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The tremendously appealing exhibition "From Leipzig?? at the Cleveland Museum of Art features seven lusciously executed large-scale works that revel in the use of painting as pure absurdist theatre. Rich with conflicting symbols and diverse modes of representation, each work becomes a complex visual puzzle, which in turn leads to an endless string of seemingly […]

One can only marvel at the voracity with which the demons of the New York gallery/museum scene have scrupulously resurrected some of the lost souls of the 1960s after paying no attention to them for 45 years and allowing them to grow old and gray while children were given license to spread their excrement on […]

Quite a site/ Conversations with Bound Heads Keeping wisdom in the community IT/ID/Fluid line drawings Stopping By Bound Heads of Philip Pavia Jamie Dalglish Courtesy of the artist, Philip Pavia, and OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY. Quite a site/ Conversations with Bound Heads Keeping wisdom in the community IT/ID/Fluid line drawings Faces […]

The sunny, flat and fertile plains of the province of Saskatchewan grow more than half of Canada?s major export crops: wheat, oats, barley, and so on. A Tale Of Three Cities Piri Halasz and David Evison Robert Christie, "Coffee Creme", 2004, Acrylic on Canvas, 71" x 43 The sunny, flat and fertile plains of the […]

New York Yeon Ji Yoo. "Budding Grove," Pratt Institute, Steuben West Gallery, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, February 14-18 Art Circles is a Public Service Project for the Documentation of Art New York Yeon Ji Yoo. "Budding Grove," Pratt Institute, Steube 

There is little doubt that Christo and his wife are among the all time world?s greatest self promoters, right up there with Harry Houdini. Even a millionaire charlatan like Jeff Koons pales in comparison. But did anyone actually like The Gates? I heard it looked cool from the roof of the Met, but I didn’t […]

After seeing Diego Velazquez’s painting of "Las Meninas" (1656) at the Prado in Madrid, Eve Sussman founded the Rufus Corporation which sought to abduct the soul of the royal family through a combination of film and improvisational performance. In the Round with Rufus Interview by Jill Conner Rehearsals for "Raptus", January 2005. Katarina Oikonomopoulou, Annette […]

The American flag is one of the most easily recognizable, symbolically loaded icons in the world. There are few symbols that evoke as many feelings, from patriotic verve to impassioned rage. The polarity and intensity of these responses has only increased since September 11th, 2001. Today, it seems that to wear, display, wave, or hang […]

Malerie Marder is an exhibitionist who photographs her naked self, her naked family and her naked friends. Malerie Marder — Controlled Exposure By Matthew Bourbon Malerie Marder is an exhibitionist who photographs her naked self, her naked family and her naked friends. Making her first big splash in the groundbreaking exhibition, Another Girl, Another Planet, […]

Like the slew of Reality TV shows and makeover magicians in today’s pop culture, this year’s Armory Fair reveals noteworthy stylistic revolutions in the work of several prominent artists. The list of big boys and girls includes Inka Essenheigh, Terry Winters, Jenny Holzer and Will Cotton. Given the selection, we are urged to recount it […]