Above: Elizabeth Willing, excerpt from ‘Christmas Ham’, 2010
Month: December 2011
Happy Holidays
Leg of Lamb is officially on holiday (aaah) so posts between now and January 9th will be intermittent at best. Wishing you all a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hot Photo Friday – Jeanloup Sieff
Facebook says NO to nudity
Earlier this year Facebook deleted two users’ profiles after they posted an image of Gustave Courbet’s famed 18th century rendering of ladybits, Origin of the World, and just last week, MONA’s Facebook page was censored following a post promoting Stuart Ringholt’s forthcoming naturist art tours that featured a bare-bottomed couple admiring artworks (below).
Facebook supporters of Ai Weiwei have come under fire too. When Ai was accused of distributing pornography last month, Film-maker Alison Klayman posted the photographs in question (including the snap below) on Facebook, inviting followers to determine whether or not the images were offensive. For this she received a warning and her account was temporarily disabled.
Facebook’s rules state that users ‘will not post content that is hateful, threatening, or pornographic’ – but do any of these images fall into these categories? Instead of over-reacting and suspending accounts, why not let the community who uses Facebook decide what’s appropriate and what isn’t?
Some recent work by Sascha Braunig
Demand in Sydney
Thomas Demand is creating a major new installation inside a Harry Seidler designed building in Sydney’s inner city. Renowned for creating and photographing painstakingly fabricated environments constructed from paper and cardboard, The Dailies (presented by Kaldor Public Art Projects) will see Demand create a unique architectural setting upon which to install a new series of works.
In recent years Demand has increasingly explored unconventional exhibition models, custom designing wallpaper for his show at the Serpentine in 2006 and installing swathes of curtaining for his exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin (2009-2010) and The Dailies is no exception. The installation’s experimental backdrop will be complemented by a short story written by American author Louis Begley and a signature scent, provided by Miuccia Prada no less.
Thomas Demand, The Dailies, Commercial Travellers’ Association, MLC Centre, Sydney, 23rd March – 22nd April, 2012.
Looking forward – Pipilotti Rist
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Pipilotti Rist, I Packed the Postcard in My Suitcase, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne, 21 December 2011 – 4 March 2012.
Inside the studio
The snaps above are action shots from Yvonne Todd’s photography studio taken by her assistant, Evotia. They feature some of the characters from Yvonne’s brand new series Seahorsel that will debut alongside her 2009 series The Wall of Man at the CCP in Melbourne this February.
As some of you know, a very smart little catalogue produced by Yvonne and myself will accompany the show, and we still need your help to make it happen! There are 11 days left to make an online contribution via Pozible, just click on this link. And to those of you that have already donated – our sincere and grateful thanks.
Hot Photo Friday – Les Krims
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