
One of the works I’d love to live with is a John Chamberlain foam sculpture. Just to be able to study its topology, reverse engineer in my head the gestures and knotting that produced it, shade it from the sun, gently sweep up the crumbs from around its pedestal as it crumbles to dust. ars brevis, vita brevis.

I think this gorgeous Tony Feher sculpture made out of a crumpled gold mylar space blanket and a binder clip does a lot of the same thing, while also catching the sun. Though their material is doomed, the foam pieces would at least, presumably hold their shape when handled. I don’t know how Feher deployed that binder clip, but I imagine keeping this shape requires considerably more care. From the estate of Brent Sikkema.
Lot 101, Tony Feher, Untitled, 2009, est. $3-5,000 [update: sold for $2,394, exactly 10% of the price of the perfet nam june paik color bars painting, absolute bargains are being had at…] [christies]