www.pittsburghmagazine.com: This is not the house that Jack built. This is the house that Alex built. But there are parallels between Jack’s imaginary digs in the 19th-century nursery rhyme and Alex Da Corte’s very real aluminum and neon abode at Carnegie Museum of Art. Actually, it would be duck soup to conjure up a hip, postmodern retelling of the cumulative-style poem: Alex’s place has a cat like Jack’s, no rat, but look for a character named Petra von Kant and additional denizens of this domicile, including Mister Rogers.
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I recently saw this piece at the Carnegie International and it was easily one of my favorites from the exhibition. In an international exhibition this major, there’s a sense of importance in the statement that the pieces want to make. Much of the work in the museum was somber, colossal, or ornate. Then suddenly, an arch revealing candy-colored neon lights appears from the end of the hallway. Instantly, I was transported to a different place and time, with the abstract pattern on the floor guiding my footing and a warm pink neon glow on everyone in the space. Children were romping around, couples were taking photos, everyone was smiling and laughing at the absurd videos that were playing inside the neon house. The entire experience was exactly that-- absurd. We all knew it didn’t make sense, and we all knew that it was so much fun because of it. I love that works that are this vibrant and humorous are being showcased at an exhibition as major as the Carnegie International.
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