(Source: ondu.si)
(Source: ondu.si)
Lin Tianmiao, The Proliferation of Thread Winding, 1995
The Installation of The Rose from an Art Handler’s Perspective
By Graham Miles, Whitney art handler
Documented by Paula Court, photographer
III. “Once removed from the A-frame cart, The Rose is lowered onto its edge and then onto its back. Raising and lowering The Rose in this position is by far the most challenging aspect of the entire installation. A large portion of the weight is concentrated in the lower third of the painting, which makes it extremely unbalanced and unwieldy in this orientation.”
Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective is on view now through June 2.
Albrecht Durer, Melencolia I, 1514
Italo Calvino read by Liev Schreiber