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Richard Serra at Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 20, 2008

Richard Serra at Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 20, 2008

Maria Anna Tappeiner’s documentary Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet (2005) screens at Film Forum in New York City through September 2nd. The 94-minute film follows Serra (Season 1) through …

Mel Chin’s FUNDRED in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr - SPARK | Aug 20, 2008

Mel Chin’s FUNDRED in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr - SPARK | Aug 20, 2008

Last Saturday, San Francisco Bay Area educators came together at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park to learn about FUNDRED/PAYDIRT, an important and compelling project initiated by Mel …

McElheny and Mies in Cabinet

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 20, 2008

McElheny and Mies in Cabinet

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 20, 2008

In the current “Underground” issue of Cabinet magazine, Josiah McElheny (Season 3) contributes an essay titled Nowhere, Everywhere, Somewhere.  The paper investigates a series of photographs and mock-ups depicting an …

Vija Celmins Wins the Roswitha Haftmann Prize

by Marc Mayer | Aug 20, 2008

Vija Celmins Wins the Roswitha Haftmann Prize

by Marc Mayer | Aug 20, 2008

Art21 artist Vija Celmins (Season 2) is the third woman to receive the Roswitha Haftmann Prize, first awarded in 2001. This prize is hailed as the most valuable award in …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Celebrating Four Months…

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 20, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Celebrating Four Months…

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 20, 2008

Looking back, the Teaching With Contemporary Art column is off to an exciting beginning in our first four months. Since early May, we have had the opportunity to feature writing …

Body Bakery

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 19, 2008

Body Bakery

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 19, 2008

Kittiwat Unarrom is the son of a baker and has a masters degree in fine arts. His medium is bread; his subject is human flesh. Since 2006, he has been …

Meat After Meat Joy

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 16, 2008

Meat After Meat Joy

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 16, 2008

Zhang Huan, My New York, 2002, still from video performance. Courtesy of Pierre Menard Gallery. One of the last shows I saw in the United States before leaving for Belgium …

CarbSmart

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 15, 2008

CarbSmart

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 15, 2008

It’s summertime and, if you believe the junk magazines—I see that InTouch stashed between the pages of your ArtForum—carbohydrates will ruin you and your chances of bikini (or board short) …

Maya Lin’s Confluence Project Continues

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 15, 2008

Maya Lin’s Confluence Project Continues

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 15, 2008

Last Thursday at the opening night party of the American Institute of Architects Gallery in Portland, Maya Lin (Season 2) presented an exhibit of drawings and models produced for her …

Update: Beautiful Losers in New York

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 15, 2008

Update: Beautiful Losers in New York

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 15, 2008

Beautiful Losers, the 2008 Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard film about contemporary art and urban creative culture, is currently showing at the IFC Center in Manhattan. Featuring a group of …

Art21 Extended Play

Ursula von Rydingsvard | Giotto

by Wesley Miller | Aug 14, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Ursula von Rydingsvard | Giotto

by Wesley Miller | Aug 14, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Ursula von Rydingsvard in her Brooklyn, New York studio. Ursula von Rydingsvard builds towering cedar structures, creating an intricate network of individual beams and sensuous, puzzle-like surfaces. While abstract …

U.S. Embassy in Beijing

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 13, 2008

U.S. Embassy in Beijing

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 13, 2008

On the occassion of the 2008 Olympic Games, the new American Embassy in Beijing opened last Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Though not as prominent as the architectural “monuments” of …

Quiet on the set: keep noise to a Minimum

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 13, 2008

Quiet on the set: keep noise to a Minimum

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 13, 2008

I was rereading a batch of the previous posts to avoid being redundant, but that won’t stop me from piggybacking. Ben Street’s post “Best Supporting Artists” reminded me of a …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Reality or Fiction at the Hirshhorn?

by Julie Thomson | Aug 13, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Reality or Fiction at the Hirshhorn?

by Julie Thomson | Aug 13, 2008

Another exhibition of contemporary art to see this summer in Washington D.C. is The Cinema Effect Part II: Realisms through September 7, 2008 at the Hirshhorn. A two-part exhibition, the …

New guest blogger: Sarah Sliwa

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 12, 2008

New guest blogger: Sarah Sliwa

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 12, 2008

Thanks to Emily Liebert for the plethora of enthusiastic and engaging posts. Next up is Sarah Sliwa. A former intern at Art21, Sarah is currently finishing her master’s degree in …

Isaac and Ellen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 11, 2008

Isaac and Ellen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 11, 2008

Like many people, I was saddened and surprised by the passing of two icons over the weekend: actor/comedian Bernie Mac and singer, songwriter, producer and musician Isaac Hayes. The image …

Electric Light Orchestra

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 11, 2008

Electric Light Orchestra

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 11, 2008

Subtler than the opening ceremony light show in Beijing, James Turrell’s (Season 1) new permanent light installation was recently unveiled at the Franklin Park Conservatory’s Palm House in Columbus, Ohio. …

Off the Page: Flat Daddies and Other Live Photographs

by Emily Liebert | Aug 10, 2008

Off the Page: Flat Daddies and Other Live Photographs

by Emily Liebert | Aug 10, 2008

On September 30, 2006, I read an article in The New York Times that I don’t think I’ll forget. “When Soldiers Go to War, Flat Daddies Hold Their Place at …

