EWH

In continuation of the previous post, Blah, my mind has triggered on another thought process regarding the Rubell Collection. Charles Ray, another provocative and erratic artist featured in the Miami ware-house, has an ewh factor at first glance. An ewh that can be either a good ewh or a bad ewh. Regardless the ewh has a story. The conceptual art displayed as male statues are scattered amongst a large room. The statues are nude and exact replicas of Mr. Ray. Provocatively arranged, the statues are each "screwing" each other. There is no sensual-ness in the piece, only a sense of disorder.

The disorder, confusion, and frustration of the piece are used to convey the emotions that Charles was feeling at a certain period of his life. Emotional strife and distress caused turbulence in the artist's life. Ray used conceptual art to express the battle and anguish with his own demons. Through the portrayal of reflection, Ray's id is "screwing himself".

"Ewh" is what I first thought after seeing this piece for the first time. However, the word clever replaced the initial ewh after the revelation of the story behind the art.