///panic room///

i'm in love with bookstores and i wish i worked in one. when i was in barnes&noble last week at the grove, i got positively stuck flipping through 'panic room - selections from the dakis joannou works on paper collection.' crazy colorful stuff, yesss. apparently, there is actually a 3-D installation of the works at the deste foundation centre for contemporary art in athens, greece. so yeh, if anyone just happens to be in greece...........















my favorite is that piece on the left side of the last spread. mmlove.

so, according to wikipedia, dakis joannou is a cypriot [of the island of cyprus] industrialist that is one of the leading collectors of contemporary art. and that deste foundation for contemporary art i mentioned above was founded by him. so i would suppose that the dakis joannou works exhibit would be an ongoing one. it is said that he was inspired to start collecting contemporary art when he saw jeff koons' first solo exhibition entitled 'equilibrium.' the show which exhibited, for example, how people use certain things for social mobility [white middle-class kids using art, other ethnic groups using basketball]. perhaps an examination of consumption and the desire for lasting perfection.

the show also showed cast bronze works that would obviously not be able to fulfill their intended function [cast bronze lifesaving gear]. the irony of the materials perhaps made connections between the objects, economic and cultural value, and public perception.


music note: 'ice water' guitar + 'cross bones style' drums by cat power. yesterday and today.

i'm going back to sleep.