December 9, 2004 by Libby

…less is more. Ulrike Ottinger‘s “Bild Archive” wasn’t video at all, but a series of slides (left). Again, there’s some ethnographic imagery and wonderful colors, but 40 repetitious minutes? I…

December 8, 2004 by Roberta

Ode to the card

…now and it’s a trip down memory lane for those who remember card catalogs. And for those who don’t it’s an installation that evokes library and archive that includes some…

November 27, 2004 by Roberta

Old City and Artblog in USA Today

We at Artblog are accustomed to receiving random emails asking for help contacting artists or locating art by artists we’ve written about (thank you Google, Yahoo and other search engines:…

November 17, 2004 by Libby

MOMA sees the light; we see a little art

…wonderful images suggesting wheels, circles, and motion from Francis Picabia, Kasimir Malevich and this wonderful “Maquette for Radio-Announcer” from Gustav Klucis (left). The Post-WWI Germans never looked better, from Otto…

November 13, 2004 by Libby

In and out, backward and forward

…radio waves, cell phones, satellites, television, the Internet work? Lawrence offers up a living room, with tatty furniture and a plethora of remote controls, with a spy camera and satellites…

October 20, 2004 by Libby and Roberta

Emendations and elucidations–white trees and billboards

…that the Artboard, atop a building at 11th and Pearl, was commissioned by building owner Michelle Liao (see post). Hunn also added that the artist, Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, shows at Schmidt/Dean….

October 19, 2004 by Libby

Government exercise and other New York moments

…Here’s Martha autographing a book for one of her subjects. We drove home to the drone of the final debate on the radio. We had to imagine Bush’s jaw clenching….

October 16, 2004 by Artblog

Thumbs up for Hyper-Runt hybrids

…waves, which are broadcast over radio airwaves. The installation consists of the source image (a poster created in 2003 during the FCC discussions around media de-regulation), an old TV displaying…