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Yearly Archives: 2008

The Uncanny at Kontainer Gallery

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 24, 2008

The Uncanny at Kontainer Gallery

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 24, 2008

Few things make me happier than a lyrical, perpetually unresolved video exhibition. Not Figments of a Madman’s Imagination: The Uncanny in Contemporary Romanian Video Art, currently on view at Kontainer Gallery in …

theanyspacewhatever

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 24, 2008

theanyspacewhatever

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 24, 2008

Invited by the Guggenheim Museum to collectively formulate a scenario for an exhibition, artists Pierre Huyghe (Season 4), Angela Bulloch, Maurizio Cattelan, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller,  Jorge Pardo, …

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Lari Pittman | Aesthetics

by Wesley Miller | Oct 23, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Lari Pittman | Aesthetics

by Wesley Miller | Oct 23, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Lari Pittman draws connections between aesthetics and feelings of safety, at his home and cactus garden in Los Angeles. An exhibition of Pittman’s latest paintings opens Friday, October 24th …

Artists Vote for _________.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 22, 2008

Artists Vote for _________.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 22, 2008

On October 8, Gap launched its “Vote for” initiative to coincide with the American election season. Centered on a customizable classic white t-shirt that reads, “Vote for ______.”, the retail chain is encouraging customers to fill …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Humor and Beauty

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 22, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Humor and Beauty

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 22, 2008

How can humor be used to say something serious? Can unattractive or disturbing things be represented in a beautiful way? These were just two of the questions posed at last …

Art and Sport in L.A.

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 21, 2008

Art and Sport in L.A.

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 21, 2008

A few artists I’ve met recently have considered quitting the art game. They don’t want to play in a sphere that’s all about self-perpetuation; they don’t want to court galleries, …

Looking at “Art in Odd Places”

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 21, 2008

Looking at “Art in Odd Places”

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 21, 2008

Since the days of 19th-century French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire, the flâneur has played a prominent role in our evolving notion of modern art. The flâneur, according to Baudelaire, …

Iceland of Fire, Water and Light

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 20, 2008

Iceland of Fire, Water and Light

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 20, 2008

This past week I was in Reykjavik, Iceland attending and participating in the Sequences Real Time Festival. Needless to say, it was a strange time to have come just days …

New guest blogger: Catherine Wagley

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 20, 2008

New guest blogger: Catherine Wagley

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 20, 2008

Many thanks for Rachel Gagnon for her terrific, in-depth coverage of the St. Louis art scene. You can follow her musings regularly back on the blog she helped start, 2 …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Serra and Irwin

by Ben Street | Oct 20, 2008

Letter from London

Letter from London: Serra and Irwin

by Ben Street | Oct 20, 2008

Amid the noise and anxiety of the art fairs (read my review of Scope here), two significant exhibitions by major US artists have opened simultaneously in London: Richard Serra at Gagosian and Robert Irwin at …

Emphasizing Visitor Experience

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 17, 2008

Emphasizing Visitor Experience

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 17, 2008

Another approach to museum transparency that I admire is that of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.  When you open the homepage of their recently re-designed website, you’re immediately confronted …

Museums and Transparency

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 17, 2008

Museums and Transparency

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 17, 2008

Eyes may be the windows to a person’s soul, but to me, it’s a website. Well, at least into the soul of an institution. Everything put online is a choice, …

Arturo Herrera at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 17, 2008

Arturo Herrera at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 17, 2008

  An exhibition of new works by Arturo Herrera (Season 3) opens tomorrow, October 18, at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and runs through November 15, 2008. Unlike Herrera’s earlier works that lay flat against the wall, this …

Cai Guo-Qiang Awarded 7th Hiroshima Art Prize

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 17, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang Awarded 7th Hiroshima Art Prize

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 17, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang (Season 3) has been awarded the 7th Hiroshima Art Prize, which comes with a solo exhibition at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art. Opening October 25th, the …

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Special report: Mel Chin’s “SAFEHOUSE”

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 17, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Special report: Mel Chin’s “SAFEHOUSE”

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 17, 2008

Following is an exclusive update from Mel Chin‘s FUNDRED/PAYDIRT team on their latest New Orleans-based project, SAFEHOUSE. Written by Mary Rubin and Amanda Wiles, with photos by FUNDRED, Elliot Coon, …

Artist Interviews: Serkan Ozkaya and Pepe Mar

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 16, 2008

Artist Interviews: Serkan Ozkaya and Pepe Mar

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 16, 2008

While working on the interviews for my last post, I had an opportunity to meet two artists who were putting the finishing touches on their respective exhibitions. Serkan Ozkaya’s work …

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Jenny Holzer | Collaboration

by Wesley Miller | Oct 16, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Jenny Holzer | Collaboration

by Wesley Miller | Oct 16, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Holzer and poet Henri Cole with various Redaction Paintings in her studio in Hoosick Falls, New York, and BIG HANDS YELLOW WHITE (2006) installed at Cheim & Read, …

Josiah McElheny at White Cube

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 15, 2008

Josiah McElheny at White Cube

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 15, 2008

Josiah McElheny opened this week at White Cube’s Hoxton Square space. Island Universe is an installation consisting of five sculptural elements made of chrome-plated aluminum, each composed of a central …

