Dan Witz - In Plain View
"Mille Foglie Objects" by Annette Huizing
Dutch artist and designer Annette Huizing creates Mille Foglie Objects, a series of low tables of paper towels and wallpaper glue. Although these pieces are very strong, their design can be unpredictable, as Huizing lets the kitchen rolls dry...
What we want to see Friday and next Thursday
artblog |
5 hours ago
Work by Amy Stevens (top), Kim Alsbrook (left) and Miha at Bambi GallerySay it isn't so!!! Some galleries have moved their openings to Second Friday this month. Too much New Years' partying, we guess. That would certainly be the case for those crazy Space 1026ers who are marching in the Mummer's Parade with the Vaudevillains New Year's Comic Brigade. They'll be performing around 9 a.m. in front of City Hall. Sounds fun, if you can get up that early--better yet, just [...]
Woolley's 15 and Smith is Ecumenical
PORT |
7 hours ago
Just in time for the holidays, Mark Woolley's savvy eye for up-and-coming artists has given Portland another reason to celebrate besides the fact that it's the gallery's 15th anniversary. Titled Selections from ME9, this show by Stephen Scott Smith is a fitting affirmation of Woolley's keen eye for fresh contemporary Portland artists. The Woolley Gallery has been an integral part of the contemporary Portland art scene since first opening in 1993. While in the Pearl District, Woolley became a pioneer in discovering [...]
This is Not a Liquor Store Bag
Do you know what a $1000 contribution to Rhizome's Community Campaign will get you? A Liquor Store Bag. This not any ordinary Liquor Store Bag, mind you, but an an original laser cut drawing by artist Michael Mandiberg. The work is part of a series that explores lines, algorithms, and instructions -- and recalls both Sol LeWitt and John F. Simon Jr. The subdued diagonal lines of Liquor Store Bag need to be on your wall, now. That's not all! [...]
Art MoCo's Top 10 Books of 2008
We've come across such a great variety of books to feature every Sunday at Art MoCo over the year (52, in fact) that it seems a shame to not to pull them off the shelf or coffee table every...
Reenacting Objects
In an essay hoisted upon every media studies student ever, Walter Benjamin argues that the mechanical reproduction of art works separates the viewer from the original object and therefore diminishes that object's "ritual value." Strangely enough, Stephanie Syjuco's work takes a different approach. She gives us all reproductions, all the time. From paper TV's to faux designer furniture, these readily-reproduced images and things comment on the importance of the originals in our daily lives and the cultural value we've built-up [...]
End of the year fundraising campaigns
The year draws to an end and so is rhizome's fund raising campaign. I guess most of you know the fantastic work they are doing every single day to promote and support technology-based art. Culture tends to suffer more than many other fields in tougher times (but please feel free to disagree and prove me wrong), so please consider donating $25 or more. They will undoubtedly give it back to you in many forms. A used and abandoned natural Christmas Tree [...]
Objectivities: Photography from Düsseldorf
Bernd and Hilla Becher, Lime Kilns: Meppel, 1968, 2005 In the mid '70s, a group of young photographers were studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Their professors were Bernd and Hiller Becher, a couple who had gained fame for taking sharp b&w photographs of industrial archetypes long before it was fashionable to do so. The Becher took pictures like passionate and determined collectors, treating images of water towers, grain elevators, warehouses and other industrial buildings as if they were butterflies that [...]
Crawl Space Centennial
PORT |
10 hours ago
Christoph Gielen, "Closeness, Two, peripheral Berlin" from the 2007 Centennial Seattle's Crawl Space Gallery is seeking submissions for their 2009 Third Annual Centennial juried exhibition. This year's judge is NW artist Jeffry Mitchell, and one exhibiting artist will be chosen for a $500 award. Submissions of work in any medium are due by February 1, 2009. Get more details on their site.
Photography reviewees' feedback wanted
Conscientious |
10 hours ago
When Andrew published his interview with a reviewer at PhotoNOLA I thought it would be nice to hear from "the other side" of the table, namely photographers who had their work reviewed. In particular, what I am interested in is constructive feedback that might also help other photographers either decide about whether to attend a review or that might help them with preparing for a review. So if you're a photographer who recently attended a review and if you have the [...]
