I thought the "Second Lives" exhibit was definitely one of the more unique exhibits that i've seen in a museum. I particularly liked several of the pieces such as Jean Shin's "Sound Wave" which was the melted vinyl records on a wooden armature. I loved the aesthetic nature of the piece, but the description "literally a wave of sound" didn't do too much for me. Hew Locke's "Golden Horde" which was a collection of collaged plastic toys looked very playful, yet the compositions were well thought out and each little object was especially chosen as it evoked a specific meaning in the artist. Devorah Sperber's "After the Mona Lisa" caught my eye as well, i loved that she used thread spools as pixels, what the thread spools represented i do not know but it was COOL nonetheless. My favorite piece had to be "Metal Jacket" by Do Ho Suh, which was the piece with 3000 dog tags on a US military jacket fabric liner. I loved how each dog tag was a genuine tag, and how each tag must have had a whole story on its own, yet put together as a jacket they become something else entirely. i sneaked a picture with my iphone for your viewing pleasure!
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I loved the Metal Jacket by Do Ho Suh as well. I was called by my father's excitement on the piece and how he had a dog tag when he was in the military.
"After the Mona Lisa" piece caught my eye as well. I couldn't figure out what thread spools represented to the naked eye in the beginning as well. Eventually though, I figured out about the optical device placed in front of the frame and looked through. Thus, the piece immediately got recognizable.
I loved this jacket as well, and spent a few minutes just taking in all the dog tags. This piece remind me of your work kevin, i see why you liked it!
i loved this jacket too! very inspirational. It kind of reminds me of something you might design, Kevin.
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