Tag Archives: Performance

Contemporary Relationships with the Landscape and Online Services: A Case Study

by Joel Holmberg | Jan 14, 2010

Contemporary Relationships with the Landscape and Online Services: A Case Study

by Joel Holmberg | Jan 14, 2010

The exhibition history and creative output of the artist Anthony Burdin is intertwined with—and often overshadowed by his nomadic lifestyle. The 2006 Whitney Biennial participant identifies himself as a recording …

In Earnest

by Nova Benway | Jan 4, 2010

In Earnest

by Nova Benway | Jan 4, 2010

The last artist I’ll include in my discussion of earnestness, or what one might also call exuberant seriousness, is David Olsen, a sculptor who has spent the last several years …

Bibi Calderaro’s Gifts

by Nova Benway | Jan 3, 2010

Bibi Calderaro’s Gifts

by Nova Benway | Jan 3, 2010

Like Eve Essex and Stuart Sherman, mentioned in my other posts, Brooklyn-based artist Bibi Calderaro has a peculiar relationship to performance and audience. Last year’s project, PRESENT, found her at …
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 …
Beyonce and Jay-Z at Art Basel Miami

Top 10 of 2009: Entertainers Who Moonlight as Artists

by Lily Simonson | Dec 31, 2009

Top 10 of 2009: Entertainers Who Moonlight as Artists

by Lily Simonson | Dec 31, 2009

In the spirit of my Los Angeles beat, I present to you the most exciting art world interlopers to come out of Hollywood in 2009: 10. Sylvester Stallone is making …

Flash Points

Inhale. Exhale. Whew.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 29, 2009

Flash Points

Inhale. Exhale. Whew.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 29, 2009

In the New York Times video Copenhagen 101, reporter Tom Zeller asks people in Times Square what they know about the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) in Copenhagen. …

Eve Essex and Cornelius Cardew

by Nova Benway | Dec 27, 2009

Eve Essex and Cornelius Cardew

by Nova Benway | Dec 27, 2009

Continuing the tenuous thread I’ve begun to weave, today’s post concerns Eve Essex, an artist I’ve been interested in since she was a resident with the Berwick Research Institute in …

This Year, Give Stuart Sherman

by Nova Benway | Dec 22, 2009

This Year, Give Stuart Sherman

by Nova Benway | Dec 22, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPeeW_5IkQ] At a time of year when exuberant celebration meets with reflection and humanitarian impulses, it seems appropriate to devote my posts to a few artists, curators, and projects that …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

This week in Art21 artist news we have two tapestry makers, a silk archway, the master of Cremaster, an artist who likes to do laundry, a magical sound installation, environmental issues, creative …

Players Painting: Yolanda Sousa Kammermeier

by Jennifer Doyle | Dec 13, 2009

Players Painting: Yolanda Sousa Kammermeier

by Jennifer Doyle | Dec 13, 2009

Chilavert is sitting on my hotel bed. The 6’4″ Paraguyan keeper cuts an imposing figure, even on canvas: his magnificent shaved head, thick neck and muscular shoulders rest on the …

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

On Location: Filming Art21 Educators in Southern California

by Nick Ravich | Dec 11, 2009

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

On Location: Filming Art21 Educators in Southern California

by Nick Ravich | Dec 11, 2009

In our new column, On Location, Art21 Director of Production Nick Ravich breaks his silence and gives you the scoop on Art21’s production comings and goings including, among other things, …

Flash Points

Athletes & Artists: Riyas Komu’s “Mark Him”

by Jennifer Doyle | Dec 10, 2009

Flash Points

Athletes & Artists: Riyas Komu’s “Mark Him”

by Jennifer Doyle | Dec 10, 2009

Flash Points contributor and University of Riverside professor Jennifer Doyle is currently spending 2 weeks in India, traveling with the Indian artist Riyas Komu. Following is the first in a …

Looking at Los Angeles

Guts Get Out of Hand

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 3, 2009

Looking at Los Angeles

Guts Get Out of Hand

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 3, 2009

On 7 AM on Thanksgiving morning, I was sitting on my aunt’s couch in Atlanta, watching news coverage about the “uninvited, well dressed Virginia couple” that had crashed Obama’s dinner …

Gastro-Vision

Antidiets of the Avant-Garde

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 2, 2009

Gastro-Vision

Antidiets of the Avant-Garde

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 2, 2009

Some 30 years after the Italian poet and founder of the Futurist movement Filippo Tommaso Marinetti wrote The Futurist Cookbook (1932) and proposed a revolution in food, the European avant-garde …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Lisa Bradley

by Georgia Kotretsos | Nov 27, 2009

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Lisa Bradley

by Georgia Kotretsos | Nov 27, 2009

Detroiter by birth and New York-raised, Lisa Bradley is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sculpture & Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

From the west to the east coast and over to Taiwan, Art21 artists are involved in a number of new and large-scale exhibitions: Works by Barry McGee (Season 1) and …

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 15, 2009

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 15, 2009

“A cage went in search of a bird.” — The Zürau Aphorisms of Franz Kafka What is so frustrating, yet so sublimely pleasing about conceptual work? Is it the slight …

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Hello Art:21 interweb world! I hope to do you justice with my musings and bits and pieces of contemporary art knick-knacks. I think as an artist and designer working today, …

