KATHARINA GROSSE: Untitled, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 94 1/2 × 152 3/4 inches (240 × 388 cm). Photo: Olaf Bergmann
HARMONY KORINE: TBD, 2014. Oil, house paint, and acrylic on canvas, 32 × 25 inches (81.3 × 63.5 cm). Photo: Rob McKeever
STERLING RUBY: SP311, 2014. Spray paint on synthetic canvas, 160 × 235 inches (406.4 × 596.9 cm). Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
PIERO GOLIA: Intermission painting #8 green to purple, 2014. EPS foam, hard coat and pigment, 75 × 48 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (190.5 × 123.2 × 36.8 cm)
KIM GORDON: Mulholland Series (Copper Wreath), 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 36 × 36 inches (91.4 × 91.4 cm). Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
WADE GUYTON & STEPHEN PRINA: Wade Guyton, Untitled 2011, Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen / Stephen Prina, PUSH COMES TO LOVE, Untitled, 1999–2011, 2011. Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen and acrylic enamel on linen; The contents of a can of enamel spray paint. 84 × 69 inches (213.4 × 175.3 cm). Photo: Rob McKeever
EDWARD RUSCHA: Oaf, 2009. Acrylic on museum board paper, 40 × 30 inches (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
DAN COLEN: HOLY SHIT, 2006. Oil on plywood, 48 × 36 inches (121.9 × 91.4 cm). Photo: Rob McKeever
(Posted 9 May 2015. The text is in an older version of Ñspel.)
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“Venis-bêst siblñz Lâra de Santiyana n Aleșandro Diaz de Santiyana r inṭnašnli rnând ātists n dsndnts v ɖ Venīni glaswér diṇsti, istablišt bî Pâlo Venini on ɖ îḷnd v Murano in 1921. In Me 2015, ɖe brñ ɖer eḷgnt sculpčṛl fwmz n culrfl glas pêntñz t YSP’z rfrbišt 18ʈ senčri čapl in ɖer frst evr YC xibišn.
Xperimentešn, risc-têcñ n iṇvešn drîv ɖ de Santiyaṇz’ wrc, fed bî wîdspred travl n c̣laḅrešnz wɖ glasmêcñ xprts acrs ɖ wrld. Aleșandro’z inspirešn z wōtr, ẇč trnzlets t ɖ incredbl trītmnt v ɖ srfis in hiz wrcs, mni v ẇč hv a stroñ, pêntrli qoḷti. Ɖ YSP xibišn includz a siriz v wōl n flor wrcs bî ɖ ātist, wɖ a complex, dāc blac yt mirrd patina, rcwlñ ɖ sens v lcñ intu dīp, rflctñ pūlz.
Crušñ ɖ tipicl blôn silindr, foldñ it in on itslf, z a tecnīc ofn implýd bî Lâra de Santiyana t pṛdys slab-lîc fwmz ɖt r, in a sens, envlops f̣rvr sìld bî ɖ mcñ-prôses. Ɖ ātist rfŕz t ɖm az glasbcs, n ɖe rten a pârfl sens v sīmñ t cnten nolij held in sspenšn. In ɖ čapl, ɖ ātist šoz a lîbrri v ɖz fwmz, t ẇč š rtrnz hbičli, in spešli md bcšelvz.”
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HS-YSP, 2011-15
N5, 2013
Untitled, 2015
Left: Nero CM Liquid Black (Purple), 2009. Right: Alabaster d, 2013
Laura de Santillana: Light Blue, (2013). 104.5 x 117 x 7cm. Photo Fabio Zonta
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N22 (2014). 102 x 115.5 x 8.5cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N33 (2014). 106.5 x 119.5 x 6.7cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N34 (2014). 104.5 x 117 x 7cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: S1, (2013). Photo: Fabio Zonta
Alabaster D, 2014. Photo: Jonty Wilde
“Kate Robertson looks at glass work by renowned Venetian artist Laura de Santillana.” Photo: Tony Johnson
“Kate Robertson looks at glass work by renowned Venetian artist Laura de Santillana.” Photo: Tony Johnson
“W r plizd t priznt ɖ frst YC sôlo xibišn v Eqdorı̣n ātist Oscar Santiyan (b.1980).
