{"id":2481,"date":"2012-06-11T18:51:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T18:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/06\/11\/art-basel-preview-john-mccracken-atlantis\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:57:09","slug":"art-basel-preview-john-mccracken-atlantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/art-basel-preview-john-mccracken-atlantis","title":{"rendered":"Art Basel Preview: John McCracken &#8220;Atlantis&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-77.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-77.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-77-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are inching towards <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=723\">Art Basel<\/a>, and are gearing up for the opening this week! Another work we are thrilled to have on display is \u201cAtlantis,\u201d 1988-1992, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=433\">John McCracken<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI try to make art that is pretty obviously positive. I think<br>in a possible future there is a world, or a number of them really, that<br>is really great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;- John McCracken (from a discussion with artist, Dike Blair in 1997)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artinfo.com\/\">ArtInfo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope to see you at the fair! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=723\">If you can\u2019t make it Basel, see a sampling of our Basel works online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are inching towards Art Basel, and are gearing up for the opening this week! 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