davey board time savers (Day 2)

We went to the Dia: Beacon today. I would describe it as a museum with an unusual amount of windows. My attention was caught in the basement, where there was a series of cast bronze hands by Bruce Nauman. The castings were of two hands; one coming up out of a pedestal and a second resting on top of it cut off just above the wrist, both hands meeting at the fingers. The perched hand was left open at the wrist so that you could peer inside the hollow bronze casting to which there were still traces of ceramic mold clinging. The outer surface of the hands were left raw after the initial sandblasting of the bronze, seams running the length of finger and hands. Each hand split hemispherically, divided by equatorial seams.

In this way the construction is an echo of the hands’ gesture. The meeting of fingers and the meetings of molds. The roughness of the gestures and the rough unfinished construction. As viewers, we ourselves meet with the sculptures. Again, this is not a seamless meeting. There is a sense of intrusion when faced with the two implied persons who are already meeting. In my own work I have become increasingly interested in the means of execution reflecting the concept. I feel this a prime example.

I would have taken pictures, but such things were not allowed. Lest we steal the art works soul. In substitute for photos here is the Dia’s logo.

You know it’s good because it’s Helvetica. And then here's the pathway outside.

Here are some more things I have found out of doors.

When dogs fly.

Judith Supine. And changing gears...

I was worried when I saw this. Did I need to throw my sandwich wrapper on the ground before I threw it away?