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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 » »

Art Basel Miami Beach 2010: part 1

On this year’s trip to Miami I took it easy, concentrating on the main event, Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), and ignoring 16 other fairs and endless installations, events, museum exhibitions, private collections, a video lounge, film showings, ….  In about six hours spread over two days I saw perhaps a third of it, so this is a limited view of a limited view.  Missed the opening and associated events, but on Friday and Saturday I still managed to site John Baldessari and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s director, Thomas Campbell; I thought it brave for a scholar of Renaissance ... More » »

Lynda Benglis and Philippe Parreno at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Lynda Benglis produced a series of work, beginning in 1968, that upset contemporary notions of what was acceptable as high art: forms that appeared soft and oozing when art was supposed to be rigid and geometric; polychrome and even fluorescent when the prevailing color was gray; sparkle-y when such effects were associated with ballroom dancing and parade costumes.

Art in Dublin: two generations challenging national identity and Terry Winters at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

It’s rare, but much more interesting, to find serious museums who are willing to take a focused look at art of particularly local interest rather than seeing yet again the same handful of artists who are fashionable at the moment throughout international art circles.  I saw fascinating exhibits in July at The Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and Project Arts Centre of two generations of artists whose themes are Irish national identity (not individual identity, as was of interest to Americans since the 1980s) during periods of change.

Irish Museum of Modern Art: Miquel Barceló and Janaina Tschäpe

Miquel Barceló Domo, Africa(2005)mixed media on paper, 75 x 53 cm, photo courtesy of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) has monographic exhibitions on through September 28 of two artists whose work hasn’t been seen in nearly such depth in the U.S. Miguel Barceló was one of an international group of artists in the 1980s who popularized expressionistic, figurative painting on a large scale (and I haven’t seen much of his work since then). Miguel Barceló; The African Work is a survey of work done during the past twenty years when the artist ... More » »

Report from Ireland–Malani and Freud

Post by Andrea Kirsh Nalini Malani, Talking About Akka, (detail), 2007, Tryptich, 183 cm x100 cm each, overall size 185 X 300 cm, Acrylic and enamel reversepainting on acrylic sheet, Courtesy of the artist The Irish Museum of Modern Art has several interesting exhibitions at the moment and I went to see two of them: surveys of Nalini Malani and Lucian Freud. Access to IMMA’s primary galleries is via a glass staircase which opens onto what is usually a light-filled landing; but for now all that is changed and one enters a different world, a darkened space with red walls. ... More » »

Report from Dublin: Museum Studies

Andrea Kirsh reports: [This is the first of two posts by Andrea from Dublin. Part 2 is here.] Dublin, Dec. 21-22, 2006 ‘Signage for a 35 floor social center’ outside IMMA’s New Galleries by Liam Gillick I was looking forward to my annual Christmas trip to Dublin because, in addition to seeing family, I was going to see two ambitious exhibitions of contemporary art. The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) announced an exhibition by 20 leading international artists based on the physical and conceptual processes involved in making and exhibiting art, including work by Doug Aitken, Douglas Gordon, Anri ... More » »