Dspt tučñ on culčrli pôtnt subjcts, fṛm filoṣfi t našnl prîd, ɖ xibišn ultiṃtli drwz ât ɖ obskr. Unxpctd ivnts ocŕ: ɖ dans v a ded filoṣfr z unveild, a hws lcs at hiz ôn rflẋn, nêčr n culčr c̣lîd.
Ɖ Wondrñ Cñdmz drwz on ɖ ltl nôn prôses v ɖ ŕli dokmntešn v brdcwlz. Ɖ wrc xistd frst az a pfwmns, ẇč md ɖ insṭlešn psbl. Sns ɖ rcwdñtecnoḷjiz in ɖ 19ʈ n ŕli 20ʈ Senčriz wr nt sūṭbl fr ɖ tasc v capčrñ ɖ sând v brdz in ɖ wîld, trênñ in myzicl comṗzišn wz rqîrd fr fīldrisrč in ōdr t ntet brdsoñ. Fr ɖ pfwmns, myzišnz wr hidn in ʈic wildrṇs, pleyñ myzic bêst on an ôpn-strucčrd comṗzišn in ẇč ɖ myzišnz bhev lîc brdz az ɖe cwl n ansr č uɖr ẇl ɖ sândz cīp on čenjñ. Ɖ sând z az ilusv az ɖ imijz on ɖ plêts – at frst w dtct onli ɖ načṛl, ɖen clôsr inspẋn bginz t rvil ɖ prezns v ɖ hidn myzišnz.
Ɖ Intrudr repriznts ɖ hîist inč v Ñgḷnd. At a glans it z sīmñli insignificnt n yt ɖ mtirı̣l z cerfli prizntd. Scêlñ ɖ 3028ft v ɖ mântin Scwfel Pîc in ɖ Lêc District t mc ɖ wrc, ɖ ātist sjsts ɖt an intîr nêšn’z hît cn b modifîd bî mīnz v a sngl cerfl aẋn. Ɖ wrc rflcts on ɖ we in ẇč hymnz hv impozd ɖer culčṛl caṭgriz ovr nêčr: ɖ twlist, ɖ ljst, ɖ dīpist n so on. [Dy t ɖ qontti v rīsnt mīdia atnšn n rqsts, a stêtmnt fṛm ɖ ātist z includd at ɖ end v ɖs txt]
In a lj ny insṭlešn tîtld Aftrwrd, Santiyan cncts eḷmnts az dvrs az filoṣfr Frīdrih Nīča, a dfctv tîpraitr, n dans. Az hiz sît bgan t fêl, Nīča aqîrd a tîpraitr. Ɖ Raitñbwl wz a cutñej dvîs dveḷpt bî ɖ Dêniš invntr Razṃs Melñ-Hensn. Nīča’z Raitñbwl arîvd dfctv dy t damij jrñ šipñ, līdñ it t pṛdys a grt mni mstecs. Dspt hiz fṛstrešnz, Nīča tîpt mr ɖn 70 dokmnts yzñ it. Sm wr abandnd, bt mni wr c̣rctd n fîṇlîzd wɖ incrisñli ajitetd penṣlmācs ovr ɖ errz. Fasinetd bî ɖ fṛstrešnz v wn v ɖ wrld’z grtst filoṣfrz, Santiyan hz pṛdyst a comṗzit v ol ɖ penṣlmācs fṛm ɖz obskr dokmnts. Ɖ rzult z an xpresv n jesčṛl drōñ, acumṗnid bî a compilešn on a sngl pêj v ol v ɖ errz ɖt Nīča md yzñ hiz ḅluvid Melñ-Hensn.
