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La instalación es resultado del interés de Mads Lynnerup por crear objetos que puedan ser utilizados en un entrenamiento completo y que, al mismo tiempo, permitan al visitante utilizarlos dentro del propio espacio expositivo. Plastic Gymnastic, 2012 nos descubre la fascinación del artista por las similitudes existentes entre dos mundos aparentemente dispares; los paisajes antitéticos del arte contemporáneo y del fitness: “Creo que ambos mundos tienen mucho en común; los dos son obsesivos hasta el fanatismo (sólo se piensa en entrenar o en hacer arte) y me gusta la idea de que como artista en mi estudio también estoy entrenando”. En este caso es totalmente cierto, no sólo desde el punto de vista conceptual sino también físicamente.
Mads Lynnerup (Copenhague, Dinamarca, 1976) habla sobre Plastic Gymnastic, instalación que es resultado del interés por crear objetos que puedan ser utilizados en un entrenamiento completo. Forma parte de la exposición Presencia Activa (05.10.2012-25.02.2013). Nos descubre la fascinación del artista por las similitudes existentes entre dos mundos aparentemente dispares; los paisajes antitéticos del arte contemporáneo y del fitness.
In March 2009, Gallery Crawl interviewed Brion Nuda Rosch about the third installment of his Paper! Awesome! exhibition. In the latest incarnation of this ongoing curatorial project, Rosch invited over one hundred artists to create new works on 8.5" x 11" sheets of paper, including over three hundred works on paper at Baer Ridgway's South of Market gallery. Rosch invited established Bay Area artists such as Barry McGee and Tucker Nichols, as well as younger emerging artists like Alexis Mackenzie and Mads Lynnerup to contribute to the show. Artists Chris Duncan and Jason Jaegel were invited to create larger works, rounding out a rich collection of samplings from the local art scene.
This week: Patricia sits down with artist Mads Lynnerup during his recent sojourn in San Francisco. They talk about spotting Cyndi Lauper at the New Museum, precocious nerdy kids at the Guggenheim, navigating the ever-growing professionalization of the art world, everyday routines, and the merits of being a prankster. Mad Lynnerup was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and lives and works in Copenhagen and New York. He completed his MFA from Columbia University in 2007 and received a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 2001. He has shown his work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; P.S. 1 and Socrates Sculpture Park, both New York; and Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw. Lynnerup works across such diverse media as video, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Many of the themes in his work have roots in his constant interest in the everyday and his surroundings. This is the third collaboration between Art Practical and Bad At Sports. Image: Routines (Sønder Boulevard), 2008 (video still); installation, video and poster series. Courtesy of the Artist and Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco. Links: www.artpractical.com http://www.artpractical.com/feature/interview_with_mads_lynnerup/ http://www.madslynnerup.com/
This week the San Francisco Bureau continues their series of critics round tables. Patrica and Brian are joined by the curator Joseph del Pesco, as they take a look at the early exhibitions of 2009 in the Bay Area. During the conversation they discuss Dave Lane, Heny Darger, Mads Lynnerup, Paul McCarthy, Coulter Jacobsen, and more.