Layered Abstraction - Whitney 2014

Charline von Heyl

Folk Tales

36 piece collage

acryl, ink wax, charcoal,  paper

based on Russian and Polish folk art photos 

and the visual qualities of increased scale

Whitney Biennial

2014

New York

Landmark Monster

Anish Kapoor: Orbit Tower

Today's British sculptors and sponsors have a scale-megalomania. The bigger the better, they intend to dominate entire landscapes, towns and now Anish Kapoor London.

This time he even decided he is an architect! His second-hand Eiffel Tower mixed with the DNS spiral twist to be built as the artistic centrepiece of the 2012 Olympic Park is a cheap misunderstanding of architecture, structure and sculpture even with the help of the brilliant structural engineer from Arup Cecil Balmond.

With the Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal's generous offer of the total steel material needed and the mayor Boris Johnson's enthusiasm to leave a sign of his reign in London the project unveiled yesterday seems to be an April Fools joke, a shameful monster of anti-art dilettantism.