Artist Gregor Schneider's “Homage to Malevich" is up in Hamburg, but why was the piece rejected at the Biennale back in 2005 and Berlin 2006? NYT l previous
The actual Kaaba, which stands almost 50 feet high, is the goal of the Muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj. In Islam it is not forbidden to represent the Kaaba, and illustrations of the building and its internal structure are plentiful.
"why was the piece rejected at the Biennale back in 2005 and Berlin 2006"
For the same reason we'll not likely see a life-sized crucifix in Deera Square, Riyadh, anytime soon. Quoting Kipling hardly seems necessary.
Schneider's homage is to Nicolas Bourriaud rather than Malevich.
No one I've spoken to in Italy thought he had a snowball's chance in hell of installing at Piazza San Marco...s'too bad really. Would have been remarkable to say the least. Schneider's work deserves a closer read than has been demonstrated thus far by his many detractors.
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interesting quote...
The actual Kaaba, which stands almost 50 feet high, is the goal of the Muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj. In Islam it is not forbidden to represent the Kaaba, and illustrations of the building and its internal structure are plentiful.
"why was the piece rejected at the Biennale back in 2005 and Berlin 2006"
For the same reason we'll not likely see a life-sized crucifix in Deera Square, Riyadh, anytime soon. Quoting Kipling hardly seems necessary.
Schneider's homage is to Nicolas Bourriaud rather than Malevich.
No one I've spoken to in Italy thought he had a snowball's chance in hell of installing at Piazza San Marco...s'too bad really. Would have been remarkable to say the least. Schneider's work deserves a closer read than has been demonstrated thus far by his many detractors.
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