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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Enjoying the Steps

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 29, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Enjoying the Steps

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 29, 2010

Recently I have participated in a few discussions that relate to teaching students about slowing down and examining their process in order to create quality works of art- works that …
Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment

Life After MFA…The PhD Option?

by Vency Yun | Sep 29, 2010

Open Enrollment

Life After MFA…The PhD Option?

by Vency Yun | Sep 29, 2010

After reading my fellow blogger Oliver Wunsch’s interview with George Smith, the founder of the Institute for Doctoral Studies in Visual Arts (IDSVA), I began thinking about a PhD in …
stray2004

How NOT to Approach a Curator

by Mike Brenner | Sep 29, 2010

How NOT to Approach a Curator

by Mike Brenner | Sep 29, 2010

Mike Brenner tells horror stories about artists who wanted to show at his art gallery.

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Four for Fall

by Claudine Isé | Sep 28, 2010

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Four for Fall

by Claudine Isé | Sep 28, 2010

Traditionally, fall is the time when galleries launch their new slate of exhibitions after a relatively slow-paced couple of summer months. Galleries tend to highlight some of the most prominent …

Owning an Art Gallery Was Something I Fell Into

by Mike Brenner | Sep 27, 2010

Owning an Art Gallery Was Something I Fell Into

by Mike Brenner | Sep 27, 2010

Mike Brenner talks about the perils of owning an art gallery and running a nonprofit arts service organization in Milwaukee.
James Turrell

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 27, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 27, 2010

In this week’s roundup, abstraction is the theme, with James Turrrell on view in Brussels, Sally Mann preparing to push boundaries, while Allan McCollum’s work is on view as Jessica …

New guest blogger: Mike Brenner

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 27, 2010

New guest blogger: Mike Brenner

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 27, 2010

Thanks to Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin, who provided a generous overview of the contemporary art and artists in Montreal. Up next is Mike Brenner. An Open Enrollment alumnus, Mike attended the Bauhaus-Universität, …

Flash Points

Making the Most of It

by Louise ONeil | Sep 24, 2010

Flash Points

Making the Most of It

by Louise ONeil | Sep 24, 2010

I’ve always thought of artists as romantic creatures. Their desires are truly unlike those of any other profession in the world. While many people work their way up in careers …

Art21 Extended Play

Krzysztof Wodiczko: Peace

by Wesley Miller | Sep 24, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

Krzysztof Wodiczko: Peace

by Wesley Miller | Sep 24, 2010

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE Episode #121: “You cannot work towards peace being peaceful” says artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, who explains this paradoxical position in terms …

MontreART

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 24, 2010

MontreART

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 24, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbtF71JK9o] Last August, Travel+Leisure ran the article Magnificent Montreal, in which Adam Sachs attempted to sum up Montreal, saying “it’s a college town, a dump, a city of art, placid …

What You Give is What You Get: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

What You Give is What You Get: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w9yeGIqcLg] Mexican-born electronics artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer creates installations that could not exist without the participation of the public. His art, fueled by human energy, ranges from one-room displays to city-square-scale …
Monica Majoli. Hanging Rubberman #1, 2006. Watercolor and gouache on paper. 123 x 51 in. Photo: Brian Forrest. Image via hammer.ucla.edu

Looking at Los Angeles

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Dark Undercurrents in the Hammer Contemporary Collection

by Lily Simonson | Sep 23, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Dark Undercurrents in the Hammer Contemporary Collection

by Lily Simonson | Sep 23, 2010

Last week, Art21 treated Angelenos to the very first preview screening of William Kentridge: Anything is Possible at the Hammer Museum‘s Billy Wilder Theater.  As Art21’s executive director Susan Sollins …

Embodiment and Process: Vida Simon

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

Embodiment and Process: Vida Simon

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

Vida Simon enters her work. The Montreal-based artist creates gentle, introspective drawing installation/performances where we witness her artistic process live and in progress. She literally embodies her own art, working …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Developing Themes

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 22, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Developing Themes

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 22, 2010

“I have to say that my work actually started from my interest in the notion of space, particularly this notion of personal space or individual space. And that’s actually the …

The Medium is Not the Message: Adad Hannah

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 21, 2010

The Medium is Not the Message: Adad Hannah

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 21, 2010

Raft of the Medusa (100 Mile House) #2 from Adad Hannah on Vimeo. Adad Hannah’s videos are moving pieces of work. And they move, just barely. What started as a …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell

by Richard McCoy | Sep 21, 2010

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell

by Richard McCoy | Sep 21, 2010

IMA Conservator Richard McCoy finds out what John Campbell has been up to at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Game (as) Art: The Kokoromi Collective

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 20, 2010

Game (as) Art: The Kokoromi Collective

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 20, 2010

Trying to explain GAMMA is kind of like trying to describe Burning Man. The members of Kokoromi Collective best described their annual showcase for game creation and art as a …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Spoils of War

by Ben Street | Sep 20, 2010

Letter from London

Letter from London: Spoils of War

by Ben Street | Sep 20, 2010

There’s a new display at the Imperial War Museum, London, orchestrated by the artist Jeremy Deller, which consists of a burnt-out, red-brown car, mangled in an an explosion in Baghdad …
Sherman in Balenciaga.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 20, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 20, 2010

This week’s roundup includes art that is about being social: Cindy Sherman poses in Balenciaga, Carrie Mae Weems teaches about art and social engagement, Barbara Kruger displays art about social life, …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Back in the Kitchen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2010