Out of Frame: Doubt
ionarts |
11 hours ago
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt: A Parable (play)As a playwright John Patrick Shanley can certainly tell a story through vivid characters speaking to one another. His play Doubt: A Parable, an exploration of the conflict between a nun and a priest at a school in the Bronx, won the Pulitzer Prize and several other awards. He was able to transfer that gift for natural and yet memorable dialogue to the
Maegan Hill-Carroll
Conscientious |
11 hours ago
I used to be way more excited about piles of rocks or gravel in the past than I am now (and I never managed to find out what exactly attracted me to them in the first place), so now I'm a bit torn about Maegan Hill-Carroll photographs of "Mounds".
Video Game Soundtracks 1983-1987 (2001) - Seth Price
"Video Game Soundtracks 1983-1987" is from the "Title Variable" (2001-) series and was originally released as a CD-R. These compilations researched "the ways that digital technologies have effected music production, both in popular forms as well as in more rarified modern composition" and were each accompanied by an essay. This particular installment assembled video game soundtracks found on the internet. Link to an mp3 of the compilation and the original essay below. Video Game Soundtracks 1983-1987 Excerpt from the accompanying text: [...]
Helmut Newton is a Wise Investment - artmarketblog.com
Art Market Blog |
12 hours ago
Helmut Newton is a Wise Investment - artmarketblog.com A new auction record was set for photographer Helmut Newton at a Christie’s auction on the the 16th of December when the work “Sie Kommen, (Naked and Dressed)” sold for $ $662,500 (including buyers premium) against an estimate of US$400,000-600,000. The details of the record setting work as as follows: Lot Description HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004) Sie Kommen, Paris (Naked and Dressed), Vogue Studios, 1981 4 panel gelatin silver print, flush-mounted each signed, titled, [...]
What Becomes a "Semi-Permanent" Collection Most?
edward_ winkleman |
13 hours ago
I don't really have a dog in this particular fight, per se, but as someone working to have the art by the artists we represent acquired by museums, I do feel my opinion on the matter in general is worth considering carefully. The following is meant to spark conversation as well as point out my personal observations only (i.e., not suggest I have any authority in this realm):In response to a controversy over the deaccession of two paintings by New York's [...]
Mark Jenkins: The A's To Our Q's
Age: 38 Hometown: Fairfax VA Where do you now live?: Washington DC Where would you most like to live?: Canary Islands Who was your first "hero" in life?: Speed Racer What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: I quit my day job What is your favorite color?: Clear Who (or what) do you love?: Anything with alcohol in it (including people) Wooster: Who and/or what are some of your influences? Classical music this week, [...]
Objectivities: Photography from Düsseldorf
Bernd and Hilla Becher, Lime Kilns: Meppel, 1968, 2005 In the mid '70s, a group of young photographers were studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Their professors were Bernd and Hiller Becher, a couple who had gained fame for taking sharp b&w photographs of industrial archetypes long before it was fashionable to do so. The Becher took pictures like passionate and determined collectors, treating images of water towers, grain elevators, warehouses and other industrial buildings as if they were butterflies that [...]
Yesterday
Starfish of Hope
Art in NYC |
Dec 28, 2008 11:05PM
Well …. I worked on this painting all evening - Starfish of Hope. Starfish of Hope - Marshall Sponder 48″ x 56″ Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Paper This is what happened - I had a great time painting Starfish of Hope - assembled 4 pieces of paper and used Acrylic colors (Cobalt Blue and White plus
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Heart As Arena |
Dec 28, 2008 10:05PM
So apparently the rules have changed at The Warhol since I visited last year. No photos.Let me say that again. No. Photos. At The Warhol. It was one of the first things I was told after I showed the front desk my media pass. I assumed that she meant that I wouldn't be able to take photos of special exhibitions, but just in case I asked for clarification. Yep, I heard her right. No photos in the museum. End of sentence, [...]
Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 106
NEWSgrist |
Dec 28, 2008 08:35PM
Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 106, originally uploaded by Joy Garnett (archive).
