This weekend Ami and I got to check out You, Urs Fischer's installation at Gavin Brown's Enterprise. (Click images for detail.) The piece is an eight-foot deep crater measuring about 38x30 feet dug within the pristine white walls of the gallery.
According to New York Magazine the pit took a ten days to build and cost about $250,000 using a jackhammer to remove the concrete floor and a backhoe to excavate tons of debris.
Literally breaking down the traditional art show and gallery as commercial space, Fischer also references the rich history of land artists before him, including Walter de Maria's famous Earth Room which is housed just 10 blocks away.
You
Through 22 December 2007
Gavin Brown's Enterprise
620 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10014 map
tel. +1 212 627 5258
Photos by Keren Richter
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