Tag Archive "dan-colen"

Artnet gets video

Artnet TV by Nicole DavisMusic by Jordan GallandVol. 1, No. 1Nest by Dash Snow and Dan ColenJuly 25-Aug. 18, 2006Deitch Projects76 Grand Street, New York, N.Y. 10012 I was talking with artnet‘s Walter Robinson yesterday and while catching up on this and that I mentioned that Libby and I were doing videos on artblog now and that people seemed to love them (you do, don’t you?). Robinson said “We’re putting up our first video today.” I wondered if he was going to be the one in front of the camera and he said no and mentioned how he’d actually done ... More » »

Magic mountains

Nick Paparone and Jamie Dillon standing in front of Everest Mountains and boulders of papier mache are everywhere, it seems. In the past year Roberta and I have seen four. The first was Everest, the hilariously diminutive, comic-booky version of a white-out mountain at Space 1026 by Nick Paparone and Jamie Dillon. A deadpan rendition of the grandeur of nature, including a white rug beneath, it came straight out of Miss Dingle’s kindergarten’s stage-set building project. It made a mockery of the ambitions of mountain climbers and the eagerness of travellers and their tourist snapshots at the same time that ... More » »

Whitney Biennial News Blast

Nari Ward’s Glory — church of the dead soldier [NOTE: This post has been changed. We added a few more pictures.] Here’s our first cut at this year’s Whitney Biennial, an anti-war show if ever there was one. Our first reaction was, ooh, we know a lot of these people. We made a list for you, and we’ll give it to you in another post. And by the way, both Libby’s and Roberta’s flickr sites have extensive photo documentation. Click each name to see the photos. Dan Colen’s papier mache boulder/bombs footed by the carved wood phrase EAT SHIT AND ... More » »