tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post6091192102990488789..comments2024-01-29T00:22:36.258-08:00Comments on e y e C O N T A C T: Robinson unboundJohn Hurrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-63779076944127527702008-02-18T17:12:00.000-08:002008-02-18T17:12:00.000-08:00I think you are right, Ali. After all what would a...I think you are right, Ali. After all what would a 'pre-mind' or 'pre-narrative' gallery experience be. I don't think even philosophy of mind reseachers like John Searle or Daniel Dennett can tell us that.<BR/><BR/>I note that Robinson has called one of the smaller sculptures 'Weak Links and Anti Form,' the 'Anti Form' being a nod to Robert Morris. However Robinson's work is nothing like such 1968 Morris projects. It is still very much about objects, and as Morris' Anton Ehrenzweig quote found in 'Continuous Project Altered Daily' puts it: Our attempt at focussing must give way to the vacant all-embracing stare...John Hurrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-6976114154834696432008-02-18T14:39:00.000-08:002008-02-18T14:39:00.000-08:00I like this work from Robinson, and enjoyed what y...I like this work from Robinson, and enjoyed what you have to say about it. Fair point about discarding an overworked textual reading, or trying to be too clever with irony and the tailoring of appropriate/ existing theories. I can happily agree the work doesn't seem illustrative or pedagogic, and that confident absence of earnest intent seems like a virtue. <BR/><BR/>However the work doesn't strike me as particularly limbic, or lizard brain. Elemental paradox are embedded as a game that seems too knowing. The placement of the work is structured and doesnt seem provisional, and the repeated chain device with its formal games of mass and scale are also very structured (just not in straight lines, no grid in sight). <BR/><BR/>-pre mind and pre narrative? I dont think so. Binary language is evident (on off present absent heavy light) even if adjectives and complex phrase construction have been elided. The artist is more laconic than intuitive.Ali Bramwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01568348282289954722noreply@blogger.com