Jan 15, 2009

Stolen Shadow

Sometimes the best kind of art is the unexpected. For all of Rodchenko's manifesto-declarations about non-objective art, one of my favorite "works" of his is the shadow cast by one of his sculptures, shown in La Pedreda, one of the many buildings designed by Gaudí. Although I wasn't supposed to photograph the artwork, does capturing the shadow count? Alexander Rodchenko: Hanging Spatial Construction no.9 (Circle in a Circle), 1920-21.