The Art21 Guide to PERFORMA 09

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

The Art21 Guide to PERFORMA 09

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

If you’re lucky enough to be in New York City during Performa 09 this month, there are a number of events featuring Art21 artists that are not to be missed! …

An Artist and a Citizen

by Kelly Huang | Oct 30, 2009

An Artist and a Citizen

by Kelly Huang | Oct 30, 2009

Theaster Gates is an artist living and working in Chicago. Labeling him an artist certainly does not capture who he is and what he does, though. He is often referred …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside The Artist’s Studio: Joulia Strauss

by Georgia Kotretsos | Oct 30, 2009

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside The Artist’s Studio: Joulia Strauss

by Georgia Kotretsos | Oct 30, 2009

It would be an oversimplification to introduce Joulia Strauss to you as a Russian visual artist who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Joulia is a Mari, from the Mari …

This is so contemporary!

by Kelly Huang | Oct 28, 2009

This is so contemporary!

by Kelly Huang | Oct 28, 2009

German artist Tino Sehgal recently spoke about his practice in a discussion with Jens Hoffmann at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco. Sehgal has been showing …

Flash Points

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Breaking Bread

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 22, 2009

Flash Points

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Breaking Bread

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 22, 2009

Gastro-Vision is a new monthly column dedicated to all things food in contemporary art and visual culture. This month’s post also falls under the Flash Points topic, Systems. Yours in …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Concepts Around Interviewing Artists: a Discussion with Glenn Wharton

by Richard McCoy | Oct 20, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Concepts Around Interviewing Artists: a Discussion with Glenn Wharton

by Richard McCoy | Oct 20, 2009

IMA conservator Richard McCoy discusses the methodology and the process of interviewing artists with MoMA conservator Glenn Wharton.

Parallel Stress

by Nathan Townes-Anderson | Oct 19, 2009

Parallel Stress

by Nathan Townes-Anderson | Oct 19, 2009

“Parallel Stress” is a reenactment of a 1970 art work by Dennis Oppenheim.  The project unfolds not only as a reenactment but also as a search for the artist’s approval, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 19, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 19, 2009

New photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3) are on view at Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco through October 31. Sugimoto’s latest body of work titled Lightning Fields depicts electricity. To …

Art21 Extended Play

Carrie Mae Weems | Thirteen Questions for Wynton Marsalis & Cornel West

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 16, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Carrie Mae Weems | Thirteen Questions for Wynton Marsalis & Cornel West

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 16, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: As part of a panel discussion moderated by Baraka Sele at the 20th National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, artist Carrie …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Art of the Pub

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 22, 2009

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Art of the Pub

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 22, 2009

Gastro-Vision is a new monthly column dedicated to all things food in contemporary art and visual culture. Yara El-Sherbini has used pubs as a site for her work for the …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Krzysztof Wodiczko interviewed by Giuliana Bruno

by BOMB Magazine | Sep 18, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Krzysztof Wodiczko interviewed by Giuliana Bruno

by BOMB Magazine | Sep 18, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we’re featuring a BOMB contributor relating to a Season 5 artist. This week, inspired by Kimsooja’s videos and installations, we’re …

Flash Points

Fabricating the DNA Fingerprint

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 13, 2009

Flash Points

Fabricating the DNA Fingerprint

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 13, 2009

The most exciting moments of the intersection of art and science, for me, are when artists’ use of scientific materials and methods reveal new aspects of their media. Genetic evidence …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Cindy Sherman interviewed by Betsy Sussler

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 28, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Cindy Sherman interviewed by Betsy Sussler

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 28, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we’re featuring a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist. Inspired by Cindy Sherman’s “Transformations,” this week we …

Chain Link Fence

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 25, 2009

Chain Link Fence

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 25, 2009

Some summertime offerings from the internets. Pastels Not Dunzo: Joshua David Stein watches the cast of “The Hills” getting pastel’d. “Chalk pastels are the soft focus of the art world …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hot Scots, Part Un

by Ben Street | Aug 24, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hot Scots, Part Un

by Ben Street | Aug 24, 2009

In a big, sprawling, multi-tentacular artsfest like the Edinburgh Festival, certain forms of art – like, say, one-woman mime interpretations of the career of Robin Williams, or freestyle macrame workshops …

Let Them Read Books/Play Records: Taschen, Plattfon, Stampa, Aniston

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 24, 2009

Let Them Read Books/Play Records: Taschen, Plattfon, Stampa, Aniston

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 24, 2009

“This new edition is the fulfillment of an ambition conceived years ago. We jokingly referred to it as ‘Newton for the poor.’ ” Oh, Benedikt Taschen, it’s quotes like these—and your …

Art21 Extended Play

Oliver Herring | Participant Joyce Pensato

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 21, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Oliver Herring | Participant Joyce Pensato

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 21, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Artist Joyce Pensato discusses her experiences appearing as a performer in Oliver Herring’s videos. The work, which also features participant Davis-Thompson Moss, …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Paul McCarthy interviewed by Benjamin Weissman

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 21, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Paul McCarthy interviewed by Benjamin Weissman

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 21, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we’ll be featuring a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist. This week we present Paul McCarthy’s interview …