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Tuesday December 4, 2001 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Solo exhibition of Michael Joo
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All Access, 2011, Mirrored borosilicate glass, 35 × 15 × 12 in (88.9 × 38.1 × 30.5 cm)For his inaugural exhibition with Blain|Southern, Exit From the House of Being, Michael Joo has created a series of new sculptural works which aim to challenge and reformulate our understanding of space. Bringing together three groups of works so that they exist in dialogue, each engages the viewer in an assessment of spatial territory, referring to social, natural and personal boundaries. The ways in which we might conventionally quantify, physically experience or theoretically categorise our surrounding environment are subverted, as the materiality of each object and the syntax of the gallery space itself become fluid and unfixed.The artist’s practice endeavours to combine and foster links between seemingly contradictory states. Binary oppositions are dissolved as he brings them into balance; the physical and metaphysical, the organic and industrial, inclusion and exclusion, and movement and stasis are all explored as being intrinsically linked, one and part of the same thing. With this exhibition, Joo encourages us to consider the inherently unstable nature of space and identity. His interest in the process of material metamorphosis informs his use of unorthodox materials and techniques. Constructed from mirrored borosilicate glass, the Expanded Access works are composed of groups of delicate rope and stanchion forms which seem to simultaneously emerge from and melt into the structure of the gallery. Joo plays with the idea of malleable architectural space; the stanchions, which would traditionally dictate the rules of entry to a particular place, appear on the floor, walls and ceiling of the gallery. Thus, the artist suggests a new spatial arrangement, which does away with accepted social constructs.

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Tuesday December 4, 2001 | by laguiri

TK Getting Art: From the Archives: From East to West With Hiroshi Yamano, GLASS #44 (Summer 1991)
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Every Wednesday, GLASS Quarterly will excerpt an article from its archives. Founded in 1979 by Richard Yelle, the magazine remains the magazine of record for the contemporary glass art world. This week, we excerpt Yoriko Mizuta’s profile on Hiroshi Yamano and his application of metal work to glass art in. “From East to West With Hiroshi Yamano” originally appeared in GLASS #44, the Summer 1991 issue, and was translated from the Japanese by Kimiko Steiner.

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Tuesday December 4, 2001 | by Ruth Reader

Hu Bing @ Prow Art Space
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Last year the mobile telephone network, Sprint, made the unlikely decision to turn their retail show room in Manhattan’s Flat Iron building into an art space. The Prow Art Space now occupies the north most corner of the historic building, a triangular fishbowl of an artspace that looks over Madison Square Park.

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Tuesday December 4, 2001 | by ktmo5678

Paperweights Defence in the Form of $40,000 bid
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In response to a recent bout of attacks on the esteemed Arthur Rubloff Paperweight Collection, there have been as many or more champions of the centuries-old form singing its praises. In the Chicago Sun Times, columnist Mark Brown details perhaps the highest form of praise a community can bestow – vying to be in first in line to shell out $40,000.

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Tuesday December 4, 2001 | by ktmo5678

Beth Lipman’s Artistic Contribution to the Newest, Hippest SOHO Destination
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Morgan’s Hotel Group opened their new chapter in the penthouse suite, world-class restaurant, prime event destination business. Their latest hotel, Mondrian SOHO, hit the uncontested fashion district capital of The States recently, and brought with it the expert design stylings that make the area famous. To take a walk through the neighborhood is like leafing through the pages of W, or being invited into the luxury home of a friend’s wealthy aunt.No streetcorner, shop window, or fire escape is left to its own devices in this district that screams, Hip! Modern! Nostalgia! Luxe! Resourceful! in the same breath without irony.

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