Articles by Nettrice Gaskins

Lari Pittman, Untitled #1.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 30, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 30, 2010

In this week’s roundup, Lari Pittman takes over L.A., Trenton Doyle Hancock issues a call to color, Tim Hawkinson explores sustainability, Cao Fei exhibits in Poland, and more! Centre Pompidou …
Charles Atlas video still.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 23, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 23, 2010

As summer 2010 winds down this week’s roundup gets ready for an exciting fall season when Mark Dion embarks on an expedition in Oakland, Andrea Zittel lands on the Portland …
Barbara Kruger

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 16, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 16, 2010

This week in the roundup … Barbara Kruger gets a celebration started, Cao Fei has her eyes on a prize, Cai Guo-Qiang goes in with a bang, Raymond Pettibon is into …

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 9, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 9, 2010

In this week’s roundup, Alfredo Jaar and Andrea Zittell go natural, Bruce Nauman tries to get off the ground, Cai Guo-Qiang answers questions about the impact of social visibility in …
Relativity-escher

The Paradoxical Art of “Inception”

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 3, 2010

The Paradoxical Art of “Inception”

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 3, 2010

What is so compelling about riddles, mysteries, and puzzles?  Most people are fascinated by images and objects that are paradoxical or impossible in real life but look oddly convincing and …
Jenny Holtzer

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 2, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 2, 2010

Soon after last week’s roundup went live, I discovered a Jenny Holzer event happening in my backyard.  In this week’s roundup, CNN shows William Kentridge drawing apartheid, Scotland shows William …
Pepón Osorio, Drowned in a Glass of Water

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 27, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 27, 2010

This week in Roundup read about Pepón Osorio’s drowned art, Allora & Calzadilla getting shortlisted, Janine Antoni in motion, and a Hiroshi Sugimoto/James Turrell art counterpoint. Allora & Calzadilla are …
William Kentridge Sphinx

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 19, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 19, 2010

This Weekly Roundup features Kentridge’s Egyptian sketchbooks, Louise Bourgeois in The Surreal House, and Mike Kelley’s maiden voyage. Scheduled to coincide with the monographic retrospective devoted to the artist at …
BMW Art Car, Jeff Koons

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 13, 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, …
Harbor and Pirats

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Beyond Boundaries: Art Exhibition & Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 22, 2010

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Beyond Boundaries: Art Exhibition & Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 22, 2010

I like using the word ‘totality’ as in the ‘totality of one’s surroundings.’  Self provides the essentials of our internal existence  and environment is the external display of all that.  …

Art & the Avatar: Ambiguity of Identity in Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 21, 2010

Art & the Avatar: Ambiguity of Identity in Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 21, 2010

Self is the essential being of a person.  Art is a mirror image of a person’s identity, circle of influence, and perceived worlds or realities.  Art reflects what we feel, …
Burning Life

Call + Response: Collaborative Art in Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 19, 2010

Call + Response: Collaborative Art in Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 19, 2010

Collaborative art as joint production by two or more artists is a typical style among sound, video, and performance artists.  Many artists are changing the concept of art into something …

Immersive & Interactive: Virtual 3D Art Revisited

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 16, 2010

Immersive & Interactive: Virtual 3D Art Revisited

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 16, 2010

Solkide Auer, Shellina Winkler, and Binary Quandry are Second Life artists who are part of the Pirats Art Network, a partner and major contributor in the Through the Virtual Looking …
Chromutate by Torley

Responsive Art & Evolving Artificiality in Virtual Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 14, 2010

Responsive Art & Evolving Artificiality in Virtual Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 14, 2010

To the uninitiated, virtual 3D worlds may seem like games.  However, game culture often revolves around rules of play.  Artists creating work in virtual 3D worlds are usually trying to …
ménage à trois

Participatory Culture & Social Capital in Virtual Art

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 12, 2010

Participatory Culture & Social Capital in Virtual Art

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 12, 2010

Art production in virtual 3D worlds usually doesn’t happen in a vacuum.  As a contemporary practice, virtual art can create social capital that provides opportunities for individual and collective action, …
Still from the Second Front performance, Car Bibbe 2, based on a script by Al Hansen, and featuring the avatar of Bibbe Hansen

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Performative Interventions: The Progression of 4D Art in a Virtual 3D World

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 31, 2009

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Performative Interventions: The Progression of 4D Art in a Virtual 3D World

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 31, 2009

Still from the performance, Car Bibbe 2, based on a script by Al Hansen, and featuring the avatar of Bibbe Hansen. Second Front, 2008. © All rights reserved. “Time” is …

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Virtual Artists’ Immersive Discoveries in a Virtual 3D Frontier

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 30, 2009

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Virtual Artists’ Immersive Discoveries in a Virtual 3D Frontier

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 30, 2009

Cao Fei, RMB City. Art in the Twenty-First Century, production still, 2009. Season 5, Episode: Fantasy. © Art21, Inc. 2009. William Saroyan wrote: The role of art is to make …