The Luminous Interval: The D. Daskalopoulos Collection

TheLuminousIntervalaccompaniestheGuggenheimMuseumseponymousexhibitionofworksdrawnfromtheDimitrisDaskalopouloscollection.DaskalopoulosscollectingpracticesareinspiredbythewritingsoftheGreekphilosopherNikosKazantazakis,whoenvisionedlifeastheluminousintervalbridgingthetwinabyssesofbirthanddeath.Duringthistime,struggleanddistintegrationarenecessaryprerequisitestocreativeproductionandrenewal.Balancingrenderingsofchaoticfragmentationwithformsdefinedbygeometriccontainmentandrestraint,theworksexplorethecoexistenceofhopeanddespairwithinthehumanconditionwithaparticularfocusonconceptsofalienation,trauma,culturalidentityandthehumanbodyinstatesoffecundityanddecay.Encompassingworksbymorethanthirtyartistsinabroadrangeofmedia,theresultisasurveyofsomeofthemostsalientartisticdevelopmentsofthepastfewdecades.ThefullyillustratedcataloguefeaturesaninterviewwithDaskalopoulos,criticalessaysbyphilosopherSimonCritchleyandartcriticBrianSholis,andshorttextsonalloftheexhibitedworks.