Three Questions

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 15, 2008

Three Questions

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 15, 2008

Boots Contemporary Art Space White Flag Projects For my third post about the arts scene in St. Louis, I wanted to get the perspective of two newer arts spaces in …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Thinking Through Possibilities

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 15, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Thinking Through Possibilities

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 15, 2008

Sketchbooks can serve as places to work out big ideas, as we have seen over the past two Teaching With Contemporary Art columns where Sue Chenoweth’s students used sketchbook ideas …

Barbara Kruger at the Graduate Center, CUNY

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 14, 2008

Barbara Kruger at the Graduate Center, CUNY

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 14, 2008

People “Weekly,” the inaugural exhibition of the Amie and Tony James Gallery at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, opened this month and runs through February 28, 2009. The …

Through our Neighbor’s Front Window

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 14, 2008

Through our Neighbor’s Front Window

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 14, 2008

Stan: our neighbor across the street Stan has lived on Washington Boulevard in Grand Center since 1995. He used to be a contractor, specializing in rehabs throughout the city, and …

Art in St. Louis

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 13, 2008

Art in St. Louis

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 13, 2008

A view of St. Louis (taken from my roof!) I wanted to give Art21 readers a sense of the arts landscape in St. Louis, but it’s a tall order to …

Letter from London

Letter From London: A Contemporary Timeline

by Ben Street | Oct 13, 2008

Letter from London

Letter From London: A Contemporary Timeline

by Ben Street | Oct 13, 2008

At a recent trip to Tate Modern I spent some time looking closely at something I’d regularly passed by without really thinking about it. On two floors of the museum, …

A Conversation with Kiki Smith and Others at Deitch Projects

by Seth Curcio | Oct 11, 2008

A Conversation with Kiki Smith and Others at Deitch Projects

by Seth Curcio | Oct 11, 2008

On Thursday evening, Deitch Projects hosted a conversation featuring Kiki Smith (Season Two), alongside Ann Messner and Swoon. The talk was held at Deitch Studios in Long Island City, NY, …

Documenting The Light Project

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 10, 2008

Documenting The Light Project

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 10, 2008

Wrapping up my previous post’s theme of installation—the online catalogue for the Pulitzer’s outdoor exhibition, The Light Project, allowed me to humor my love of the installation process on a …

Mark Bradford and Hurricane Katrina

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 10, 2008

Mark Bradford and Hurricane Katrina

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 10, 2008

Tomorrow, October 11, the Carnegie Museum of Art will host a public conversation between Art21 artist Mark Bradford (Season 4) and 2008 Carnegie International curator, Douglas Fogle. Topics include the artist’s rooftop installation Help …

FLAG, Ruscha, Kruger, Brain

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 10, 2008

FLAG, Ruscha, Kruger, Brain

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 10, 2008

The FLAG Art Foundation last week opened the exhibition WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, curated by Lisa Dennison. The title of the exhibition refers to a painting made …

New Lydia Fong Video

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 10, 2008

New Lydia Fong Video

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 10, 2008

The fine folks at San Francisco’s KQED just released a brand-new film and interview with Art21 artist Lydia Fong, on the occasion of her current show at Ratio 3 Gallery. …

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Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”

by Wesley Miller | Oct 9, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”

by Wesley Miller | Oct 9, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses his installation Obit (2008), on view at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York. Gabriel Orozco’s sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional notions of reality. Drawing our attention …

Installing Art

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 8, 2008

Installing Art

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 8, 2008

Art installation = my favorite time to blog. In fact, while writing this, I found an embarrassing number of posts about installation in our archives. I think it plays into …

Hubbard & Birchler at Liverpool Biennial

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 8, 2008

Hubbard & Birchler at Liverpool Biennial

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 8, 2008

The Liverpool Biennial is under way. Organized by the Tate Liverpool, this year’s Made Up theme includes nine special new commissions under the subcategory Between the Real. Encompassing painting, sculpture, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Storytelling

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 8, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Storytelling

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 8, 2008

This week’s column features more works and artist statements by Sue Chenoweth’s students at The Metropolitan Arts Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. For more on Sue and the Metropolitan Arts Institute …

Letter from London

Letter From London: Bacon Movies

by Ben Street | Oct 7, 2008

Letter from London

Letter From London: Bacon Movies

by Ben Street | Oct 7, 2008

  The current (brilliant) retrospective of Francis Bacon at Tate Britain ends with a montage of filmed interviews the artist gave, largely with David Sylvester as part of his extended sequence of …

What is this place, anyway?

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 7, 2008

What is this place, anyway?

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 7, 2008

Starting my job as the public relations coordinator at the Pulitzer meant getting a crash course on how to answer all of our “Frequently Asked Questions”:  when we opened, who’s …

Collier Schorr & Mark Bradford in Los Angeles

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 7, 2008

Collier Schorr & Mark Bradford in Los Angeles

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 7, 2008

On October 10, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host a public conversation between Collier Schorr (Season 2) and curator Christopher Bedford in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Projects 11: Hard Targets-Masculinity and …