For Mr. Simons, who favors midcentury art, the process was one of juxtaposing ideas rather than seeking perfect matches.
Australia Fiona Hall's wunderkammer of glimmering objects in the brand new Australian pavilion, opened by Cate Blanchett, shows her extraordinary gift for juxtaposing ideas and materials – guns made out of bread, watercolours out of banknotes, a bestiary of imaginary critters woven from the grasses where they might live.
I wanted to juxtapose that idea with very still objects.
They are routes to critical thinking, often juxtaposing unusual ideas, values or outcomes that generate novel insights – and questions.
Santos had this light bulb moment after visiting a cemetery in the Philippines where his grandmother is buried, using a bunch of pictures and stuff to juxtapose the idea of the life/death/afterlife thing with the cultural cycles of second-wave Detroit techno and San Francisco laptop glitch that he experienced while DJing.
An exhibition that juxtaposes the idea of chaos and punk makes it appear that punk was about nothing.
It juxtaposed the idea of a summer sport in a winter atmosphere, so we used it to question, Where is this world going?" (The result: snow boots with sandal overlays, shin-length sweaterdresses for men, tropical prints).
Soap reliefs created with consumer materials such as hair extensions, cigarette ash, Forever 21 jeans, and Smirnoff Ice hang side-by-side on an old brick wall exposed to the elements, allowing for the possibility of rain to lather them and juxtaposing the idea of sterilisation with that of chaotic, dirty consumption.
Soap reliefs created with consumer materials such as hair extensions, cigarette ash, Forever 21 jeans, and Smirnoff Ice hang side-by-side on an old brick wall exposed to the elements, allowing for the possibility of rain to lather them and juxtaposing the idea of sterilization with that of chaotic, dirty consumption.
