Tag Archive "installation"
1967 and 2011 – Nadia Hironaka and Matt Suib at Locks Gallery
The gigantic first floor space at Locks Gallery is occupied this month by the massive, multi-channel video installation 1967 by Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib. The collaborative project by the husband and wife team uses appropriated footage from cinema and protest videos to raise questions about political dissent, utopian movements and the role of mass media in driving protest movements in general.
Rivane Neuenschwander in Dublin, Lygia Pape in London, and a book on Art under Conditions of Political Repression
Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other opened at the New Museum, New York in June, 2010 and I caught up with it at its final stop, the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA, on through January 29, 2012). Organized by the two museums, the exhibition was also seen in in St. Louis, Scottsdale and Miami. Neuenschwander is from the first generation of Brazilian artists to come to international attention early in their careers, but she inevitably stands on the shoulders of the Frente and Neo-Concret artists of the late 1950s-1960s (Helio Oticica, Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape and others). Some ... More » »
Sophie’s Room
On a beautiful October weekend – ripe with the scent of the fall vegetation now enveloping the local greenmarkets and some end-of-summer nostalgia for warmer, sunnier days, I followed the directions in a press announcement to a small hotel on the upper east side. The hotel, located on a tree-lined street off Madison Avenue, was smart and orderly and seemed very European – like an international transplant of exacting good taste. The small lobby was bustling. I felt as though I was setting out on adventure with great expectations. When I requested directions to Sophie’s Room, the staff immediately responded ... More » »
Matt Savitsky – our next podcast coming up on artblog radio
Matt Savitsky is a young artist who makes forlorn sculptural installations — mostly autobiographical — and sometimes performs in the character of Minty. Minty played a puppy in a window at Bodega last summer, a memorable performance full of come-hither looks, floppy hair falling over the eyes and my dog Spot black and white makeup on his face. Savitsky graduated with a BFA from Cooper Union in 2005 and he just left the East Coast for San Diego where he’s beginning an MFA program focused on interdisciplinary arts. Matt is a Pennsylvania native and openly gay. And while he only ... More » »
No Way In–Richard Harrod at Marginal Utility
Richard Harrod’s latest installation A Larger Refrigerator (Marginal Utility, 1 April-28 May 2011) puts a chill on familiar interior views. The artist’s depictions of mundane spaces use a variety of tricks thwart our entry and monkey with the norms of representation. A well-known figure in the Philadelphia art scene and a widely-exhibited artist, Harrod was a recipient of the Pew Fellowship (1997) and has shown internationally. Previous work by the artist presented cobbled-together worlds in similarly disconcerting fashion.
Two exhibitions in conversation at LGTripp Gallery
Although the two artists took a course in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts MFA program together, Plamen Veltchev and Allison Stigora had not seen one another’s work in about five years. It was a surprise for them to discover that their work has so much in common. Both artists tackle ideas such as the illusion of control and our inability to know the future – Veltchev through drawing and Stigora through installation. Both artists are featured this month at LG Tripp Gallery. Formally, the two exhibitions share many parallels, including an emphasis on line and form, layering, dramatic ... More » »
Shapes and animals at Tiger and Grizzly
When Anne Schaefer creates art, she wants to immerse the viewer in a particular visual environment. Because of this, her work is usually large-scale. One challenge she encountered in planning her current show at the Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery was tailoring her vision to the gallery’s small dimensions.
Taking a better Giorni: Bruce Nauman at the PMA
Bruce Nauman’s Days and Giorni, although similar, are speak quite different languages and messages as installed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Big bang, small bang at Gallery Joe
The big shock in Gallery Joe‘s current show is what has happened to the space. The usual Joe m.o. is to hang the work in calmest presentation possible, neatly arrayed around the small gallery’s spaces.
