Performance-in-Place: From the Personal Collection of Eileen Myles
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
8 to 9pm EST
This event was held on Zoom
Poet and novelist Irene Myers used her home in Marfa, Texas as a small art gallery, and led other artists to visit and discuss various works from their extensive art collection, including Robin Blue，Xylor Jane，etc. Each artist elaborated on personal memories and connections related to objects and artworks in their home.
Exterior of Myles’ home. Work by Glen Hanson.
This event will explore the artistic potential and reflect the adaptability of the artist, when the artist's behavior is replaced by isolation and action on a global scale. Irene Myers first introduce the unique orange widow outside of her house, which become a remarkable symbolic of her house. Then, she started her tour inside her house, she wanted to frame herself as a counter institution by owing art, but borrow art. The first painting is sort of a fugitive piece with a black shape which is kind of an owl by artist Charline. She believes that the placement of the painting would influence the balance of the room. Eileen explain why she own the pig’s simple paintings by D. Ellen, she consider the pig is the most slaughtered, most intelligent animal.
It is cross between performance art and art writing, Walk the room over and over again and record your thoughts about different artworks. Repeatedly shuttle between the room and different artworks every day, giving new ideas and feelings
I think you have a really detailed description on the artist’s meaning and feeling of this work. I like how you introduce the background of this work cause it is very hard for people to understand a performance art just through writing and images. I think you can add more description on the work you show in the images. That also can let readers connect with artist’s thought. Or adding a clearer pictures will also help people to feel about this work. In the end, adding some of your own descriptions about this work will let the work become more meaningful.
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