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Back in the Kitchen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2010

The Museum of Modern Art could not have picked a better moment to mount Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen, an exhibition about the changing aesthetics and politics of …

Art21 Extended Play

Allan McCollum: “Plaster Surrogates” & “Surrogate Paintings”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 17, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

Allan McCollum: “Plaster Surrogates” & “Surrogate Paintings”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 17, 2010

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE Episode #120: Filmed in his Brooklyn studio, Allan McCollum discusses his Surrogate Paintings (begun in 1978) and Plaster Surrogates (begun …

Open Enrollment

Seeking graduate student writers for Open Enrollment

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 16, 2010

Open Enrollment

Seeking graduate student writers for Open Enrollment

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 16, 2010

Why art school? Why now? Why does it matter? “It wasn’t till I got to art school that I really understood how art can connect you through human history and …

Oil on Canvas: Jenny Schade

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 16, 2010

Oil on Canvas: Jenny Schade

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 16, 2010

Jenny Schade thinks she was born in the wrong century. The 25-year-old Montreal-born artist has devoted herself fully to painting — pure oil-on-canvas painting. Her large works depict abstract landscapes …
Arts in Ed

Arts in Education: Mark Bradford’s Open Studio

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 16, 2010

Arts in Education: Mark Bradford’s Open Studio

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 16, 2010

Did you know that this week, September 12-18, is Arts in Education Week? On July 26, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res. 275, a resolution that seeks to “support …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Brainstorming Big Ideas and Arriving at the Best Idea

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 15, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Brainstorming Big Ideas and Arriving at the Best Idea

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 15, 2010

Every art student (and I mean EVERY art student- K-12, undergrad, graduate, adult education, private lessons, you name it) has had one or more situations when an initial idea for …

Open Enrollment

OMG Mid-Grad Crisis or RTV/MFA

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Sep 15, 2010

Open Enrollment

OMG Mid-Grad Crisis or RTV/MFA

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Sep 15, 2010

Sometimes when I’m sitting in class, I switch to a third-person perspective and feel like I’m watching a reality television show about myself. One of my professors, Clark Buckner, assigned …

One Hour Photo: Yves Médam

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 15, 2010

One Hour Photo: Yves Médam

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 15, 2010

A former commercial photographer, Yves Médam has only recently made the shift to fine art in the last 3 years. The French-born artist constructs large format photographic re-inventions of reality, …

Flash Points

Come Curious: The Artists Look

by Katia Zavistovski | Sep 15, 2010

Flash Points

Come Curious: The Artists Look

by Katia Zavistovski | Sep 15, 2010

“When I was sixteen and knew nothing about art, I sat through almost six hours of Andy Warhol’s Empire. I did not understand it but thought: this is in a …

Augmenting Reality: Paul Warne

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 14, 2010

Augmenting Reality: Paul Warne

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 14, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C50_R3cDlY] Paul Warne doesn’t consider himself so much an artist as a designer. While trained in animation and film at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Warne found himself immersed in …

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Interview | Bill Eiseman of Polyester

by Meg Onli | Sep 14, 2010

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Interview | Bill Eiseman of Polyester

by Meg Onli | Sep 14, 2010

Like many people, my girlfriend and I set out on a road trip this summer. Our trip took us from Chicago to Portland, following most of the Lewis and Clark …
Barry McGee. Houston Street (NYC), 2010.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 14, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 14, 2010

In this week’s roundup: Barry McGee tags Houston Street in NYC,  Bruce Nauman and Richard Serra contextualize and collaborate, Robert Adams comes to Vancouver, Roni Horn channels Emily Dickinson, and more. …

How Sweet It Is: Shelley Miller

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 13, 2010

How Sweet It Is: Shelley Miller

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 13, 2010

Shelley Miller creates exquisite, intricate artworks out of sugar. In 2009, her mural installation, Cargo, won the People’s Choice award at Montreal’s Mois de la Photo (Montreal’s biennale for contemporary …

New guest blogger: Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 13, 2010

New guest blogger: Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 13, 2010

Thanks to Thom Donovan for his excellent exhibition and artists’ books reviews, and interview with the fascinating Primary Information. Follow his writing and projects back on his own site here. …

5 Questions with Miriam Katzeff of Primary Information

by Thom Donovan | Sep 10, 2010

5 Questions with Miriam Katzeff of Primary Information

by Thom Donovan | Sep 10, 2010

1. What inspired you to start Primary Information? I think there were two reasons to start Primary Information. James [Hoff] and I are both very interested in artists’ books and …

Future Metaphors

Future Metaphors: Fractured Time

by Ivan Lozano | Sep 10, 2010

Future Metaphors

Future Metaphors: Fractured Time

by Ivan Lozano | Sep 10, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBSMKSsyEY] Ryan Trecartin, I-BE AREA (Double Jamie, Ramada Omar, and Sally Man Pause), video excerpt, 2007 Lately, I’ve been thinking about the kinship between Ryan Trecartin’s narratives and those of …

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

On Location: Dr. Doc | An Interview with Thom Powers

by Nick Ravich | Sep 10, 2010

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

On Location: Dr. Doc | An Interview with Thom Powers

by Nick Ravich | Sep 10, 2010

I’m back from my summer break and ready to change things up a bit with this column.  So instead of the usual long laundry list of documentary various and sundry, …