Experience of Tino Sehgal's solo exhibition at the Guggenheim begins as soon as I set foot in the museum, when I was confronted with a minor spectacle positioned smack-dab in the center of the rotunda: a pair of lovers writhing and embracing in slow motion on the pristine floor of the otherwise vacant museum. This "living sculpture" is Sehgal's 2002 work, Kiss (on loan from MoMA), a piece enacted by professional dancers, dressed casually in sneakers, jeans, and plain shirts, who perform poses and gestures from a range of art historical kisses from Rodin to Brancusi. The couple (one male, one female) cycles through a choreographed loop that takes about 16 minutes, before repeating the sequence. This continues for about an hour, when another pair gracefully replaces them and resumes the same elegant and precise choreography. From there, the children took me... READ THE FULL REVIEW ON ART IN AMERICA.

WORK BY TINO SEHGAL IS  ON VIEW THROUGH MARCH 10. THE GUGGENHEIM IS LOCATED AT 1071 FIFTH AVENUE.