{"id":1053,"date":"2009-09-14T09:54:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T16:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/09\/your_fluid_face\/"},"modified":"2009-09-14T09:54:40","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T16:54:40","slug":"your_fluid_face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/09\/your_fluid_face.html","title":{"rendered":"Your fluid face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fascism is not fascinating in art, the sole exception being Renato Bertelli&#8217;s&nbsp; <i>Continuous profile of Mussolini)<\/i> from<br \/>\n1933, manufactured by Ditta Effeffe with Mussolini&#8217;s approval. (Image credit plus story <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.wolfsonian.org\/collections\/c7\/img\/pho_225x288_mussolini.gif&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.wolfsonian.org\/collections\/c7\/propaganda8.html&amp;usg=__rhmXAET3_p4tnJorMrhZmnhRyjw=&amp;h=288&amp;w=225&amp;sz=14&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;sig2=t5FzfjtOW8QYMGnRn-dSyQ&amp;tbnid=lPX6C-fYhpgOvM:&amp;tbnh=115&amp;tbnw=90&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dmussolini%2Bsculpture%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&amp;ei=H2CkSsWgDIzwsQPW0fHpCw\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"renatobertelli.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/renatobertelli.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"314\" width=\"259\" \/><\/span>Aside from the Linda Blair head spin in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8qG5V2iBvFs\"><i>The Exorcist<\/i><\/a> (evil, evil, evil), the idea of a mind moving a head in directions its physical structure did not intend persists in art as philosophical speculation. Will the real head please stand up? (What real head?)<\/p>\n<p>From 1989, Buster Simpson&#8217;s <i>Seattle George Monument<\/i> is an emblem of the city&#8217;s divided heart.<br \/>\nTwenty-eight feet tall and 12 feet in diameter, its base is a trellis<br \/>\nor open cube, above which hangs a Boeing 707 nose cone suspended on a<br \/>\ntripod. Just above the cone is a multifaceted monument head &#8211; 24<br \/>\naluminum profiles of Chief Seattle, an armature for<br \/>\nEnglish ivy. A sharpened template turning in the wind cuts the<br \/>\nivy into Washington&#8217;s profile, which, when the ivy thickens, hides Chief Seattle in the greenery.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bustersimpsongrge1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/bustersimpsongrge1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"161\" width=\"234\" \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bustersimpsongrge2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/bustersimpsongrge2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"401\" width=\"300\" \/><\/span>From 1999, Kumi Yamashita&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oLMLt_7_Evs&amp;eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.seattlepi.com%2Fart%2Farchives%2F137666.asp&amp;feature=player_embedded\"><i>Video of Dialogue<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oLMLt_7_Evs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oLMLt_7_Evs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object> <\/p>\n<p>From 2005, Tim Noble &amp; Sue Webster, <i>Spinning Heads<\/i>, (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deitch.com\/artists\/selected_works.php?selectedWorksId=35&amp;artistId=18\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"timnoblemussolini.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/timnoblemussolini.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"396\" width=\"344\" \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/images.artnet.com\/artwork_images_909_458986_tony-cragg.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artwork\/425931858\/909\/tony-cragg-skulpturenedition-zu-cauldron.html&amp;usg=__LAn2IvsNvT37xZrcYqN0X8UYXmc=&amp;h=480&amp;w=389&amp;sz=20&amp;hl=en&amp;start=17&amp;sig2=GZP7ejH0mCdtM-5awuah7A&amp;tbnid=KJt1Mue60ilpOM:&amp;tbnh=129&amp;tbnw=105&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dtony%2Bcragg%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&amp;ei=QbuuSqXWCozwsQPK-rXKCw\">Tony Cragg<\/a> (image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardhouse.net\/current\/index.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tonycraggface.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/tonycraggface.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"303\" width=\"405\" \/><\/span>To evoke a burning candle, Barry X Ball (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon94.com\/artists\/17\/selected_works_4.htm\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"barryxball.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/barryxball.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"354\" width=\"232\" \/><\/span>From 2007, memory merges you with others. Sherry Markovitz, <i>Mothers and Daughters<\/i>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregkucera.com\/markovitz_paintings.htm\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sherrymarkovitzmom.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/sherrymarkovitzmom.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"433\" width=\"455\" \/><\/span>Time&#8217;s inconsistent personal arc, Ari Young&#8217;s portrait of Michael C. McMillen, (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/mcmillen_bio.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"michaelmcmillenphto.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/michaelmcmillenphto.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"385\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span>Jackie Anderson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackieanderson.co.uk\/gallery3.html\">via<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/09\/jackieanderson-10021.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/09\/jackieanderson-10021.html','popup','width=551,height=404,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/09\/jackieanderson-thumb-451x330-10021.jpg\" alt=\"jackieanderson.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"330\" width=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/span>From 1996, sometimes the two of you are stuck with each other. Johan Urban Bergquist (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.johanurban.com\/projects\/gamla-synder?show=gallery\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"johanbergquistfce.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/johanbergquistfce.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"350\" width=\"350\" \/><\/span>Which makes it hard to get through the day. Harold Haydon, <i>Untitled<\/i>, 1946. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbettvsdempsey.com\/artists\/haydon\/haydon.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"haroldhaydonredlips.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/haroldhaydonredlips.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"511\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascism is not fascinating in art, the sole exception being Renato Bertelli&#8217;s&nbsp; Continuous profile of Mussolini) from 1933, manufactured by Ditta Effeffe with Mussolini&#8217;s approval. (Image credit plus story here.) 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