Yearly Archives: 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 13, 2010

Back after a two-week hiatus Art21 blogger Nettrice R. Gaskins takes the Weekly Roundup baton, so to speak. In this week’s roundup you’ll read about Cindy Sherman wall decals, crying, …

Flash Points

Machine Project: A.I.R. at the Hammer

by Mark Allen | Jul 12, 2010

Machine Project: A.I.R. at the Hammer

by Mark Allen | Jul 12, 2010

On a recent weekend at the Hammer Museum, you may have stumbled across other visitors napping on the gallery floor and wondered if they had succumbed to museum fatigue. In …

Calling from Canada

Calling From Canada: Runa Islam at Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal

by Raji Sohal | Jul 12, 2010

Calling From Canada: Runa Islam at Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal

by Raji Sohal | Jul 12, 2010

The Great White North, as Canada is affectionately known, could be called something altogether different in the heated summer months. Try “Huge Hot Land” or “Expansive Land Mass Connected by …

Calling from Canada

New column: Calling from Canada

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 12, 2010

New column: Calling from Canada

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 12, 2010

We are pleased to announce another new column this month, Calling from Canada. Calling from Canada chronicles the burgeoning art scene across the border. The column will deliver the goods …

Art21 Extended Play

Florian Maier-Aichen: Rejecting Tradition

by Wesley Miller | Jul 9, 2010

Florian Maier-Aichen: Rejecting Tradition

by Wesley Miller | Jul 9, 2010

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE SUPPORT ART21: In the next 7 days Art21 seeks 26 new donors to add to its list of 100 x …

Flash Points

Looking at Los Angeles

One Day Only De Maria

by Catherine Wagley | Jul 8, 2010

In 1969, when Lee Lozano began her Dialogue Piece, a project for which she simply invited artists and others to talk with her, she called Walter De Maria twice, once …

Going for the Gold(en Age)

by Paige K. Johnston | Jul 8, 2010

Over the past few years, I have developed a persistent desire to live and work in the Netherlands. My fantasies of Dutch relocation have been largely indulged and inflated through …

Open Enrollment

Quit Grad School.

by Matthew Newton | Jul 7, 2010

Well, that title may overstate it a little and perhaps it comes from a sullen mood, but in recent days I’ve found myself ruminating about giving up on grad school …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shake It Up

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 7, 2010

For about ten summers now I have enjoyed teaching and traveling in some capacity. It’s become increasingly important over the past decade to broaden my own experience as an artist-educator, …

Flash Points

Seeing and Time: Video Art as Experience

by Stephanie Vegh | Jul 6, 2010

Seeing and Time: Video Art as Experience

by Stephanie Vegh | Jul 6, 2010

It is neither a secret nor a surprise to know that, regardless of broad worldly appeal, the average Louvre visitor views the Mona Lisa for a scarce fifteen seconds before …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Tense Present

by Ben Street | Jul 6, 2010

Letter from London: Tense Present

by Ben Street | Jul 6, 2010

Let us assume there are two boxes on a table. In one box, there is a relatively normal turtle; in the other, Adolf Hitler’s skull. You have to select one …

Future Metaphors

Future Metaphors: An Introduction

by Ivan Lozano | Jul 6, 2010

Future Metaphors: An Introduction

by Ivan Lozano | Jul 6, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3CKD9JRhME] Shana Moulton, “Whispering Pines 9,” video, 2009 In an essay titled “Cyborg Anthropology,” Gary Lee Downey, Joseph Dumit and Sarah Williams offer a sort of manifesto: Cyborg Anthropology invests …

GIF(t) Basket

Bravo’s Work of Art: Episode 3 Recap

by Wesley Miller | Jul 6, 2010

GIF(t) Basket

Bravo’s Work of Art: Episode 3 Recap

by Wesley Miller | Jul 6, 2010

In a special series of posts, Wesley Miller watches Bravo’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, frame by frame, and attempts to uncover what it all means through the …

New guest blogger: Paige K. Johnston

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 5, 2010

New guest blogger: Paige K. Johnston

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 5, 2010

Many thanks to Ajay Hothi for his plethora of posts tackling the states of contemporary art and the moving image in the UK. Up next on the guest blog is …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Paul Zografakis Part 2

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 5, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Paul Zografakis Part 2

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 5, 2010

This is the second half of the discussion I had with Paul Zografakis’ at Gyzi, Athens and the continuation of Friday’s post. He opened his studio to me and I …

An unlikely gift horse

by Ajay Hothi | Jul 3, 2010

An unlikely gift horse

by Ajay Hothi | Jul 3, 2010

A short post today and a follow-up, of sorts, to my earlier post Timing is Everything. It was announced on Thursday afternoon that Charles Saatchi would be gifting a substantial …

Art21 Extended Play

Jeff Koons: Art History

by Wesley Miller | Jul 2, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

Jeff Koons: Art History

by Wesley Miller | Jul 2, 2010

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE SUPPORT ART21: In the next 15 days Art21 seeks 34 new donors to add to its list of 100 x …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Paul Zografakis

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 2, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Paul Zografakis

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 2, 2010

Paul Zografakis is a Greek-American artist who was born and raised in St. Louis, MO and based in Athens, Greece since 2007. Paul arrived in Athens on a Fulbright Scholarship …

