Gavin Brown's gallery had a new art installation back in 2015: Jannis Kounellis's masterpiece (I am not making this up -- that's the way it's described) 12 Horses. This amazing art piece, which debuted in Rom in 1969, consists of:
12 horses, ropes tethered to the wall, eating feed and hay. And looking very bored.
On a rubberized floor. (Apparently to keep their natural detritus from staining anything.)
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| The horses do NOT look impressed....except with the hay |
Once again, I am not making this up. It really happened in 2015, along with the explanatory note: "At all times the horses are looked after by three attentive grooms."
My dad, a Dutch farmer, would be laughing his brains out...and suggesting the next installation be 12 Cows. Which he would provide -- for a small fee, of course.
Now here's the even stranger conclusion: a bunch of animal activists got wind of the installation. (A good whiff a few doors down would have done it.) So they marched around by the horses,who probably could have cared less, protesting animal slavery.
I wonder if they offered to shovel up any of the detritus?
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| photos from the original event -- see more via the article link. |
(At this point, my dad would be in severe danger of ripping something, trying not to laugh at these silly cityfolk..)
Now poor ol' Gavin Brown is (apparently) being forced to combine forces with another gallery owner. The official announcements are trying hard to suggest that he and the other gallery owner just 'happened' to do this. But it also could be assumed that both agreed to the merger in order to stay alive financially. The rest of the article makes a good argument that many of New York City's galleries may be alive in name and website only.
Maybe they need another installation to celebrate his 'promotion.' Get out the shovels.
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| How about a good oldfashioned cattle drive -- right through the gallery! |
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