I was lucky enough to visit Marc’s house during my trip to the world of postmodern art. I felt like a kid in a candy store, and I had no problem spotting the 10×10 foot painting with his face on it that hung in his living room. But there were many other incredible works on display, so let me tell you about them:
By far, the most impressive work of art in Marc’s house was his maze labyrinth. It was over 20 feet tall and 100 feet long, and I could easily have gotten lost inside of it for at least an hour. In fact, that is exactly what happened! After walking around for a few minutes I started getting disoriented and eventually found myself in a dead end surrounded by all kinds of different shapes and colors. I tried to find my way out but got more lost than ever! This maze labyrinth is truly a work of art and deserves all the attention it can get.
Marc also has a painting collection made up of various paintings he has done over the years. He has everything from his early years as a painter to his recent collage works, which are phenomenal as well. There were also many other fantastic pieces in his collection as well. For example, he has an amazing piece
The internet is a great place for finding information about art and artists. It’s also a great place for finding opinions about art and artists. This is the story of one man, Marc Pena, who decided to put his house on the internet. He also decided to build a maze around his house. I don’t know if he did it for the art or for the money, but it one of the most amazing pieces of modern art I have ever seen.
The most impressive thing about Pena’s work, in my opinion, is not how well it stands up against traditional art, but how well it stands up against traditional architecture. Buildings are supposed to be functional; they’re supposed to provide shelter and/or entertain us while we’re there. This one has that aspect covered: it has walls and a roof, which means you can’t see inside from most angles; however, some angles are very clear, which means you can see the insides of all three rooms with no problem at all. From the outside (and inside) those rooms looks like any normal room would look like. You might think this would detract from its functionality as a home, but you’d be wrong; this house still functions as a home perfectly well. In other words, Pena
I have been a student of art for the past 15 years or so. I have always had a passion for the arts, and believe them to be a vital part of what it means to be human. I do not understand postmodernism, in fine art or in architecture. I do not understand how anyone could call the work of Piotr Uklanski “art”.
I have never had the opportunity to visit Marc Pena’s home but I am dying to know what all the fuss is about. I have, however, viewed numerous photos of his home, especially on blogs, and have seen videos of it from Youtube.
Though the gallerist Marc Pena is a relatively well-known figure within the art world, he has managed to keep his private life (and most of his home) out of the public eye. Until now.
When I stumbled across this huge building on Google Earth, I was instantly intrigued by its striking appearance and its resemblance to one of my favorite buildings, Frank Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. It seemed like such a sadly under-appreciated work and it occurred to me that this could be because there are so few photographs of it online. A quick search revealed a few more images—mostly exterior views of the building from across the street, or from far away—but I wanted to see more. So I decided to visit it in person with my partner in crime, photographer Joshua Litman Turner.
On an unseasonably warm December day we made our way up into the Hollywood Hills, where Pena’s labyrinthine 15-room structure sits atop a steep hill just below Mulholland Drive. The imposing steel and stone structure belies its deceptive exterior; once through the front door and up four flights of stairs you enter into a bright courtyard with a small serene pool at its center, flanked
Pena is a successful real estate investor and developer. He has developed over 1,000 units in the past decade. He joined the US Air Force in the early 1980s, and was stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base when he first became interested in art.
He began to collect art while in the military, and on his return to civilian life he continued to collect. He also began sculpting himself. In 1991, he opened a gallery in San Francisco selling his own sculptures as well as those of other artists. The gallery closed after two years but by then Pena had become something of a fixture on the San Francisco art scene.
A few years later, he moved to Southern California and started an investment firm called Pena Capital Management (PCM). A few years later he became involved with several high-end Hollywood actors and film producers. They bankrolled PCM to start making movies such as ‘The Agency’ starring James Caan and ‘The Mexican Connection’ starring Eric Roberts.
The postmodern art movement is a collection of ideas and theories that emerged from the early 20th century and are closely associated with the development of modernism. Characterized by a skepticism or outright rejection of “meta-narratives” (narratives which provide an explanation for a culture, ideology, history, technology or science), postmodernism calls into question notions of objective truth, moral certainty and the possibility of achieving certainty in knowledge.
Tendencies in postmodernist art include an interrogation of the notion of “art” (and related concepts) through parody; incorporation into art of objects that are traditionally not considered “artistic”; and reference to popular as well as high culture. Postmodernism includes movements like installation art, performance art, body art and conceptual art. Sometimes used interchangeably with “conceptualism”, postmodernism implies an interest in theories of knowledge rather than simply questioning visual representation.
Postmodernist artists are interested in forms that reject previous ideas about the nature of sculpture: for instance, Richard Serra’s use of steel I-beams found in demolition sites to produce his monumental sculptures; or Robert Morris’ use of cast iron to make his sculptural pieces.
The term was coined by Jean-François Lyot