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Ceal Floyer.


KUNSTHALLE BERN Bern or Berne (bĕrn), canton (1990 pop. 937,365), 2,658 sq mi (6,883 sq km), W central Switzerland. The second most populous and second largest canton of the country, Bern comprises three sections—the Bernese Alps, or  

Karachi-born, London-based Ceal Floyer creates evocative e·voc·a·tive  
adj.
Tending or having the power to evoke.



e·voca·tive·ly adv.
 installations by the sparest of means. In a past show, for example, she simply placed a ballooning black garbage bag by the doorway of the exhibition space; in another "white cube" she pinned a cash-register receipt (also white) to the wall, documenting her purchase of, you guessed it, white items - flour, candles, mozzarella moz·za·rel·la  
n.
A mild white Italian cheese that has a rubbery texture and is often eaten melted, as on pizza.



[Italian, diminutive of mozza, a cut, mozzarella, from mozzare,
. In Bern the artist is showing new work: video installations, sound pieces, and "Ink on Paper," a series of drawings made by pressing felt-tip pens onto blotting blotting /blot·ting/ (blot´ing) soaking up with or transferring to absorbent material.

blotting

a technique used for the detection of DNA, RNA or protein. See northern blot, southern blot, western blot. Called also blot analysis.
 paper until all of the ink has been extracted. Available Light, a photograph made specially for this exhibition, shows only a small lamp, bulb to the wall, its shade turned to the viewer. Oct. 16-Dec. 5, 1999.
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Author:Ammann, Rene
Publication:Artforum International
Geographic Code:4EUGE
Date:Sep 1, 1999
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