Chocolate Mill from Wieki Somers on Vimeo.
Everytime I see this work, it makes me sooo happy. Love it.
Spent a fun afternoon puttering around the Abstract Expressionist exhibit at the AGO today. Took in a little General Idea too.
Several years ago, at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, I bought a Courtney Love doll that sits on the ledge of my bed. She has a tag that reads: "Don't date the captain of the football team, be the captain of the football team." --- Courtney Love
Needless to say, that quote makes me smile everytime –
Last week, I was super excited when I came across Tina Turner in similar form at The Drake General Store – another "Action Figure" from Suzie Smith. Below is a exerpt from her site on the series:
"Action Figures is a series of screen-printed dolls of famous people who I find iconic and inspirational. In the series I created dolls of Yoko Ono, Tina Turner, Courtney Love, Frida Kahlo, Johnny Cash, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Nina Simone, the Guerilla Girls, John Waters, David Bowie, Missy Elliott, John Lennon, and Stompin’ Tom Connors. The installation was from an exhibition entitled Supernovas held at the Winnipeg art gallery in 2007. The exhibition was curated by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan."
Jim Lambie: Zobop, Vinyl tape, MOMA, 2004
Some of my favourite pieces at home are from Commute and so I must confess that I'm a little sad that they've moved away from my hood in Queen West – they are now at a bigger space at Bathurst & Dupont. They've also updated their website to showcase some really beautiful custom installation work – have a look.
See more about this amusing project here.
A beautiful installation at Turbine Hall called the Weather Project – where Olafur created an artificial sun and the people basked! An amazing idea that would be useful as a permanent feature in any city that has a long, dark winter.
See more of his remarkable work below and here on his site.
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