Tag Archives: New Media

Iceland of Fire, Water and Light

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 20, 2008

Iceland of Fire, Water and Light

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 20, 2008

This past week I was in Reykjavik, Iceland attending and participating in the Sequences Real Time Festival. Needless to say, it was a strange time to have come just days …

Pound for Pound

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 3, 2008

Pound for Pound

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 3, 2008

If appropriation is the highest form of flattery, then I love this Barbara Kruger Photoshop Tutorial. Of course it couldn’t be called plagiarism because there is no such thing in …

Art Fag in the City, IMing with Paddy Johnson

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 3, 2008

Art Fag in the City, IMing with Paddy Johnson

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 3, 2008

It’s been fun blogging for two weeks on Art21 and I thought it was only appropriate to end with an interview with art blog legend Paddy Johnson. She’s the mastermind …

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 …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Mining Ideas Part 2: Using Sketchbooks to Help Teach About Contemporary Art

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 24, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Mining Ideas Part 2: Using Sketchbooks to Help Teach About Contemporary Art

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 24, 2008

Last week’s Teaching With Contemporary Art column, Mining Ideas, had some very interesting thoughts and perspectives submitted by Jennifer, Eric, and Sue. I want to continue the dialogue this week …

Conflux 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 13, 2008

Conflux 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 13, 2008

From Thursday through Sunday, September 14th, Conflux, the art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space, will present a number of art installations, street art interventions, …

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 …

Dialog:City Launches in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 25, 2008

Dialog:City Launches in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 25, 2008

Dialog:City, the exciting community-oriented, art-political showcase in Denver taking place concurrently with the Democratic National Convention, opened this past Friday at an outdoor party with Mayor John Hickenlooper in a …

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Over 34 million people watched the dazzling opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Days later, eager buzz-killers were quick to point out that deceptive “augmentations” were actually employed …

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses the apocalyptic themes in his videos The Iron City (2007) and Raphael (2007), featured in his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) for the 3rd Bienal …

Maya Lin’s Confluence Project Continues

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 15, 2008

Maya Lin’s Confluence Project Continues

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 15, 2008

Last Thursday at the opening night party of the American Institute of Architects Gallery in Portland, Maya Lin (Season 2) presented an exhibit of drawings and models produced for her …

Cai Guo-Qiang at the Beijing Olympics

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 8, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang at the Beijing Olympics

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 8, 2008

When the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics kicks off today, the pyrotechnics spectacle silhouetting the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium will spark familiarity to many in the art world. …

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape is currently on view at MASS MOCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art).  The exhibition considers the traditions of landscape painting and picks up the thread …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

While vacationing locally this summer (since that’s all anyone has gas money for) and taking the necessary steps to slow down in order to feed your imagination and even your …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Billy Joels of Art Education

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 16, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Billy Joels of Art Education

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 16, 2008

This past Sunday, the New York Times ran an article about Billy Joel. The article focused on the fact that, despite not making a new recording in 15 years, Billy …

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 …

The Best Of The Web

by Laurel Ptak | Jul 3, 2008

The Best Of The Web

by Laurel Ptak | Jul 3, 2008

Recently I’ve noticed a huge change in my art-going habits. I’m much more likely to spend time looking at/thinking about art online than I am to step foot inside traditional …

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 …

Beyond the Reel

by Marc Mayer | Jun 16, 2008

Beyond the Reel

by Marc Mayer | Jun 16, 2008

On Thursday, June 19, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden opens the second installment of The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image, titled Part II: Realisms. While Part …

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 …

Allora & Calzadilla’s Ode to Joy

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 11, 2008

Allora & Calzadilla’s Ode to Joy

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 11, 2008

Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla create public ‘situations’ where the audience commonly plays a communicative or interactive role. Their films, performances, sculptures, site-specific works and actions often address political themes …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Artist iGoogle Museum

by Rosanna Flouty | May 11, 2008

Artist iGoogle Museum

by Rosanna Flouty | May 11, 2008

Two weeks ago, you might have noticed Jeff Koons’ giant metallic tulips decorating your Google homepage. The search engine giant invited international artists and innovators to create custom page layouts …

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 …

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 …

Jenny Holzer on Twitter

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 21, 2008

Jenny Holzer on Twitter

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 21, 2008

Current Jenny Holzer (Season 4) Twitter message: INHERITANCE MUST BE ABOLISHED To see more of the artist’s aphorisms on the social networking site, click here.

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

by David Roesing | Apr 9, 2008

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

by David Roesing | Apr 9, 2008

TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, a group show which opened on March 15 at the High Museum in Atlanta features work from three Art21 artists. Alfredo Jaar, Inigo …

James Turrell Skyspace at Pomona College

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 2, 2008

James Turrell Skyspace at Pomona College

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 2, 2008

Pomona College alumnus James Turrell (Season 1) has produced a Skyspace for his alma mater in the Draper Courtyard of the campus, realized in collaboration with consulting architects Marmol Radziner …

Sikander and Barney in concurrent shows at MIT’s List Center

by David Roesing | Mar 25, 2008

Sikander and Barney in concurrent shows at MIT’s List Center

by David Roesing | Mar 25, 2008

Matthew Barney and Shahzia Sikander, both Season 1 artists, currently have exhibitions at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center in Boston. Barney is best known for his work in sculpture and …

Laurie Anderson takes “Homeland” on tour

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 24, 2008

Laurie Anderson takes “Homeland” on tour

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 24, 2008

Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson (Season 1) will be taking her new politico-musical on global tour starting March 26th with a kick-off at Carnegie Hall. As previously mentioned by Art21 guest …

James Turrell at Aspen’s Baldwin Gallery

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 7, 2008

James Turrell at Aspen’s Baldwin Gallery

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 7, 2008

If you are lucky enough to be in Aspen, check out Season 2 artist James Turrell‚Äôs Light Works 2002-2007 exhibition before it closes this Sunday at the Baldwin Gallery. Renowned …

Mark Dion talk at the Ulrich Museum in Wichita

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 5, 2008

Mark Dion talk at the Ulrich Museum in Wichita

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 5, 2008

Tomorrow at 6:00pm, the Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, KS (a Season 4 mini-grant partner) presents a talk by Season 4 artist Mark Dion. Dion‚Äôs interest in the natural …