotype in their own bodies of work.In the mid-19th century, Sir John Herschel invented the cyanotype, an intricate photographic process that uses iron compounds to create prints with a lustrous blue hue.

вЂњWe wanted to consider the action of pattern making and how itвЂ™s also involved within the photographic process,вЂќ Dandeneau says, in reference to the prints.Much like the botanical illustrations published by Atkins, the collection features a playful overlaying of irregular flora-like shapes rendered not only in cyan, but lush shades of purple, green, and beige. The collection also honors its inspiration by utilizing the same materialsвЂ”paper, chemicals, and sunlightвЂ”needed to make cyanotypes. Due to each patternвЂ™s handmade origins, no two prints are the same: вЂњWe love how youвЂ™re never fully sure what the outcome will look like in this process,вЂќ she says.

Christian Marclay Cyanotype Series Are In

HereвЂ™s hoping the wild opera staged by Lina LapelytД—, Vaiva GrainytД—, and RugilД— BarzdЕѕiukaitД— for Lithuania goes on a wide tour, as well as the treasure-filled Ghanaian pavilion. (Works from that series are in La Biennale, too, where the film screens through November 24.)With the Marclay production destined for the U.S., the question now is which other works from Venice will travel and research a wider audience. In the central show in the Biennale, вЂњMay You Live In Interesting Times,вЂќ the volume of the work is cranked up high so that it spills into adjoining rooms at the entrance of the Arsenale exhibition space, imbuing the whole affair with a sense of dread.The Cooper presentation of 48 War Movies runs through October 19 at its 524 West 26th Street location, where Marclay will also show a series of woodblock prints of screaming characters copied from Japanese and Western comic books. It is overwhelming and difficult to watch, but the sheer rush of action exercises a primal pull.