"From the pages of history books and glossy magazines to an impromptu sculpture garden in Sharjah, Ministry of Culture takes on the travelling exhibition, addressing the conditions surrounding the work of art on site and in transit, as... more
"From the pages of history books and glossy magazines to an impromptu sculpture garden in Sharjah, Ministry of Culture takes on the travelling exhibition, addressing the conditions surrounding the work of art on site and in transit, as well as the artwork’s further extension as a virtual traveller in the ceaseless flow of images. The project takes the 1961 Piero Manzoni work Socle du Monde (Base of the World Magic Base No. 3 by Piero Manzoni, 1961, Homage to Galileo), as the starting point for an inquiry into the artworld’s place in a global economy, and as a conceptual metaphor for the recognition that the “base” of this “world” is shifting. Following an inaugural exhibition at the University of Sharjah’s College of Fine Arts and Design, Shifting Base was transported to its ultimate destination, Abu Dhabi’s Rub’ al Khali sand sea. Once there, our ersatz “axis mundi” was set adrift in the shifting sands of the Empty Quarter.
Keywords: Contemporary Art, Site Specific Art, Site Specific Sculpture, Land Art, Earthworks, Forgery, Piero Manzoni Socle du Monde"
Keywords: Contemporary Art, Site Specific Art, Site Specific Sculpture, Land Art, Earthworks, Forgery, Piero Manzoni Socle du Monde"
