http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/08/30/rip-mahfouz-naguib/ Outside Ideas from Inside the Walker Art Center Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:38:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/08/30/rip-mahfouz-naguib/#comment-9348 Off Center » Ten Top Tens Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:48:23 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/08/30/rip-mahfouz-naguib/#comment-9348 [...] • Top ten to remember: We lost many great creators in ‘06. Let’s not forget them: artist Nam June Paik, reggae/ska legend Desmond Dekker, Egyptian novelist/Nobel prizewinner Mahfouz Naguib, filmmaker Robert Altman, Aeron chair designer Bill Stumpf, installation artist Jason Rhoades, • Favorite Walker acquisition: Dr. Lakra’s flash art Actually acquired in 2005, I learned of our acquisition of seven works on paper by Mexican artist Dr. Lakra from Tyler Green’s blog. Amid our excellent collection of Minimalist works, our wonderful cache of Beuys multiples, and every one of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster films, it’s great to see the earthy, carnivalesque work of this Mexico City-based artist. • Favorite single artwork: Thomas Hirschhorn’s Cavemanman When I met Hirschhorn during the installation of our show Heart of Darkness, I had the gall to tell him I didn’t get his work, especially the huge Swiss Army knife made of cardboard, tape, aluminum foil, and cellophane he showed here in 1998. But walking through the shiny and claustrophobic tunnels of Cavemanman, I was moved by the over-the-top-ness of it and the germaneness of it to current events. Discussing the project with him only underscored my change of, ahem, heart.• Favorite bumpersticker: “Think About Honking If You (Heart) Conceptual Art” [...] […] • Top ten to remember: We lost many great creators in ‘06. Let’s not forget them: artist Nam June Paik, reggae/ska legend Desmond Dekker, Egyptian novelist/Nobel prizewinner Mahfouz Naguib, filmmaker Robert Altman, Aeron chair designer Bill Stumpf, installation artist Jason Rhoades, • Favorite Walker acquisition: Dr. Lakra’s flash art Actually acquired in 2005, I learned of our acquisition of seven works on paper by Mexican artist Dr. Lakra from Tyler Green’s blog. Amid our excellent collection of Minimalist works, our wonderful cache of Beuys multiples, and every one of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster films, it’s great to see the earthy, carnivalesque work of this Mexico City-based artist. • Favorite single artwork: Thomas Hirschhorn’s Cavemanman When I met Hirschhorn during the installation of our show Heart of Darkness, I had the gall to tell him I didn’t get his work, especially the huge Swiss Army knife made of cardboard, tape, aluminum foil, and cellophane he showed here in 1998. But walking through the shiny and claustrophobic tunnels of Cavemanman, I was moved by the over-the-top-ness of it and the germaneness of it to current events. Discussing the project with him only underscored my change of, ahem, heart.• Favorite bumpersticker: “Think About Honking If You (Heart) Conceptual Art” […]

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