Marela Zacarías's Work Finds A Good Home | "New York Close Up" | Art21
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2013
- What happens to an artist's work after it leaves a museum? Artist Marela Zacarías moves a suite of sculptures titled "Supple Beat" from the Brooklyn Museum to different spaces in the borough. At Zacarías's Gowanus, Brooklyn studio it's evident that the space she has to create and store her large-scale works in is extremely limited-a stark contrast to the museum's wide-open Grand Lobby where "Supple Beat" is being exhibited (as part of the museum's on-going "Raw/Cooked" series.) Zacarías and a crew of art handlers led by Collections Manager Walter Andersons deinstall four of the sculptures. Constructed in carefully conceived parts, their painted geometric patterns cover window screen and joint compound understructures. Zacarías shares her inspiration: the Williamsburg Murals that were created in the late 1930s for a Brooklyn public housing complex and painted directly on walls in common areas. Overtime, they were neglected and covered up, but eventually restored and moved to the museum where they are on long-term loan. Zacarías describes how this poignant story reflects her feelings about her own work-formally and emotionally resistant to their surroundings, literally "running out from confinement." After the deinstallation, Zacarías and a group of friends deliver the sculptures to new but temporary homes. Three of them are stored in a do-it-yourself-style storage space in Gowanus, and the fourth, "163--213 Manhattan" (2013), is taken to a friend's loft in Williamsburg. As Zacarías and her crew install the work in this compact space (yet another contrast to the museum) she reflects on this fitting end: "163--213 Manhattan" now has a home in Williamsburg like the murals that inspired it. And like those murals, the Williamsburg location is probably only a temporary resting place for Zacarías's sculpture. Also featuring the works "122-192 Bushwick" (2013), "202-254 Graham" (2013), and "215-274 Humboldt" (2013).
Marela Zacarías (b. 1978, Mexico City, Mexico) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Learn more about the artist at:
www.art21.org/newyorkcloseup/a...
CREDITS | "New York Close Up" Created & Produced by: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Producer & Editor: Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland. Cinematography: Rafael Salazar, Ava Wiland & Nick Ravich. Sound: Nick Ravich & Ava Wiland. Associate Producer: Ian Forster. Design & Graphics: Crux Studio & Open. Artwork: Marela Zacarías. Music: Los Músicos de Jose. Thanks: Michael Aitken, Walter Andersons, Brooklyn Museum, Angela Jann, LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, Steven McClure, New York City Housing Authority, Alex Nuñez (A.K.A. DJ Miami Heat), Isaac Parker, Weston Pew, Ben Pomeroy, Michael Roopenian, Eugenie Tsai, Sally Williams, Jeffrey Wisotsky. An Art21 Workshop Production. © Art21, Inc. 2013. All rights reserved.
"New York Close Up" is supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; Lambent Foundation; Toby Devan Lewis; the Dedalus Foundation, Inc. Additional support provided by The 1896 Studios & Stages, and by individual contributors.
MARELA ZACARÍAS, "SUPPLE BEAT"
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THE WILLIAMSBURG MURALS
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I can't believe the Brooklyn Museum did not buy these, they were so perfect in that space! Nice work.
This is a more real presentation of what it is like to make art. Very few artists make so much money they can hire others to help them move and store things. Most artists are like Marela and struggle with what to do with work that does not sell, where do you store it when you have a small studio. I would like to see more videos of this kind of art/artist.
Just removed a very laboursome work from my uni. The making, the installation and the whole process of explaining my art in the site was so thrilling, that the removal almost brought tears to my eyes. But the ruthlessness of this act also teaches you the value of temporariness of life.
the folds and bright colours really bring the murals alive
awesome work
very interesting perspective. It's a troublesome effort for all artists. Thanks for making this.
I'm in love with the artist and her work!
Beautiful Work
Viva Mexico !
Wow. I really really enjoyed this episode.
This is a constant struggle for me. I make drawings which have to be framed for shows. Those that don't sell are a big issue to store.
QUE GENIAL ESTA ARTISTA!
i like the way she responded to the murals, as soon as i heard about this utopian housing project, i thought of the displacement of people.
Bravo! I have subscribed.
Love your channel and have subscribed. Thanks for the great videos! (Diane J)
excellent
とても面白いと感じました。この様な作品、発想は始めて見ました。
what material does she use....to make these?
Ciao
i've been watching many of the Art: 21 videos for years, and i want to be constructively critical, with all respect to the featured artists, they're nice and fine, yet honestly i expect more expressive imaginations on Art 21...and more inspired personality-- so many of these, not necessarily this one, are all boringly sterile, safe, empty and strangely bland-- where is the passion, the dreaming souls, the deep concepts, allegories, -- i urge a direction toward a Laurie Anderson feel, as example
What a shame she had to throw out her first installation.....