Edward Goldman Names Fowler Museum Exhibition One of His Happiest Art Memories of 2015
Edward Goldman remembers the Fowler Museum Exhibition, World Share: Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou, and the dedication of the artist and museum to opening the show under chaotic circmustances.
"Now that the year is almost over, it feels like a good time to say, "Thank you for the memories, 2015." And I'm talking, of course, about good Art Memories...
Just a few days before the opening of an exhibition at UCLA's Fowler Museum featuring works by high profile Cameroon artist, Pascale Marthine Tayou, disaster hit and chaos ensued. To their collective horror, the artist and the museum found out that the container holding all of Tayou's artworks wouldn't arrive in time for the exhibition opening. Astonishingly, neither the artist nor the museum staff took no for an answer. Off they went to local haunts to buy the most humble of materials -- miles of wire, hundreds of plastic bags, reams of colored paper, and thousands of razor blades. All that and more was installed in the most amazing and engaging way, turning the museum galleries into a theater stage. Talk about creativity and winning over disaster."— Edward Goldman, December 29, 2015
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