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Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. I

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Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. I

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 4, 2010

As a northerner recently transplanted to the Greater Houston area, I admit to having reservations about all things Texan. I have found this a tough place to love at first …

Grand Canyon Journal 3: The Painter of Video to Life

by Karthik Pandian | Feb 4, 2010

Grand Canyon Journal 3: The Painter of Video to Life

by Karthik Pandian | Feb 4, 2010

Our previous guest blogger, Karthik Pandian, continues his Grand Canyon journal in the following post. — Ed. [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2_oWKE13TA] Has there ever been such an elegant dramatization of the power of …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Remembering artist and friend Flo McGarrell

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jan 29, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Remembering artist and friend Flo McGarrell

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jan 29, 2010

Flores McGarrell I lost my voice. Incredibly frustrating because I have a lot I need to say right now. I just make ridiculous squeaking sounds. […] I think I should …

Grand Canyon Journal 2: Let’s Get Medievalist on that Crevasse

by Karthik Pandian | Jan 26, 2010

Grand Canyon Journal 2: Let’s Get Medievalist on that Crevasse

by Karthik Pandian | Jan 26, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2CqTsHQ78U] With the haunting mix of bodily certainty and existential confusion that characterizes a case of morning wood, the naked, supine torso of Ed Harris comes to sudden erection in a …

Grand Canyon Journal 1: Fly-over

by Karthik Pandian | Jan 20, 2010

Grand Canyon Journal 1: Fly-over

by Karthik Pandian | Jan 20, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quDXr3gJpgk] A few weeks ago, I was flying from St. Louis to Los Angeles on one of those clear, bright winter afternoons that makes America look like a Björk video. …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Examining Roles and Investigating Responses; a Conversation with Rebecca Uchill

by Richard McCoy | Jan 19, 2010

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Examining Roles and Investigating Responses; a Conversation with Rebecca Uchill

by Richard McCoy | Jan 19, 2010

IMA conservator Richard McCoy talks with former IMA curator and current MIT PhD student Rebecca Uchill about the creation of the IMA’s Variable Art Team and the evolving roles of those that care for contemporary art.

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 …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

The Ethics of Dust: A Conversation with Jorge Otero-Pailos

by Richard McCoy | Dec 15, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

The Ethics of Dust: A Conversation with Jorge Otero-Pailos

by Richard McCoy | Dec 15, 2009

IMA art conservator Richard McCoy discusses the installation “The Ethics of Dust” with Columbia University professor & architect Jorge Otero-Pailos.

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Electrical Forest: Made in Troy

by Noah Fischer | Dec 4, 2009

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Electrical Forest: Made in Troy

by Noah Fischer | Dec 4, 2009

We invited artist Noah Fischer to write about his current project, Electrical Forest: Made in Troy, a site-specific installation in Troy, New York. — Ed. During my initial research missions …

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI-6wMlaVTc] In my last post as your guest blogger, I want to indulge a bit and quickly acknowledge my un-quenchable lust for the artist’s book. No, I don’t mean the …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

International Design Conservation: A Discussion with Tim Bechthold

by Richard McCoy | Nov 18, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

International Design Conservation: A Discussion with Tim Bechthold

by Richard McCoy | Nov 18, 2009

IMA art conservator Richard McCoy talks with Die Neue Sammlung conservator Tim Bechthold about conserving design arts.

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 center of the art world?

by Kelly Huang | Nov 2, 2009

The center of the art world?

by Kelly Huang | Nov 2, 2009

The New York art world is a shell of its former self. And I think that’s because New York is such a hard city to live in, that it is …

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 …

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.

BOMB in the Building

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Krzysztof Wodiczko interviewed by Giuliana Bruno

by BOMB Magazine | Sep 18, 2009

BOMB in the Building

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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 …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Beck to the Future!

by Ben Street | Sep 14, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Beck to the Future!

by Ben Street | Sep 14, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkcvrV4UhTM] The “cultural cringe” – the crippling inferiority complex that members of a particular country feel about their homeland, as evidenced in the bluffed provenance of just about every college …

Play Art Loud: Creating Characters on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 9, 2009

Play Art Loud: Creating Characters on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 9, 2009

Have you ever pretended to be someone else? Is there a difference between fictional characters and historical figures lost to time? This week we’re looking at videos of artists who …

Play Art Loud: DIY Videos on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 1, 2009

Play Art Loud: DIY Videos on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 1, 2009

