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Cory Arcangel’s Pro Tools, and photography at the Met
Hacking for the common good could be the motto on Cory Arcangel‘s coat of arms. Surely he deserves one, The Nintendo Lord of Hacking whose heirs will populate the earth with open source tools for benign purposes.
New York summer, Part 1 – rooftop tiki bar and bells
Last Friday night Steve, Cate and I ran in to the Whitney Museum to see the Christian Marclay Festival — part exhibition, part performance space and part graffitti-friendly hangout (well, chalk-on-blackboard grafitti anyway). We missed the 7 pm performance but the place was still pretty packed till closing at 9 pm. The museum’s pay what you wish policy on Friday nights is obviously a draw.
Weekly Update 2 – Cute is all around us
This week’s Weekly has my holiday roundup story on the cute in art. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr.Aw-some ArtDevil monkeys, crocheted skulls and heartbreak made achingly sweet. Cute is the current art darling, pushed mostly by young artists but also some midcareer folks like Jeff Koons, who knew before the rest of us that irony would one day turn stale. Koons’ Puppy—a massive Chia Pet seen ’round the world—was loved by the general public and art insiders alike. Its arrival signaled that cute puppies were in and sourpusses could take a hike. Matthew Porter, ... More » »
Skin and guts–Rudolf Stingel at the Whitney
Rudolf Stingel, June 28-October 14, 2007, Whitney Museum of American ArtPhoto by Sheldon C. Collins. The room is a street-punk Versailles. After years of knocking ourselves out on each trip we take to New York, we have finally calmed down a little. This time we didn’t walk until we dropped. And this time we didn’t try to see everything from the Bronx to the Battery to Bed-Sty. The top attraction of going to New York was Roberta’s friend photographer Madelyn Roehrig (see post). She was visiting MoMA and the Whitney. But we decided it was the Whitney’s Rudolf Stingel exhibit ... More » »
Highlow is here
That’s what I’m going to call it. The new wonderful interweaving of all art genres in magazines and exhibits here there and seemingly everywhere. You probably saw the cover of this week’s New Yorker with the Kara Walker image “Post Katrina-Adrift.” Wonderful image, great artist, a “high” art powerhouse, and she’s got her first big solo museum retrospective opening at the Whitney in October. (Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, on view October 11, 2007-February 3,2008). Kara Walker’s cover in this week’s New Yorker magazine. And if that’s not great enough, P. 74 of the same ... More » »
Hot time: A weekend in NYC
Post by Andrea Kirsh Verner Panton, 1970/2000, Phantasy Landscape Visiona II, (View 2), Wood, foam rubber and woolen fabric , 314 15/16 x 236 1/4 x 94 1/2in. (800 x 600 x 240cm), Vitra Design Museum, © Panton Design, Basel I love New York City on a summer weekend when everyone who can has left for the beach or the country; it’s calmer than at other times. I headed for the Whitney where I approached “Summer of Love; Celebrating Art of the Psychedelic Era” with curiosity but also trepidation; after all, seeing one’s adolescence recast as history is sobering. The ... More » »
Ah, New York reflections
“Did you know Grand Central is a Terminal and not a station?” asked Cate who had just learned this interesting bit of information. Hmmm. Well maybe. A terminal, Cate explained, is not a pass-through station like 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, where you can get trains passing through en route to points north, south, east or west. All the train routes in a terminal begin and end there. Very European, I thought. Like in Paris, where Gare du Nord is where you go to take a North-bound train and Gare du Sud is for the South-bound ones. Stella, Cate and I ... More » »
Weekly Update – Strauss’s Whitney
This week’s Weekly includes my review of the Whitney Biennial. I know, you’ve read about it here and here to say nothing of there and there. Zoe Strauss is the reason to go. I guess I can’t say it enough. Read the article on the art page. Here’s the copy below with some pictures. Just WhitneyPhiladelphia artist Zoe Strauss’ Biennial 2006 submission steals the show. At the heart of the Whitney Museum’s Biennial 2006 lies a small dark room where bright images flash on the wall in a slide show of photographs by Philadelphia artist Zoe Strauss. The quiet chapel ... More » »
Whitney 2006 Listing Service
Who we saw at the Whitney Biennial who we’ve seen before: Peter Doig goes all Gauguin on us at the Whitney At the Carnegie International we saw:Trisha Donnelly – video and drawingsPaul Chan -videoPeter Doig – paintingMark Grotjahn – painting Liz Larner’s RWBs of aluminum tubing, batting, fabric, ribbons, wire rope padlocks and keys At the ICA nowMark Grotjahn – paintingLiz Larner -sculpture/installation untitled by Troy Brauntuch, conte crayon on cotton At the ICA previouslyRodney Graham – videoTroy Brauntuch – drawingPeter Doig – painting here’s Zoe Strauss, barely visible in her slide-projection chamber, below one of her images At the ... More » »
