Monthly Archives: February 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 29, 2012

Part two of my recent interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference here in New York from March 1-4.

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: Ben Osaghae’s Critical Observations [Part III]

by Richard McCoy | Feb 29, 2012

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: Ben Osaghae’s Critical Observations [Part III]

by Richard McCoy | Feb 29, 2012

In this five-part series, Richard McCoy looks back on his recent trip to Nigeria through the lens of artists working in the area.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Artist vs. Manager

by Sarah Merianos | Feb 29, 2012

Open Enrollment | Artist vs. Manager

by Sarah Merianos | Feb 29, 2012

Artists and arts managers need each other–so why aren’t more students pursuing dual MFA/Arts Management degrees?

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Andrea Geyer

by Thom Donovan | Feb 28, 2012

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Andrea Geyer

by Thom Donovan | Feb 28, 2012

Thom Donovan talks with Andrea Geyer, whose 10-channel video installation “9 Scripts from a Nation at War” is currently on view at MoMA.

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

The Energetic Persistence of Water: An Interview with Mary Jane Jacob

by Caroline Picard | Feb 28, 2012

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

The Energetic Persistence of Water: An Interview with Mary Jane Jacob

by Caroline Picard | Feb 28, 2012

How might Buddhist frameworks help artists better understand the creative process, and art’s function in society?

Calling from Canada

Calling from Canada | The Audain Collection at Vancouver Art Gallery

by Raji Sohal | Feb 28, 2012

Calling from Canada | The Audain Collection at Vancouver Art Gallery

by Raji Sohal | Feb 28, 2012

An exhibition of works from Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa’s private collection highlights rarely-seen treasures of British Columbian art.

Charles Atlas. The Illusion of Democracy, installation view (2012). Photo courtesy Luhring Augustine Bushwick.

Art21 New York Close Up

The Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 27, 2012

This week’s roundup is chock-full of news about the latest exhibitions and activities of Art21 artists, including Charles Atlas, Jessica Stockholder, Sarah Sze and others.

Inspired Reading

Inspired Reading | Anthony Elms

by Kelly Huang | Feb 27, 2012

Inspired Reading | Anthony Elms

by Kelly Huang | Feb 27, 2012

ICA Philadelphia associate curator Anthony Elms discusses texts that deal with clothing, fashion, and how we project ideas about ourselves into the world.

Springtime of the People..for the People and by the People

by Shane McAdams | Feb 27, 2012

Springtime of the People..for the People and by the People

by Shane McAdams | Feb 27, 2012

As guest blogger Shane McAdams gears up for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2012 Biennial, he visits the Metropolitan Museum to reflect on this country’s past.

New Guest Blogger: Shane McAdams

by Claudine Isé | Feb 27, 2012

New Guest Blogger: Shane McAdams

by Claudine Isé | Feb 27, 2012

Meet our newest guest blogger Shane McAdams, an artist, curator, writer and professor who divides his time between Brooklyn, New York and Cedarburg, Wisconsin.

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: The Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos [Part II]

by Richard McCoy | Feb 24, 2012

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: The Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos [Part II]

by Richard McCoy | Feb 24, 2012

In this five-part series, Richard McCoy looks back on his recent trip to Nigeria through the lens of artists working in the area.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

by Marissa Perel | Feb 24, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

by Marissa Perel | Feb 24, 2012

Perel reviews “Wicked Clown Love” and “Counterfeit Scenario,” two performances presented at the Kitchen earlier this month.

Research and Relationality: An Interview with Zach Cahill

by Monica Westin | Feb 24, 2012

Research and Relationality: An Interview with Zach Cahill

by Monica Westin | Feb 24, 2012

Cahill’s “The Orphanage Project” is a sprawling discourse on the parental nation-state, pseudo-propaganda art, and the parallels between the museum and the orphanage.

Cairo in Context: Art and Change in the Middle East

Cairo in Context | Alluring Archives: On Memory, Omission, and Research in an Unstable Region

by Ania Szremski | Feb 23, 2012

Cairo in Context: Art and Change in the Middle East

Cairo in Context | Alluring Archives: On Memory, Omission, and Research in an Unstable Region

by Ania Szremski | Feb 23, 2012

Researchers working in the Middle East/North Africa region are challenged by a confusing bureaucracy, making access to archives and primary sources difficult.

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles | CAA #ProTips from an Adjunct Pro

by Lily Simonson | Feb 23, 2012

Looking at Los Angeles | CAA #ProTips from an Adjunct Pro

by Lily Simonson | Feb 23, 2012

Lily Simonson offers some valuable advice for newbies navigating the annual CAA conference, held this week in Los Angeles.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | When I Was Your Age

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Feb 23, 2012

Praxis Makes Perfect | When I Was Your Age

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Feb 23, 2012

As Jeffrey Songco wryly reveals, a productive studio day for a social-media-savvy artist doesn’t necessarily involve the making of art.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 22, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 22, 2012

This week’s column features a brand, new interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her upcoming keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference on March 1st here in New York City.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | You, Me, and Everything Else We Can’t Contemplate

by Jenn Pascoe | Feb 22, 2012

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | You, Me, and Everything Else We Can’t Contemplate

by Jenn Pascoe | Feb 22, 2012

Jenn Pascoe looks at horror vacui—the compulsion to fill every available inch of compositional space—to better understand her own work.

