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Seductive Subversion: Women of Pop at UArts

Some great Pop artists who have fallen off the art historical map are now on view in the exhibit Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968, at the University of the Arts.

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 » »

Big, bigger, biggest at Armory

Even Seydou Keita has pumped up the scale, at Sean Kelley. In this case, though, it looked great (sorry about the light reflections), the work retaining its gravitas amid all the glitzy art at the Armory. I seemed to be happier living in the art of the past in this show. I used to love Google…until yesterday, when I lost my gmail for five days and I therefore lost my usual path of access to the blog, which is also dependent on a gmail/google id. It started with Zoe receiving an email she got from my address that I didn’t ... More » »

Weekly Update – ICA Fall shows

This week’s Weekly has my review of the John Armleder show at the ICA. Here’s the link to the art page and below is the copy with some more pictures. Speaking of pictures, here’s my flickr set and here’s Libby’s. Connect the DotsArtists at the ICA see spots. John Armleder’s works feature dots and spots and lines and squiggles and grids and what look like cartoons. The whole is greater than the parts and the best way to see it is to immerse yourself in the installation. The institute that in 2004 organized “The Big Nothing”—a group show and citywide ... More » »