Tag Archives: Installation

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

My biggest pet peeve in New York City is watching men (and women) of all walks of life, hack and cough, then swiftly discharge a slimy wad of saliva on …

Allora & Calzadilla’s Munich Harmonies

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 9, 2008

Allora & Calzadilla’s Munich Harmonies

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 9, 2008

Check out this interview and footage from Vernissage TV’s coverage of Allora & Calzadilla’s (Season 4) concurrent exhibitions at Kunstverein München and Haus der Kunst in Munich. Kunstverein München includes …

Nancy Spero Retrospective at MACBA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 4, 2008

Nancy Spero Retrospective at MACBA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 4, 2008

Appropriately enough, Nancy Spero’s Dissidances opens on Independence Day at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).  Long an active voice in contemporary political and feminist art, the exhibition includes …

Spaceship Earth

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 27, 2008

Spaceship Earth

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 27, 2008

Buckminster Fuller was one of the most inventive and prolific visionaries of 20th century who was keenly intuitive. Much of the work in the new Whitney exhibition, Buckminster Fuller: Starting …

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

The human voice is the most specific expression of an individual. With its infinite potential for sound effects and imitation along with its prime role in communication, it is clearly …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Giving Life

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 25, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Giving Life

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 25, 2008

  As we continue gearing up for summer and prepare for ways to fuel our work as artists and educators I wanted to take the next few columns and point …

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was established eighteen years ago in Kansas City, Missouri on 18th and Vine Streets, just around the corner from the Paseo YMCA building where the …

Mark Dion in Philly and New York

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 20, 2008

Mark Dion in Philly and New York

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 20, 2008

The curtains go up tonight at Bartram’s Garden on Mark Dion’s Travels of William Bartram – Reconsidered. The exhibition compiles artifacts, drawings, and assorted natural and unnatural objects collected and …

Jenny Holzer at EVO Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 17, 2008

Jenny Holzer at EVO Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 17, 2008

Season 4 artist Jenny Holzer was the first woman to officially represent the United States in the 1990 Venice Biennale. Her installation Gallery D earned the Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion) prize for best pavilion. She was …

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

Taking Alfred Jarry’s 1896 Ubu Roi as its historic point of departure, The Puppet Show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art includes work by 28 artists, including Art:21 alumni …

Conversations | Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano | Ask questions for follow-up interview

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 12, 2008

Conversations | Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano | Ask questions for follow-up interview

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 12, 2008

The following interview took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on April 7, 2008, following a screening of the Art:21 episode Paradox. Consulting Director and …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Second Look

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 11, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Second Look

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 11, 2008

In the May 14th column I commented on the fact that some people were having a hard time incorporating Season 4 artists into their classrooms and studios. This weekend, hiding …

Contemporary Jewish Museum Opens in San Francisco

by Marc Mayer | Jun 10, 2008

Contemporary Jewish Museum Opens in San Francisco

by Marc Mayer | Jun 10, 2008

On Sunday, June 8th, San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum welcomed visitors for the first time in their new building designed by Daniel Libeskind, architect of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. …

EXIT and Enter

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 10, 2008

EXIT and Enter

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 10, 2008

I’ve already mentioned that one way to catch up on the contemporary Danish art scene is to get a glimpse of Forårsudstillingen at Charlottenborg, but another and maybe even more …

Island of Misfit Toys

by Marc Mayer | Jun 9, 2008

Island of Misfit Toys

by Marc Mayer | Jun 9, 2008

Salon 94 Freemans just announced that Art21 artist Maya Lin (Season 1), will create a site specific installation in their downtown New York City gallery space. This installation is described …

AZ in LA at RP

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 6, 2008

AZ in LA at RP

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 6, 2008

Andrea Zittel (Season 1) presents two new installations at Regen Projects in Los Angeles. The first, Energetic Accumulators, is an extension of the Raugh Furniture series, begun in 1998. While …

Barthes revisited: photographic experiments

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 5, 2008

Barthes revisited: photographic experiments

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 5, 2008

Our exposure to the photographic image on a professional as well as a private level has steadily increased since the first photograph saw the light of day in 1839. The …

Barbara Kruger’s “Another” at UCSD

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 4, 2008

Barbara Kruger’s “Another” at UCSD

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 4, 2008

Barbara Kruger (Season 1) has created a wall and floor mural for the 4-story atrium of the Price Center East at the University of California San Diego, where the artist …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Helping Hands

