Femishmoove

Sadly, upon doing a little rummaging around the web, the first thing you will probably run into is the infamous advertisement put out by Lynda Benglis in art forum. (Look it up. It’s NSFW funniness.)

Aside from her antics, there lies a polarized perspective on her actual aesthetic. Using a wide variety of materials from poured latex to poured glass, a majority of her work fits a shmoove look, and makes one want to shmoosh it.

At the New Museum’s retrospective which wrapped last June.

Check out more of Lynda’s work here:

http://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_thumbnail.asp?aid=424383056&gid=424383056&works_of_art=1&cid=83079

http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/432

A touch of shmoove

Well, maybe more than a touch. Ernesto Neto has been delighting onlookers with his incredibly shmoove exhibitions since 1995. It’s not common for an artist to freely allow gazers to actually feel the pieces they have created, but for Neto it is welcomed and part of the experience.

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/neto.html

http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artist.php?art_name=Ernesto%20Neto

polka.obsession

Yayoi Kusama at an unbelievable 82 years old continues to create outstanding works that thrust you into a psychedelicly shmoove alternate reality filled obsessively with dots.

http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/

Uber Organ

I had the pleasure of seeing Tim Hawkinson’s Uber Organ in New York City years ago. It was one of the most magnificent pieces of art i have ever witnessed. Decidedly shmoove, the piece whipped through all the rooms of the gallery, playing extremely deep tones that echoed everywhere. I felt submerged in sound and owned by a creation larger than i could comprehend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hawkinson

Function under form.

Yevgeniya Kaganovich’s series of curious plays with function. Check out the full series. (Lotta shmoove, some anti-shmoove)

http://yevgeniyakaganovich.com/2010/10/sgs-hed-series/

Shmoovie – The Stuff

This movie is undoubtedly shmoove. The plot: Aliens or something create a white ooze that they sell as a marshmallow Fluff alternative. The ooze kills you. it’s better than silly. It’s The Stuff. (Nice type on the fake logo too)

Cloudish

Daniel Arsham’s three dimensional sculptures ride the shmoove line.

http://www.danielarsham.com/index.php?/project/sculpture/