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Great reading, New Yorker style

Newspapers keep cutting back on visual arts coverage (the Weekly just decided to use the art page once a month for the next 6 months to cover poetry/performance ). The New Yorker magazine however has been ramping up their coverage of visual arts of late and as usual it’s a great mix of reviews, interviews and little quirky stuff. Here’s three really good things that ran recently just in case you missed them: May 26: Calvin Tomkins profile of Paul Chan who’s currently having a solo show of his projection light pieces at the New Museum — the artist’s first ... More » »

Reading about Life on Mars; the catalogue to the 55th Carnegie International

Catalogues to biennials, triennials and other round-ups of contemporary art are fairly standard in format: glossy and large, with the emphasis on the pictures. I can see a group of them on the bookshelf opposite (below), stacked on their side because they can’t stand on a shelf less than 11 or 12 inches high. The catalogue to the current Carnegie International, Life on Mars , is something else

Hot movies, tonight

Still from Paul Chan’s Happiness… Look what’s showing at the Art Making Machine Studios tonight, 8:30 p.m. Paul Chan‘Happiness (Finally) After 35,000 Years of Civilization – After HenryDarger And Charles Fourier’2003, 19min. Julie Zando‘Bud’1987, 10min. The Wooster GroupRhyme ‘Em To Death1993, 10min. Roberta and I had seen Chan’s Happiness at the Carnegie International, and it was pretty terrific. I know I can’t make it, but perhaps someone out there can and will enjoy.

Waiting for FEMA

Creative Time, that fabulous outfit that has put on a parade of amazing installations and performances in New York City for 33 years, is going national with a performance in New Orleans of Waiting for Godot, featuring artist Paul Chan and the Classical Theatre of Harlem! Someone had to find another way to say it, and Creative Time is doing it! Just got this information from Brent Burket, here.

Temple and Empathetic

from a video by Jesper Just Just when the Philadelphia art world feels like it might be contracting, a bunch of new galleries suddenly pop up all over the place, and Temple Gallery reopens in its new digs on 3rd Street, around the corner from the Painted Bride, with an ambitious show that pries open Philadelphia art-in-a-box by bringing us a whiff of the international and national art world. I especially loved the videos that alluded to popular cinema and television. from a video by Jesper Just Danish artist Jesper Just’s videos express operatic emotions via pop love songs. The ... More » »

Weekly Update 1- Slow art at the Fab Workshop and the Print Center

This week’s Weekly has my quick reviews of Paul Chan at the Fabric Workshop and Museum and Vera Lutter, Abelardo Morrel and Ann Hamilton at the Print Center. Here’s the link to the art page and below is the copy with more pictures.Seeing the LightThe slow art movement gives viewers a quietly affirming outlook on life. At a time when we work too much, watch too much TV and never get enough sleep, some artists are asking us to slow down. Paul Chan at the Fabric Workshop and Museum and Ann Hamilton, Vera Lutter and Abelardo Morell at the Print ... More » »

Can’t you hear the music on First Friday West

Caitlin the intern took the East side and I took the West side of First Friday–hitting the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Vox Populi, Space 1026 and Black Floor. There was lots to look at, lots to ponder–and lots to love. Paul Chan and the Fabric Workshop Paul Chan’s 1st Light (I don’t know how to make the word Light look crossed out; sorry) silenced the usually chatty gallery goers. The excitement at the Fabric Workshop and Museum is Paul Chan. He’s showing 1st Light, a projected piece he had at the Whitney Biennial. Unlike last time I saw it in ... More » »

Whitney Biennial News Blast

Nari Ward’s Glory — church of the dead soldier [NOTE: This post has been changed. We added a few more pictures.] Here’s our first cut at this year’s Whitney Biennial, an anti-war show if ever there was one. Our first reaction was, ooh, we know a lot of these people. We made a list for you, and we’ll give it to you in another post. And by the way, both Libby’s and Roberta’s flickr sites have extensive photo documentation. Click each name to see the photos. Dan Colen’s papier mache boulder/bombs footed by the carved wood phrase EAT SHIT AND ... More » »