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Surfboard Lights
Geometry, industry and psychedelic are the forms and themes of a major retrospective of John McCracken and hosted by the Contemporary Art Museum of the Castello di Rivoli (Torino) until next June 22. McCracken, born in Berkeley (California) in 1934, has always been interested in his own way the experience of the American counterculture embraced not so much as a declaration of intent or social-political and as research on the senses . . His version of minimalism, in fact, is characterized by the experiments on color, metals, plastics, paints and resins that create a kind psychedelic influences due to the special quality of their reflections. Highlights of the exhibition are the pure geometric forms (rectangles, squares, cubes) treated with materials that esaltanola luminositdell'ambiente surrounding, in particular the frequent use of the paints used in California to build and decorate with bright colors surfboards and cars, and ricorrela diagonal geometric shape that symbolizes the rise and movement, the most symbolic passage between levels of knowledge (namely 'lighting). The exhibition, curated by Andrea Bellini, covering the entire career of McCracken, and highlights his vision dellarigorosa antiemotivit tipicadel minimalism, seen as a synthesis between two opposites: the flamboyant American pop culture and the contemplative mysticism more sober. The works are more conceptual paintings alongside more infatticreazioni near mystical themes, along the lines of another great pioneer of musical minimalism, Terry Riley, who as McCracken found in Indian culture, the natural continuation of that experience. . . A Canadian suspected of having concealed 3. 5 kilograms of cocaine inside a surfboard lights was arrested Wednesday at an airport in Costa Rica. If convicted, he could face 20 years imprisonment. The suspect is Alain Landry, according to a spokesman for the Costa Rican prosecutor, Tatiana Vargas. The 46 year old man was preparing to fly to the international airport Juan Santamaria in San Jose to Montreal when he was apprehended by police in drug control in Costa Rica. Ms. Vargas was however unable to confirm whether the accused was originally from Quebec. According to prosecutors, police found three bags containing a "likelihood of cocaine hydrochloride" in a compartment in the center of the surfboard. The substance was found during a search of X-ray "The evidence will be analyzed," assured Mrs. Vargas. "Right now, it will be detained in custody for three months, then the case will be heard before a judge," she added. For now, Mr. Landry is held under a charge of international drug trafficking. The Costa Rican law provides for prison sentences of 8 to 20 years for this crime. According to Ms. Vargas, Alain Landry has hired an attorney to assist government in its legal action. For its part, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada said he was aware "of reports that mention the arrest of a Canadian citizen in Costa Rica. " "The Canadian mission in San José, Costa Rica is working closely with local authorities to collect additional information, wrote in an email Floréa Pierre, spokesman for the department. . . .