Welcome to the Good Life

by Emily Liebert | Aug 8, 2008

Welcome to the Good Life

by Emily Liebert | Aug 8, 2008

Until recently, it hadn’t crossed my mind that I could be Kanye West. I did a double take the first time I saw the advertisement one morning on a downtown …

Ursula von Rydingsvard in Wyoming

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 8, 2008

Ursula von Rydingsvard in Wyoming

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 8, 2008

  The University of Wyoming Art Museum recently mounted the exhibition Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational. Pictured above on the Museum’s terrace is “Doolin, Doolin” by Art21 artist Ursula von Rydingsvard (Season 4). This …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Positively Puryear

by Julie Thomson | Aug 8, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Positively Puryear

by Julie Thomson | Aug 8, 2008

There is no substitute for seeing Martin Puryear’s sculptures firsthand. Martin Puryear at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., spanning the museum’s two buildings, offers such an opportunity …

Cai Guo-Qiang at the Beijing Olympics

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 8, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang at the Beijing Olympics

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 8, 2008

When the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics kicks off today, the pyrotechnics spectacle silhouetting the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium will spark familiarity to many in the art world. …

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Dion | “Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)”

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Dion | “Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)”

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Dion with Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae) (2006) at his Pennsylvania home and studio. Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Starting Friday: Guest TWCA Writer Julie Thomson

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 6, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Starting Friday: Guest TWCA Writer Julie Thomson

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 6, 2008

Starting tomorrow and for the next two weeks, Julie Thomson will be guest writing for the Teaching With Contemporary Art column. Julie is the Associate Curator of Education at the …

Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 6, 2008

Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 6, 2008

Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light–on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla–focuses solely on the Season 1artist’s neon sculptures and light-room installations. The exhibition consists …

Give Up and Laugh About It

by Emily Liebert | Aug 4, 2008

Give Up and Laugh About It

by Emily Liebert | Aug 4, 2008

The other day I had accidentally hit the strikethrough function in Microsoft Word and so as I was typing my carefully chosen words, they were simultaneously being crossed out. “Okay, …

Richard Serra at Kunsthaus Bregenz

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 4, 2008

Richard Serra at Kunsthaus Bregenz

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 4, 2008

Currently at the Kunsthaus Bregenz is a major exhibition of more than 60 drawings by Richard Serra (Season 1). It is the first comprehensive presentation of Serra’s graphic work shown …

Judy Pfaff at Bellas Artes

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 1, 2008

Judy Pfaff at Bellas Artes

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 1, 2008

Recent work by Judy Pfaff is currently on view from August 1-30 in the garden of Bellas Artes. Included are “three-dimensional drawings” that comprise Jardin de los Cuervos, an installation …

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Bradford | Paper

by Wesley Miller | Jul 31, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Bradford | Paper

by Wesley Miller | Jul 31, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Bradford painting Ridin’ Dirty (2006) in his Los Angeles studio. Mark Bradford transforms materials scavenged from the street into wall-sized collages and installations that respond to the impromptu …

“Qué Hay Que Hacer Mas?”: Reflections on “The Disasters of War” at Peter Blum SoHo

by Emily Liebert | Jul 31, 2008

“Qué Hay Que Hacer Mas?”: Reflections on “The Disasters of War” at Peter Blum SoHo

by Emily Liebert | Jul 31, 2008

    I’m hard-pressed to remember the last time I found a thank you note from a President Elect presidential candidate in a gallery exhibition’s press file. But there it …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 30, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 30, 2008

Following up on last week’s column, I was thinking about ways to slow down during the summer months and properly recharge for the upcoming school year. I also got to …

Shahzia Sikander at Ikon Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 29, 2008

Shahzia Sikander at Ikon Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 29, 2008

  Works by Season 1 artist Shahzia Sikander are on view at Ikon Gallery July 30 through September 14, 2008 in what constitutes the artist’s first major solo exhibition in the UK and her largest to-date in …

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape is currently on view at MASS MOCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art).  The exhibition considers the traditions of landscape painting and picks up the thread …

New Guest Blogger: Emily Liebert

by Marc Mayer | Jul 28, 2008

New Guest Blogger: Emily Liebert

by Marc Mayer | Jul 28, 2008

Join me in welcoming Emily Liebert, our next guest blogger. At the moment, Emily is getting her PhD in art history at Columbia where she studies American art of the …

Berliner Salon: Obama, Brotherhood and XV. Rohkunstbau

by Emilie Trice | Jul 26, 2008

Berliner Salon: Obama, Brotherhood and XV. Rohkunstbau

by Emilie Trice | Jul 26, 2008

  After Obama‘s electrifying speech at the Siegessäule this past Thursday, it seems appropriate to mention the fifteenth installment of Rohkunstbau, a trilogy entitled THREE COLORS-  BLUE WHITE RED, the final chapter of which (RED) opened two …

Smockshop in Chinatown

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 25, 2008

Smockshop in Chinatown

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 25, 2008

The Smockshop, Andrea Zittel‘s artist run enterprise that generates income for artists whose work is either non-commercial or not yet self sustaining, will be opening a store in Los Angeles …