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Weekly Update – Amy S. Kauffman at Painted Bride

This week’s Weekly has my Editor’s Pick review of Amy S. Kauffman‘s exhibit (from scratch) at Painted Bride. Below is the copy with pictures. And be sure to read Amy’s letter to us about the delicate paper objects getting damaged. I saw the show before the damage occured and the photos reflect the show as it was before the artist moved the works around to protect them. Here’s Libby’s post on the show which was also featured in our first Look! video. Amy S. Kauffman’s starburst floor piece made from Starburst candy wrappers individual folded into tiny boatsAmy S. Kauffman’s ... More » »

Amy S. Kauffman takes the long view

An origami rug that looks like a quilt, by Amy S. Kauffman Origami hardly begins to describe what’s up in Amy S. Kauffman’s installation at the Painted Bride. The obsessive folding of tootsie roll wrappers is not about setting a world record for folding cranes. Kauffman’s braided rug made of folded Tootsie Roll wrappers The installation, (from scratch), is Kauffman’s first solo show here, and it’s overdue. She has filled the two floors at the Bride with five works plus a documentary video of her process. Besides two origami rugs–one looks like an all-American braided rug and one looks like ... More » »

Hollow men: revisiting Xiang Yang at the Bride

Relationship:Buddhism-Saddamism. This one shows Saddam. Bush is on the far side. The execution by hanging of Saddam Hussein served as a nice reminder that I wanted to bring up Xiang Yang’s exhibit, Beyond the Duplicated Voice at the Painted Bride. Even though Roberta wrote a great post on it, I wanted to add my two cents because I’m such a fan. George W. Bush’s portrait is paired with Saddam Hussein’s, and it seems like a dead-on coupling, the two of them undone by one another. They are each framed, several feet apart, with the embroidery threads that edge the portraits ... More » »

Weekly Update – Pay to Play at Black Floor Gallery

This week’s Weekly has my review of Pay to Play, the guest-curated show at Black Floor Gallery. Below is the copy and here’s the link to the art page. Here Comes the BribeBlack Floor’s “Pay to Play” show is topical but shallow. Albo Jeavons’ “corporate” takeover of the Black Floor website. Beware of going to the website because it may freeze your computer. I got in and out on my mac but others have had trouble. The basic requirement to get into the “Pay to Play” show at Black Floor was the artists had to offer creative bribes to the ... More » »