Part of the installation ‘Afterword’ (2015), slide projection
Bî hiz ôn acânt, Nīča spent aurz tīčñ hiz fngrz t dans wɖ ɖ Melñ-Hensn. H rout v dansñ hmslf az f smʈñ sūṗnačṛl ecod ât v hm. A senčri aftr ɖ filoṣfr’z deʈ, a fragmnt v pêpr fṛm wn v Nīča’z tîpt manyscripts wz yzd az a pýnt v cnẋn in a filmd seans. Ɖ sîcic mīdı̣m wz asct t poz onli wn qesčn t ɖ filoṣfr: Ẇt wz yr dans lîc?
Oscar Santiyan (Eqdor, 1980) rsivd an MFA fṛm Vjiňa Comnwelʈ Ynivrṣti (YS) n sns ɖen hz atndd rezidnsiz at Delfina Fândešn (YC), Jan van Eyck Acaḍmi (Neɖrḷndz), Ratti Fândešn (Iṭli) n Scâhīgn (YS). Hiz wrc hz bn xibitd at ɖ Bonnefanten Museum (Neɖrḷndz), Carrillo Gil Myziym v Āt (Mexico), STUK Kunstcentrum (Beljm), Poli/grafic Trîeňl (Puerto Rīco), ICO Fândešn (Spên), Centraal Museum (Neɖrḷndz), Pierogi’z Býlr (YS), Marilia Razuk Gaḷri (Bṛzil), amñ uɖrz.
Hiz wrc z in public n prîvt c̣lẋnz inṭnašnli, includñ ɖ Caldic C̣lẋn (Neɖrḷndz), Balanz Capital (Ājntīna), Carrillo Gil Myziym v Āt (Mexico), Colección Franc Vila (Spên), Centraal Museum (Neɖrḷndz), ĀtNxs – Sīła Brbragr (YS), Bieke n Tanguy van Quickenborne C̣lẋn (Beljm), amñ uɖrz.
The Wandering Kingdoms (detail), Toyobo printing plates, publication, audio
The Wandering Kingdoms, Toyobo printing plates, publication, audio
Still from video, part of the installation Afterword (dancing clairvoyant)
Part of the installation ‘Afterword’ (2015), print
Part of the installation ‘Afterword’ (2015), print
Part of the installation ‘Afterword’ (2015), slide projection
Dy t ɖ qontti v rīsnt mīdia atnšn rsivd bî Ɖ Intrudr, a stêtmnt fṛm ɖ ātist foloz:
C̣lctñ a pebl at ɖ bīč or a strenj-lcñ roc jrñ hîcñ z a vri comn senṣtv ʈñ ppl d gîdd bî krioṣti.
Ŕlı̣r ɖs munʈ I hd ɖ pležr v travlñ t ɖ Lêc District n consiqntli t Scwfel Pîc t mc mî wrc. Ɖ vy fṛm ɖ top wz trūli muvñ. Mî intnšn wz t criet a wrc ɖt rflcts ɖ we in ẇč hymnz hv impozd ɖer culčṛl caṭgriz ovr nêčr: ɖ twlist, ɖ ljst, n ol cndz v mežrmnts.
No damij, vanḍlizm, čizlñ, or iṇproprı̣t bhevyr twdz nêčr tc plês in ɖ mcñ v ɖs wrc. I d emṗʈîz wɖ ɖoz hu r trūli cnsrnd wɖ ɖ consvešn v ɖ Britiš mântinz. Hôpfli ɖs cntrovsi bcmz an oṗtyṇti t brñ atnšn t ɖz impwtnt cnsrnz, rɖr ɖn dbetñ abt a wn-inč stôn. Ɖ gaḷri hz rsivd īmeilz v ṣpwt includñ ɖs mesij fṛm a nêtv Cumbrı̣n xplenñ ɖs sem pýnt:
I nô Scwfel Pîc’s pīc n it z strūn wɖ lūs roc. I’m šr ɖt Oscar wz mr rspctfl v ɖ feltop ɖn mni v ɖ ptisipnts v ɖ čaṛtiivnts (…) hu reğlrli mstrit ɖ ẹria bî līvñ litr n yzñ it az a týḷt. Mântinresk hv výst ɖer cnsrn ovr hâ mč clīnñ p nīdz t b dn aftr sč ivnts. (- S. Wōtn, Cumbria)
