Water^2: My Own Approach to Curating

Left
Hans Haacke
American (b. Colongne, 1936)
Condensation Cube
Plexiglas and distilled water
Edition 5 of 5, 30 x 30 x 30 in.

Right
Janine Antoni
American (b. Bahamas, 1964) and
Paul Ramirez Jonas
American (b. Honduras, 1965)
Always New, Always Familiar 2000
Video projection, dimensions variable
Edition of two and one artist's proof



Above
Atul Bhalla
Indian (b. 1964)
Immersions 2008
Installation of water, glass cases,
cast sand, and silt, dimensions variable



Left
Nancy Graves
American (1939-1995)
Bottom of the Pacific Ocean Between California and the Hawaiian Islands - Sub Cable Survey 1891-92 1972
Goauche on paper, 22 x 90 in.



Right
Atul Bhalla
Indian (b.1964)
Piaus 2006
20 photographs individually framed
Each 17 x 20 in.


The works I have chosen to include in my show, were works that caught my eye throughout the Water show, but also ones that use different ways to express water. Also, the way I would lay them out, would hopefully create an interesting space with interesting play between the pieces.

I would set them up in a rectangular room with Antoni and Ramiraz Jonas's video on one end, projecting from above into an alcove, and Bhalla's Piaus on the other, with Bhalla's Immersions set about between the two. On the other two sides of Immersions I would set up Graves's and Haacke's pieces, both with ample space to move about them, as well as space to move about and through Immersions. I would follow Donna's example and set it up in a blue room, probably more on the teal side. i would hope that the video projection would cast light about the room and create an interesting space.