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拍品专文
The 45o MoMA, 2005 series of paintings by the Norwegian artist Frank Brunner, are an intriguing group of works that capture the average middle class museum-goer as they wander around MoMA's new sculpture garden. Capturing their reflections in the slate-grey pool, Brunner offers us a unique vantage-point of an everyday occurence. The subjects in the present work are two museum porters carrying a brown rectangle - even more difficult to ascertain when offered in an inverted image to the viewer - that is not elevated to the status of an invaluable work of art, but shown as an artistic component; a block of colour and texture transposed in layers onto canvas.
While there are similarities to be drawn between these works and those by Thomas Struth's, Brunner's are set in altogether more banal locations. Although perhaps in the presence of greatness, perhaps a major master, these scenes are set outside the conservative realms of museum interiors or inside churches. They are external locations where all kinds of interactions between all types of people can take place.
While there are similarities to be drawn between these works and those by Thomas Struth's, Brunner's are set in altogether more banal locations. Although perhaps in the presence of greatness, perhaps a major master, these scenes are set outside the conservative realms of museum interiors or inside churches. They are external locations where all kinds of interactions between all types of people can take place.