Friday, May 12, 2006
REVIEW: Tine Benz
Blank Walls are CriminalInstallation by Tine Benz
Galerie Jette Rudolph
25.3 - 6.5.2006
Well the shows over now so you can't really go see this, but it was a show worth mentioning. I personally have a soft spot for stuff about Chicago (i lived there for over 10 years). The paintings, among other cityscapes, includes a nice one of underneath the Chicago "El" (I'm going to guess, but I would say that it's the view looking south on Wabash Ave.) The collage(s) of replicating city images sprawling across the walls, wrap around the entrance and spill out onto the floor are perhaps a bit to slick and could easily fall into good design, which usually means shallow art or design that signs as art (but isn't). As flimsy as this stuff is there is a niche that Benz creates and would have more room to work in if she would just let go and start collaging on various levels. If your going to do the art school thing of having the road coming out of the wall, why not go all the way and combine painting, collage, video projection, scultpure, and whatever else you can get your hands on. Don't hold back.
# posted by Ryan : 5/12/2006 03:26:00 PM
