docked in santander and took the bus to bilbao to visit the gugg. had heard the outside was more impressive than the inside and found this to be true. suppose exhibitions are always a little hit and miss, depends on what's coming through the rotation etc but was disinterested in yoko*ono's work. not something i can relate to nor find accessible, much of it i feel is pretty garbage and was annoyed that's mostly what the gugg had to offer at this point. did find it funny to see yet another bourgeois spider, having only just taken photos with one in aix at chateau la coste with J the previous week. i did like papi, the dog with flowers. if i could do bilbao all over again, i'd have admired the gugg from the outside then left to have coffee with C before linking up with the group to head back to santander.
hello ! funny how we might have been in bilbao at about the same time ? protip: alchy pintxo lunch went a long way in helping me cope with yoko ono's work except that I think I might have been the only person to smash into the plexiglass of her revolving door installation. richard serra was pretty cool other than the vaguely bitter aftertaste of how much it was a sell-out with all that arcelor mittal branding. I hope you didn't miss out on ragnar kjartansson's the visitors - that exhibition made my trip to the guggenheim all worth it : )
ReplyDeletehi wl, gosh what are the odds of being there around the same time! hope you saw more of bilbao than i did. oh no crashing into the glass sounds awful! hope you weren't hurt. with you on the video clips being the best part of the gugg. underwhelmed by steel. win some lose some ;) enjoy what's left of summer and thanks for stopping by X
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