Philippe Langlois weblog

Discovering a new artist that rocks is always a pleasing experience. Tom Sachs is my recent inclusion in my list, and i'd love to share it with you.

When I walk all the art galleries of one town, usually on 20 or 30 galleries, I find only one or two that shows work I like. Tom Sacks shows a personal world of chaos, illegal stuff, society judgement on things. He manages to be demonstrative and yet not anecdotical nor trivial. I like that. Fun is one force of his fun, irony too. The result is an hindsight into some things you may not acknowledge immediately about where we live. Yet, he speaks about now.

Societal Hazardous Material Handling Chamber

A must see: Tom Sachs, Islandia, January 20 - February 24, 2007, Thaddeus Ropac gallery