Author Archives: jolanta
Interact with This: Jeppe Hein and Michael Lin at P.S.1 – By James Westcott
In a corner gallery of PS1 at the new Spring exhibition, a small white cube floats in the center of the gallery as white cube. Interact with This: Jeppe Hein and Michael Lin at P.S.1 By James Westcott “Michael Lin’s installation, ‘Grind” in the P.S.1 cafe, embraces In a […]
Sol Le Wittââ¬â¢s Rational Mysticism – By Mark Daniel Cohen
Sol Le Witt defines the concept of Sol Le Witt, his work, and his contribution to and role in contemporary art when he says, "conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. Sol Le Witt’s Rational Mysticism By Mark Daniel Cohen Sol LeWitt, Incomplete Open Cube 7/31, 1974. baked enamel on aluminum. 40″ […]
SCI-ART: Mapping Movement – By M-1000
If all people are ultimately thought to be information, then such categories as race, class, and gender may be stripped of their cultural charge. SCI-ART: Mapping Movement By M-1000 Anita Wong, Techno-Scientific Ice Age, Video Art and Installation, 2003. If all people are ultimately thought to be information, then […]
Let Them Eat Cake – By Charles Giuliano
It was a balmy August evening in 1957. Let Them Eat Cake By Charles Giuliano Ann Lislegaard, Corner Piece-The Space between Us, 2000-2003. Architectural sound/light installation. Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy, NY, NY. Photo courtesy of Mexico. It was a balmy August evening in 1957. At midnight the guests […]
Takashi Murakami Talks about “Tokyo Girls Bravo” – By Aaron Zimmerman
The first time I saw "My Lonesome Cowboy" by Takashi Murakami I nearly shit. Takashi Murakami Talks about "Tokyo Girls Bravo" By Aaron Zimmerman Chiho Aoshima, Untitled, 2004. Dimensions variable, Edition of 3. Copyright 2004 Chiho Aoshima /Kaikai Kiki. Co, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery & KaiKai Kiki Studio […]
THE BUSINESS OF ART: The Earthwork as a Commodity – By Christopher Chambers
Alan Sonfist is perhaps the ultimate purist of the Earthworks movement. THE BUSINESS OF ART: The Earthwork as a Commodity By Christopher Chambers Alan Sonfist, Burning Forest, Santa Fe, NM. Santa Fe Art Institute. 10 ft. x 20 ft. 2002. Ghosts of North Americaââ¬â¢s forest fires. Alan Sonfist is perhaps the ultimate purist of the […]
Moved: Moving or Immobile? – By Christina Vassallo
We’ve all been guilty at one time or another of letting our minds wander and making rapid associations when viewing art, often at the expense of experiencing the art. Admit it: sometimes we don’t even see the art at all. Moved: Moving or Immobile? By Christina Vassallo Mowry Baden, Vancouver Room, 1973. […]
“Underneath the Roof We Built from the Trees We Run Between” – By Marco Antonini
An installation by Kelie Bowman and Sto in Williamsburg’s Cinders Gallery, "Underneath the Roof We Built from the Trees We Run Between" is one of the best, if little, things I’ve seen recently. The cozy exhibition space of Cinders is resized by a "room inside the room" built specifically for this exhibit. Sto’s side of […]
Jeff Koons and David Byrne in Conversation – Jamie Dalglish
David Byrne: When I sit I always have to try to remember to be near the microphone because it’s not like The Mike Douglass show or something like that where they have the microphone on your neck. Although, lately, I’ve been learning sort of to yell at it from a distance. Jeff Koons and David […]
Public Art Goes Natural – Introduction, Molly Kleiman
"And Immediately / Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: / The sun-comprehending glass, / And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows / Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless." — Larkin, "High Windows" Public Art Goes Natural Introduction, Molly Kleiman "And Immediately / Rather than words comes the thought of […]