Reasons to Write Into Art: On Textual Collaboration with Artist Heidi Norton

by Monica Westin | Feb 21, 2012

Reasons to Write Into Art: On Textual Collaboration with Artist Heidi Norton

by Monica Westin | Feb 21, 2012

What happens when a critic and artist collaborate on a work of art?

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria [Part I]

by Richard McCoy | Feb 21, 2012

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria [Part I]

by Richard McCoy | Feb 21, 2012

In this five-part series, Richard McCoy looks back on his recent trip to Nigeria through the lens of artists working in the area.

John Baldessari, "Brain/Cloud (with Seascape and Palm Tree)," 1250 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA. Photo courtesy of The La Jolla Community Foundation.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 20, 2012

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 20, 2012

This week’s roundup has news on Martin Puryear, Walton Ford, Tim Hawkinson and other artists featured in Art21’s programs.

Microscripts and Visual Conversations: “In the Spirit of Robert Walser” at Donald Young Gallery

by Monica Westin | Feb 20, 2012

Microscripts and Visual Conversations: “In the Spirit of Robert Walser” at Donald Young Gallery

by Monica Westin | Feb 20, 2012

How do visual artists and writers engage one another in conversations from within their own mediums?

KAWS (Brian Donnelly). Down Time (2011). Photo courtesy High Museum of Art.

KAWS Passing Through the High Museum of Art

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 20, 2012

KAWS Passing Through the High Museum of Art

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 20, 2012

Nettrice Gaskins reports on a recent talk given by the street artist KAWS (Brian Donnelly) at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Lari Pittman: Audience

by Claudine Isé | Feb 17, 2012

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Lari Pittman: Audience

by Claudine Isé | Feb 17, 2012

Our latest web-only Exclusive features Lari Pittman on the role that spontaneity plays in the construction of his paintings.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 17, 2012

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 17, 2012

Artist Michael Rakowitz’s “Enemy Kitchen (Food Truck)” is a roving eatery where local Iraqi cooks and US veterans of the Iraq war serve meals to the public.

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

Centerfield | Fielding Practice Podcast #12

by Bad at Sports | Feb 16, 2012

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

Centerfield | Fielding Practice Podcast #12

by Bad at Sports | Feb 16, 2012

This month’s podcast looks at the demise of the Next/Art Chicago fair and reviews new exhibitions by photographer Laura Letinsky and painter Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.

The MCA’s “This Will Have Been” and the Subjectivity of History

by Monica Westin | Feb 16, 2012

The MCA’s “This Will Have Been” and the Subjectivity of History

by Monica Westin | Feb 16, 2012

Westin reviews a new exhibition surveying the art of the 1980s that includes the work of numerous artists featured in “Art in the Twenty-First Century.”

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 15, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 15, 2012

Over the past few weeks I’ve thoroughly enjoyed talking and e-mailing with two more of our current Art21 Educators, Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson. Jethro teaches Studio Art, 3D Design, Ceramics and other art courses at Maple Mountain High School in Utah while Jack teaches 2D Art and Art History at Chapel High School in North Carolina. Both look for ways to better engage their classes on a consistent basis and avoid “window dressing” projects that may look pretty but aren’t necessarily about very much…

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Broadcasting Nostalgic

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Feb 15, 2012

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Broadcasting Nostalgic

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Feb 15, 2012

Wiriadjaja takes a break from thesis writing to visit Luminance, an exhibition that explores how we interact with digital media in the physical world.

The Art of Enduring: An Interview with Cupola Bobber

by Monica Westin | Feb 13, 2012

The Art of Enduring: An Interview with Cupola Bobber

by Monica Westin | Feb 13, 2012

How do artists use time as a material? The collaborative duo Cupola Bobber create epic, continually-unfolding projects that take years to complete.

Andrea Zittel. A-Z Wagon Station customized by Caroline Castano at A-Z West (2005). Photo courtesy the artist.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 13, 2012

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 13, 2012

This week’s roundup contains the latest news on Andrea Zittel, Ann Hamilton, Collier Schorr and other Art21 artists.

New Guest Blogger: Monica Westin, Arts Writer and Educator

by Claudine Isé | Feb 13, 2012

New Guest Blogger: Monica Westin, Arts Writer and Educator

by Claudine Isé | Feb 13, 2012

The Art21 Blog’s newest blogger-in-residence is Monica Westin, a Chicago-based arts writer, educator, and PhD candidate in rhetorical studies.

Access ’12 Is Underway

by Claudine Isé | Feb 10, 2012

Access ’12 Is Underway

by Claudine Isé | Feb 10, 2012

Art21’s first Access ’12 events took place at two venues in Pakistan: the Lincoln Corner in Karachi and the Center of Excellence & Art Design in Jamshoro, Hyderabad.