Tag Archives: Design

Renaissance Ware

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 1, 2008

Renaissance Ware

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 1, 2008

Check out all the great limited edition works created specifically for the Renaissance Society.  Founded in 1915 as a cultural program to the University of Chicago, the Society’s nearly 100 …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Process and Power

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 26, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Process and Power

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 26, 2008

Contemporary art will often ask the viewer to consider process and the steps taken to create a work of art. Without consideration of process, some art is even difficult to …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fundred Points of View

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 20, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fundred Points of View

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 20, 2008

By now, many of you are quite familiar with Mel Chin’s nationwide Fundred project to help highlight the issue of lead contaminated soil in New Orleans. Students and professional artists …

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by Marc Herbst | Nov 19, 2008

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by Marc Herbst | Nov 19, 2008

At a recent Journal meeting with my co-editors, Christina Ulke and Robby Herbst, we were considering how the current climate would affect our work. While some of our ideals would …

When Art Breaks…Or Was That Part of the Work?

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 2, 2008

When Art Breaks…Or Was That Part of the Work?

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 2, 2008

While I was in DUMBO for the art festival last Saturday, I witnessed someone accidentally knocking over a sculpture. It was the work of Minji Kim, a participant in the …

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | Architect Benjamin Aranda

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | Architect Benjamin Aranda

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Architect Benjamin Aranda, of Aranda/Lasch, discusses his contribution to artist Matthew Ritchie’s anti-pavillion project The Morning Line (2008), produced in collaboration with engineer-architect Daniel Bosia & Arup AGU, and …

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

On Matthew Ritchie’s The Evening Line project at the Bienniale Architecture in Venice, via MINI Space blog: It’s not just about architecture here in Venice. Matthew Ritchie is an artist …

Laurie Simmons at Fashion Week

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 10, 2008

Laurie Simmons at Fashion Week

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 10, 2008

Segueing from the start of the New York fall art season last week to Fashion Week’s spring collections, we have neck and neck competition from the world of the critical …

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) in his New York studio, with animated architectural schematics of the installation. The Morning Line will be on view …

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 …

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 …

McGee Meets Cinelli

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 9, 2008

McGee Meets Cinelli

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 9, 2008

Season 1 artist Barry McGee has collaborated with the legendary Italian bicycle company Cinelli and street-hip lifestyle brand RVCA to create a limited edition Super Corsa Pista bike frame. Only …

Rebirth of Danish art and design

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 3, 2008

Rebirth of Danish art and design

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 3, 2008

If you want to keep track of modern Danish art and design, Forårsudstillingen at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen is a pivotal point of departure. Yesterday was the final day of …

Maya Lin Awarded Van Alen Prize

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 21, 2008

Maya Lin Awarded Van Alen Prize

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 21, 2008

Van Alen Institute announced yesterday that Maya Lin (Season 2) has been awarded the New York Prize Senior Fellowship.  Appointed Senior Fellows are accomplished thinkers, artists and practitioners who have …

This weekend: Trenton Doyle Hancock at Arthouse

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

This weekend: Trenton Doyle Hancock at Arthouse

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

From March 22 ‚Äì April 27, 2008, Arthouse in Austin, Texas will present the exhibition Cult of Color: Call to Color in conjunction with a new ballet by the same …

Kiki Smith: Her Home and Wallpaper

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 21, 2008

Kiki Smith: Her Home and Wallpaper

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 21, 2008

Studio Printworks has produced a hand-screened wallpaper in collaboration with Kiki Smith (Season 2). Maiden & Moonflower depicts an evening scene of a woman standing beneath a tree bough inhabited …

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 14, 2008

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 14, 2008

The Whitney Museum has collaborated with the Gap on a series of t-shirts designed by past Whitney Biennial artists, including Art21 artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Barbara Kruger (her design is pictured …

Kiki Smith’s Art of Glass

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 3, 2008

Kiki Smith’s Art of Glass

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 3, 2008

Season 2 artist Kiki Smith has collaborated with Steuben Glass on a collection of engraved designs inspired by the idea of tattoos. Known for transforming the mundane into magic, Smith …

The Barbara Kruger – Selfridge’s connection

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 3, 2008

The Barbara Kruger – Selfridge’s connection

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 3, 2008

Season 1 artist Barbara Kruger has been collaborating with British department store Selfridge’s to provide their seasonal advertising artwork. Apparently, she has worked with them in the past as well. …

“Liberation through Limitation” – Andrea Zittel’s Smockshop

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 6, 2007

“Liberation through Limitation” – Andrea Zittel’s Smockshop

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 6, 2007

Saturday, Season 1 artist Andrea Zittel opens her inaugural “smockshop” at Susan Inglett Gallery, coinciding with Fashion Week in New York. Having spent years gaining international recognition and developing a …