Pose Work for Plinths 3 1971

Curator: Bruce McLean’s “Pose Work for Plinths 3” captures a playful series of poses atop and around simple white cubes. It's rather theatrical, don’t you think? Editor: Absolutely. There's something deeply unsettling about the work's commentary on the art world, its structures, and its conventions for elevating… well, anything. Curator: The cubes become stages, opportunities for absurdist performance. I see a rejection of the solemnity often associated with sculpture. He's almost dancing. Editor: Right, and the black and white format lends an archival, almost scientific air, heightening the critique of institutionalized art spaces and how they shape perception. It mocks the very idea of the art object. Curator: Perhaps McLean felt restricted by the art world's expectations. I bet he felt that these playful poses freed him from them. Editor: It's a physical assertion of agency. A challenge to the power structures within the art world and performance. What a statement!