Sadly, Alice really doesn’t live here anymore

by Ajay Hothi | Jul 1, 2010

Sadly, Alice really doesn’t live here anymore

by Ajay Hothi | Jul 1, 2010

I’m new here. I should explain. At university, I wanted to be a video artist. Maybe I should have been born into another time (and matriculated to another university) because …

Lives and Works in Berlin

Lives and Works in Berlin: Gender (and other) Trouble

by Ali Fitzgerald | Jul 1, 2010

Lives and Works in Berlin

Lives and Works in Berlin: Gender (and other) Trouble

by Ali Fitzgerald | Jul 1, 2010

Judith Butler, that radical Valkyrie of all things identity politics, caused quite a stir in Berlin recently. On June 19th, she declined the “Civil Courage Prize” awarded by the organizers …

On View Now

Art21 Extended Play

On View Now | Mind the Gap: Thoughts on Representing the Holocaust through Comics

by Max Weintraub | Jul 1, 2010

On View Now

Art21 Extended Play

On View Now | Mind the Gap: Thoughts on Representing the Holocaust through Comics

by Max Weintraub | Jul 1, 2010

The act of codification that is enshrined in the International Declaration of Human Rights has ensured that the unspeakable has been cut down to size at the very moment that …

On View Now

New column! On View Now

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 1, 2010

On View Now

New column! On View Now

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 1, 2010

What better way to kick off this first day of July than with a new column (one of two, in fact)? We are pleased to introduce On View Now. Written …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 30, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 30, 2010

Friends close to me know two things- I have a coffee problem and I have a book-buying problem. If I have money in my pocket and am anywhere close to …

Open Enrollment

New Internet Meme: Cheers!

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Jun 30, 2010

Open Enrollment

New Internet Meme: Cheers!

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Jun 30, 2010

With my summer break between the first and second year of my graduate studies at San Francisco Art Institute in full force, I’ve taken a few weeks to visit some …

It lives in public

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 30, 2010

It lives in public

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 30, 2010

It is base-level arts conversation but it is the very one that I have had most in my life. Like the best conversations, everybody has an opinion, whether you are …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about a retrospective in the Golden State, a pack of wolves in Singapore, a dreamy gift in Berlin, de-monumentalisation in Italy, Oprah culture the …

Art21 Extended Play

100 x 100 Exclusive: Donate Today!

by Wesley Miller | Jun 29, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

100 x 100 Exclusive: Donate Today!

by Wesley Miller | Jun 29, 2010

Video above: Jeff Koons: Money & Value The 100 x 100 Exclusive campaign has only 18 days left! Since last week we’ve added five new donors, leaving us 36 spaces …

Ze Germans

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 28, 2010

Ze Germans

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 28, 2010

So there we have it. I suppose, at least, it means that we will all have the large part of our summer back. The glee that I took from the …

Carrie Mae Weems & David Alan Grier: In Conversation

by Wesley Miller | Jun 25, 2010

Carrie Mae Weems & David Alan Grier: In Conversation

by Wesley Miller | Jun 25, 2010

SUBSCRIBE TO VIDEOS: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE Carrie Mae Weems and David Alan Grier have an intimate discussion on a range of topics including childhood idols, the …

All things to all men

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 25, 2010

All things to all men

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 25, 2010

Over the past ten years, an interesting and forward-looking trend among contemporary art galleries in the United Kingdom has been the aim to secure a legacy beyond the general functions …

Tim Hawkinson Apples and Bananas, 2010 Apple cores, banana peels, grape skin, twist ties, bread tabs, orange peel and bronze 9 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/2 inches. Courtesy Blum & Poe.

Looking at Los Angeles

Bikes, Bodies, and Blastulas: Tim Hawkinson Talks About His New Work

by Lily Simonson | Jun 24, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Bikes, Bodies, and Blastulas: Tim Hawkinson Talks About His New Work

by Lily Simonson | Jun 24, 2010

From intimate sculptures to mammoth collages, Tim Hawkinson (Season 2) gracefully creates tension between the playful and the profound. His current exhibition at Blum & Poe continues longstanding threads while …

Both wearing headsets, a visitor and I are able to share in the same experience of the dinosaur.

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Dinosaurs and Mummies: Augmenting the Art Experience at Onishi Gallery, Chelsea

by An Xiao | Jun 24, 2010

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Dinosaurs and Mummies: Augmenting the Art Experience at Onishi Gallery, Chelsea

by An Xiao | Jun 24, 2010

This story starts with a dinosaur. It’s a bipedal one, sort of like a mini Tyrannosaurus, running around by my feet. My friend laughs as he sees it scurry beneath …

Flash Points

Creat(ive) Expectations

by Kate Goyette | Jun 24, 2010

Flash Points

Creat(ive) Expectations

by Kate Goyette | Jun 24, 2010

Earlier this spring, I ventured to MoMA with my parents who were visiting from New Hampshire for the weekend. Since I can recall, my folks have consistently supported my own …

GIF(t) Basket

Bravo’s Work of Art: Episode 2 Recap

by Wesley Miller | Jun 23, 2010

GIF(t) Basket

Bravo’s Work of Art: Episode 2 Recap

by Wesley Miller | Jun 23, 2010

In a special series of posts, Wesley Miller watches Bravo’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, frame by frame, and attempts to uncover what it all means through the …