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Europe off the beaten path – Lee Arnold visits some small museums
Post by Lee Arnold I spent this summer in Europe and this time around I decided not to visit the major museums but instead explore some of the smaller local spots. Here is a list of six places you may not have heard of that are definitely worth a visit: 1. Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen
ICA’s new shows–Tyng, videos, Boyle & Duke
The search for a single unifying principle–a mathematical formula, or the atom, or God–is the sort of romantic obsession that underlies the Institute of Contemporary Art exhibit Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry.
Artist-friendly Wilmington, part 2
This is part 2 of a story about contemporary art and artists in Wilmington. After my tour of the new subsidized housing for artists at Shipley Lofts (great windows), I took some pictures of the changes going on nearby, including David Bromberg’s violin shop directly across from Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD) and a WXPN makeover of the Queen Theater, another venue being built for World Cafe concerts in Wilmington.
Lillian Schwartz, 82, digital artist, scientist and scholar
Post by Lee Arnold Last Friday I had the honor of hosting Lillian Schwartz for a talk at Drew University. Lillian is a pioneer in digital art and has inspired generations of artists who work with the computer. She has exhibited at MOMA, the Met and the Whitney. She made her seminal animations “Pixillation” (1970) and “UFO’s” (1971) while working with scientists at AT&T’s Bell Labs. In these works she combined a background in fine art with experiments in film, video and the nascent field of computer animation. She also collaborated with many composers, musicians, and conductors such as the world-renowned Pierre Boulez.
Weekly Update — The eyes have it in Vitreous at Klein Art Gallery
This week’s Weekly has my review of The Vitreous: Of Eyes and Optics at Klein Art Gallery. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. Esther M. Klein Gallery, situated in the University City Science Center, has a mission to merge art, engineering and science while serving the public. Its latest exhibit, “The Vitreous: Of Eyes & Optics,” hits the mark. The national juried show of 22 artists is a jaunty group exhibition with interactive art, optical trickery and many pieces that get you thinking about the slippery nature of sight. The show is homey enough for ... More » »
Lee Arnold’s Digital Landscapes of the Soul
Lee Arnold‘s an artist whose digital animation I’ve had a great time getting introduced to. Over the last two years the artist, who was teaching at Drexel University, was in group shows at Drexel University (twice), Vox Populi, Painted Bride and Fleisher-Ollman and each piece of Arnold’s was a kind of take on the landscape, internalized and remade in a new, melancholy and poetic way. Kind of like Jeremy Blake‘s moody distortions only quieter. Alpinia, a work I first saw in 2006 at Drexel’s show Inter-Logic, is a work the appears on its surface to be abstract—nothing but a landscape ... More » »
High tech latte to tacos, Lee Arnold’s report from SIGGRAPH
POST BY LEE ARNOLD “I’m not slacking off, my code’s compiling” (t-shirt slogan worn by conference attendee) I attended the SIGGRAPH** computer-graphics conference this year (in Los Angeles, Aug 11-15) as one of the jurors of the art gallery. Olesksiy Pikalo/ Latte Art Printer (OnLatte, Inc., Cambridge, MA). Looking forward to sampling what was on offer, I started the morning with a cappuccino with computer-generated latte art. The images were created by Olesksiy Pikalo using carmalized sugar and his modified printer. Olesksiy Pikalo/ Latte Art Printer (OnLatte, Inc., Cambridge, MA). After waking up with a double espresso I moved on ... More » »
Weekly Update – Solid Gold winners at Vox Populi
This week’s Weekly has my review of Solid Gold at Vox Populi. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. Vox Populi’s fourth annual emerging artist show is a lovely human-centric affair full of narrative art with many stories that attempt, each in its own way, to explain the vulnerable place humankind is at right now. We’re bodies and minds threatened by the collision of man-made and natural worlds and by disease, excess, hatred and war. But while the show channels some dark thoughts, the 24-artist show doesn’t whine or nag, and remains energetic if not optimistic. ... More » »
Weekly Update 2 – Morgellons at Fleisher-Ollman
This week’s Weekly includes my review of Morgellons, the emerging artist’s show at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery. Below is the copy with some pictures. Here’s the link to the art page. And see more pictures at my flickr. Bugging Out“Morgellons” is a beautiful show filled with frustration. Roxana Perez-Mendez, (detail) Tierra Incognita Asteroide 1,2,3 and Tierra Incognita (La Lamada) 2006 deer moss, audio subwoofer, wood, glass beads, sea shells, led light, swarovski crystal rhinestones, silk florals. This piece, part of which was in her Fleisher Challenge show last year, captures much of the show’s ambiance — its push to decor, its unhappiness ... More » »
Weekly Update – Inter_Logical Landscapes at Drexel
Hi there, I’m back. This week’s Weekly has my review of Drexel University’s Inter_Logic. Below is the copy with pictures and here’s the link to the art page. Never Mind the Pollocks“Inter_Logic” asks: Where’s Waldo today? “Inter_Logic” at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery is an ambitious group show questioning the meaning of landscape today. Since many of us get our landscape served up photographically and digitally enhanced, “how green is my valley” takes on new meaning. Lee Arnold Alpinia, a rock-candy mountain-scape that’s more threatening than it looks. The six artists in this exhibit—three local, two from New York and one from ... More » »