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 4, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Helping Hands

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 4, 2008

I hate to start this column every week by thanking people like it’s a Borscht Belt nightclub, but Teaching With Contemporary Art is off to a great start in its …

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 …

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle wins Richard H. Driehaus Foundation award

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle wins Richard H. Driehaus Foundation award

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Art21 artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (Season 4) is the winner of a 2008 individual artist award granted by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. This award recognizes artists living in the Chicago …

Mark Dion at Mildred’s Lane

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 3, 2008

Mark Dion at Mildred’s Lane

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 3, 2008

Somewhere in rural northern Pennsylvania, fashion designer and artist J. Morgan Puett has been steadily building a home and creating an eccentric future that is lost in the past of …

Matthew Ritchie at White Cube

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 28, 2008

Matthew Ritchie at White Cube

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 28, 2008

Matthew Ritchie’s Ghost Operator opened last week at White Cube and will run until June 28. The Season 3 artist’s enveloping installation transforms the entire gallery using an array of …

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Dion | “Neukom Vivarium”

by Wesley Miller | May 22, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Dion | “Neukom Vivarium”

by Wesley Miller | May 22, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Dion leads a discussion of his installation Neukom Vivarium (2006) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle. Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public …

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 3

by Kelly Shindler | May 21, 2008

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 3

by Kelly Shindler | May 21, 2008

Following is the conclusion of the conversation between Judy Pfaff and BOMB Magazine‘s Betsy Sussler that took place on March 3, 2008 at the Mid-Manhattan Library. BS: I’m going to …

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 2

by Kelly Shindler | May 20, 2008

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 2

by Kelly Shindler | May 20, 2008

The following is the second part of the conversation between Judy Pfaff and BOMB Magazine‘s Betsy Sussler that took place on March 3, 2008 at the Mid-Manhattan Library. BS: I …

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 1

by Kelly Shindler | May 19, 2008

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 1

by Kelly Shindler | May 19, 2008

The following interview took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on March 3, 2008, following a screening of the Art:21 episode Romance. Featured artist Judy …

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | “The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown”

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | “The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown”

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

(Also watch Josiah McElheny’s “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965” on the Art21 blog.) EXCLUSIVE: Josiah McElheny discusses his installation The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown (2007) at the Museum …

Judy Pfaff Curates at CUE

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 9, 2008

Judy Pfaff Curates at CUE

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 9, 2008

Up through May 31st at the CUE Foundation is an exhibition by David Krueger, curated by Art:21 Season 4 artist Judy Pfaff. Krueger has recreated his childhood post office in …

Dialog:City in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 7, 2008

Dialog:City in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 7, 2008

Later this summer, from August 22-29, the Denver metro area will host Dialog:City, a convergence of education, art and democracy. Slated as an exhibition and cultural event that “catalyzes civic …

Art21 Extended Play

Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Allora & Calzadilla’s Ruin (2006) installed at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla approach visual art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such …

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Season 3 artist Matthew Ritchie’s The Hierarchy Problem (2003) and The Fine Constant (2003) are on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as part of Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim …

The Confluence Project looks for volunteers

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 27, 2008

The Confluence Project looks for volunteers

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 27, 2008

Season 1 artist Maya Lin‘s Confluence Project is looking for volunteers during June and October 2008 to complete a trail at Sandy River Delta in Oregon, which leads to Lin’s …

Art21 Extended Play

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | “Oppenheimer”

by Wesley Miller | Apr 24, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | “Oppenheimer”

by Wesley Miller | Apr 24, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s film Oppenheimer (2003) and mural Time (2003) installed at the Rochester Art Center, Minnesota. Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s technologically sophisticated works use natural forms such as clouds, icebergs, and …

Andrea Zittel in Basel

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 23, 2008

Andrea Zittel in Basel

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 23, 2008

Schaulager in Basel, Switzerland opens a two person exhibition this Saturday, April 26th, with the work of Monika Sosnowska and Art:21 Season 1 artist Andrea Zittel. Both artists respond to …

Barry McGee video on ArtTalk

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 22, 2008

Barry McGee video on ArtTalk

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 22, 2008

Watch this two-part conversation between artists Aaron Rose and Barry McGee(Season 1) on VBS’s ArtTalk. While the video features live shots of McGee’s artwork and installations, the interview subjects are …