Gothamist: Please Explain: Martin Creed in the West Village

Toby

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:51:37 -0500

Art? Methinks not. Helvetica signage? Yes.

jim

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:01:43 -0500

it's Gavin Brown's Gallery

Fight the Fat Robot

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:17:46 -0500

Wow, those last two sentences make it so obvious that Jake Dobkin used to be a science teacher...

tidd

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:39:59 -0500

This equation implies "the work" = 0. Sounds like permanent vacation to me. I like the way he thinks.

Q45

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:36:17 -0500

Infinity + 10 = Infinity Infinity + Work = Infinity

bill

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:26:53 -0500

From Wikipedia: We have previously mentioned that the universe may be considered an isolated system. As such, it may be subject to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, so that its total entropy is constantly increasing. It has been speculated that the universe is fated to a heat death in which all the energy ends up as a homogeneous distribution of thermal energy, so that no more work can be extracted from any source. So a simple interpretations may be that as a closed system, the work does not add to the whole world mix, it just changes its state. Perhaps the more doom filled interpretation, is that by adding to the body of works, the artist is bringing the world closer to its eventual destruction. I personally prefer the thought, the the facade on the Tate wasn't wide enough to complete the equation.

LR

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:42:35 -0500

"beg the question" is not the same as "prompt" the question -- it is a logical fallacy that already assumes the very point that must be proven

Andy

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:34:30 -0500

I live a block away from that building, and every day as I get home from class, I find myself utterly frustrated trying to figure out what that means. Although you didn't help me much, thanks for posting it!

Cosmop

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:21:50 -0500

http://www.gavinbrown.biz/gallery.html

gabe

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:21:28 -0500

No matter what you add to the whole of the world, it still is the whole of the world, which begs the question - "why work"? Yeah, I deserve a slap for that.

Hilton

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:45:09 -0500

"Conceptual art" = BS