I hope since we were last together, you have not been holding your breath in anticipation that this post would reveal who said:
“Don’t look away,”
Because instead of the answer, get ready for a new contest:
Tell us a situation where you might need/want to say:
“Don’t look away”?
The prize for the most creative answer: Diane Durston’s Wabi Sabi: The Art of Everyday Life.
As you ponder your answer, enjoy the picture above – one received by my camera last year. Then continue reading to learn more about art and me.
Flummoxed is a word I don’t use often but one that describes my feelings since I discovered that Marina did not create Flock II. Have any of you seen Flock II in Pei Gallery at the Des Moines Art Center? If you have, please share the feelings it aroused in/for you. Or if you can’t make it to Pei, go to www.NickyMendenhall.blogspot.com and scroll to Post 134.
I would have never mistaken Abramovic for Abakanowicz if I would have known about the Abakans (1966-75). The abakans, so-called after her own name, were enormous three-dimensional hanging structures woven from a variety of fibers.
Abakans have been referred to as not only objects but also spaces. Sculpture as space! How interesting! Google “images of abakans” for a look at them.
The lesson in all this – don’t shy away from mistakes – they will teach you something!
When you enter the contest above, please tell me some of your most profitable mistakes. It will comfort me!
Thanks for exploring the mystery of mistakes –
Nicky Mendenhall