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On the road–Philly artists represent!!!

The “Space” Symposium at the New Museum Friday and Saturday features, among others, Philadelphia’s very own dreamweavers, Kocot and Hatton. They are part of a stellar (get that, space?) group that includes Richard Tuttle and Peter Halley.

Weekly Update — Another Look at A Closer Look 7

This week’s Weekly has my review of A Closer Look at Arcadia. Below’s my original copy restoring more than 200 words that were cut by the paper….and some pictures. And here’s Libby’s post on the show. Linda Yun’s Incident. Here’s the little video I made and put at flickr as an experiment in video hosting alternatives to YouTube. Beautiful conceptual art is a rarity.  But in Arcadia’s group show “A Closer Look 7″ Linda Yun‘s “Incident,” made of simple materials – a fan, a light, some mylar strips — is like the pot of gold — and the rainbow, too. “A ... More » »

A Closer Look 7 at Arcadia

Linda Yun, Incident, 2008, mylar, fan, sound, reflected light and color, dimensions variable, as installed in A Closer Look 7 at Arcadia. Usually sensory experiences are things I think of as juicy. And I can sense there’s something sensory going on in the work of all the artists in A Closer Look 7 at Arcadia. But juicy is not the operative word here. There’s a coolness, a conceptual reflection on the nature of things. The five artists were selected by Sheryl Conkelton, Tyler’s director of exhibitions and special programs. The A Closer Look series of exhibits was created to allow ... More » »

Art marriage–Kocot and Hatton interview

Additive Subtractive Primaries – Red, by Kocot and Hatton, 2005-2006 The collaborators who bring working together to a new level–Marcia Kocot and Tom Hatton–talk about keeping the cooperation going as well as about their body of work in an interview on myartspace. In addition to the whole collaboration discussion, I especially enjoyed the information about their earliest work together. Enjoy. Our own most recent review of Kocot and Hatton at Larry Becker ran here. There are more. Check our artists index.

Take back the night

Additive Subtractive Primaries–Red, 2005-2006, oil stick on linen over birch panel, 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches We’re all living at supersonic speeds. Think about the movies we see. Compare them to the movies of 40 years earlier. The old ones seem pokey. We have gotten so used to the tight cutting that we accept eclipsed time as a given in our mental geography. Moonlight, 29 August 2004)video still The artist team Kocot and Hatton, husband and wife, are working in the opposite direction. Their videos of natural phenomena are real time. And their paintings and drawings are records of ... More » »