Sunday, June 04, 2006


Love miniatures, but think art about artists is a big yawn? Check out Aida Millet at Mixed Greens. They aren't perfect. They sit in the middle, refusing to be perfect like a miniature and refusing to be janky and low-tech like a contemporary sculpture. And they are obviously camera-vehicles and not objects, and this fact is not fully considered in their making (why make outsides to the houses at all?).

But whatever. I liked walking in and seeing the repeated form. I like the reference to William Christenberry, one of my favorite artists of all time. I like the playfulness of the imagery, and I like the way that playfulness and sweetness mixes with the horror-movie undertones. Sweet and sinister is good. Evocative. I like artists who are making art about an unknown space between two knowns.

I look forward to seeing what Millet does next time.

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

hello!

us sculptors should stick together! :)

i will put link to your blog this weekend - love the photos.

regards
http://sculpturenow.blogspot.com
paul

10:08 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

this is a stunning blog.

fantastic reading.

10:46 AM  

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