Fresh Start

Spring semester starts today for me. Here are a few classic white art works to help symbolize a fresh start (even white can be reinvented):

Kazimir Malevich. Suprematist Composition: White on White. 1918. Oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 31 1/4" . 1935 (photo by Nathan Abels)Robert Rauschenberg, 1951

Wolfgang Laib, Milk stone, 1980
marble and milk
2.6 (h) x 91.9 (w) x 74.2 (d) cm

Tom Friedman, 1,000 Hours of Staring, 1992-97
stare on paper
32 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.

White-out

We have the first real cold front/snow storm blowing in tonight, and in preparation I've compiled some nice white-on-white compositions in no particular order:

"Form-22-3-07 - Noon" by Klængur GunnarssonRudolph Stingel, Untitled
Styrofoam, 2000

Kazimir Malevich. (Russian, born Ukraine. 1878-1935). Suprematist Composition: White on White. 1918. Oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 31 1/4"
Robert Rauschenberg, "White Paintings" 1951

Robert Ryman, "Surface Veil I", 1970. Oil and blue chalk on linen, 143 15/16 x 144 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Panza Collection.

Robert Rauschenberg's "Mud Muse"

"Mud Muse", Robert Rauschenberg, 1971

In preparation for an upcoming trip to Yellowstone I was reminded of the piece by Robert Rauchenberg called "Mud Muse." According to Rebekah J. Kowal, "The piece consisted of a big aluminum tank of mud-9 x 12 feet-that oozes, plops, bubbles and slaps in response to the sounds of its own earthy noises. Rauschenberg explained that it was intended to simulate the "paint pots" at Yellowstone National Park, the churning pits of molten earth caused by subterranean heat geysers. " Click on image for youtube video of the strange piece.