Ever wanted to make a movie? This week we’re looking at DIY-style videos on ArtBabble, pulling together a potpourri of all things homemade, rough, and celebratory of the do-it-yourself attitude …

BOMB in the Building

Letter from London

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Aug 21, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Letter from London

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Aug 21, 2009

It’s mealtime! Join Sonya for a fine helping of nutrients and adventure with this week’s Index: Round ‘em up Nicole! Here’s what Art21 artists have been up to this past …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Aug 14, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Aug 14, 2009

Sports and art are holding hands. Trong Gia Nguyen takes us to first base with that and other news relating to Art21 artists. Bruce Willis was a pub rocker, Scarlett …

Things That Made Me Go Hmmm…

by Adrian Duran | Jul 21, 2009

Things That Made Me Go Hmmm…

by Adrian Duran | Jul 21, 2009

Hello again and Happy Scopes Monkey Trial Day, though it wasn’t a good day for the monkey. That went fairly well, or so I’d like to think. People responded (your …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Extending the Conservation Framework: A Site-Specific Conservation Discussion with Francesca Esmay

by Richard McCoy | Jul 21, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Extending the Conservation Framework: A Site-Specific Conservation Discussion with Francesca Esmay

by Richard McCoy | Jul 21, 2009

IMA conservator Richard McCoy discusses 100 Acres and Spiral Jetty with Dia conservator Francesca Esmay.

Art21 Extended Play

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 15, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 15, 2009

Krzysztof Wodiczko is the sole artist representing Poland at this summer’s Venice Biennale. The striking video installation of milky windows depicts the shadows of immigrant workers as they take on …

Haberdashery Anyone?

by Mary Cook | Jun 5, 2009

Haberdashery Anyone?

by Mary Cook | Jun 5, 2009

179 Canal Street, 2nd Floor. Peeper Place, Dani Leventhal, May 16, 2009. Photo by Margaret Lee on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/margaret-lee) Artists staging their own shows is nothing new. The French Impressionists …

Once more, with feeling

by Julia Steinmetz | May 10, 2009

Once more, with feeling

by Julia Steinmetz | May 10, 2009

Imagine the evening news meets Flight of the Conchords in a project mapping an effusion of feeling onto the flattened affect of reporters and politicians. YouTube video art sensation “Auto-Tune …

Catching Feelings

by Julia Steinmetz | May 6, 2009

Catching Feelings

by Julia Steinmetz | May 6, 2009

I’ve been trying to ignore all of the panic and mania surrounding swine flu, since as far as I know anxiety has not yet been proven to afford protection against …

Feline Theatricality

by Julia Steinmetz | May 1, 2009

Feline Theatricality

by Julia Steinmetz | May 1, 2009

I stumbled on this YouTube video today, and immediately stopped to think about how much Michael Fried has given me. Sometimes a critic’s description of a phenomenon can be truly …

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For the Love of God: The Artist as Capitalist

by Julia Steinmetz | Apr 29, 2009

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For the Love of God: The Artist as Capitalist

by Julia Steinmetz | Apr 29, 2009

In 2007, artist Damien Hirst exhibited a work at the White Cube gallery in London which is reputed to be the most expensive contemporary artwork ever made. Entitled For the …

BOMB in the Building

BOMB is (back) in the building

by BOMB Magazine | Apr 24, 2009

BOMB in the Building

BOMB is (back) in the building

by BOMB Magazine | Apr 24, 2009

After a hiatus, we (the folks from BOMB Magazine) are back to resume our fun and educational guest blogging. We’ll be chiming in once a month with some cool stuff …

Indie Games +/or Games as Art

by Nicholas O'Brien | Apr 22, 2009

Indie Games +/or Games as Art

by Nicholas O'Brien | Apr 22, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikNBn4wX8AU] Invisible Threads, Double Happiness Jeans by Stephanie Rothenberg and Jeff Crouse In continuing the thread (no pun intended with Double Happiness) of Play and it’s relationship to newMedia art, …

On the Demuxing Post

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 27, 2009

On the Demuxing Post

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 27, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfLZ1B1POU] [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPNspJIWeio] In one of my previous posts, I mentioned the life of certain obsolete terms taking on new meaning. As the clock runs out on my brief stint as …

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Election 2008: Seizing the moment in the classroom

by Dillon Paul | Mar 12, 2009

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Election 2008: Seizing the moment in the classroom

by Dillon Paul | Mar 12, 2009

One of the things I love most about teaching 12th grade is the sense that I am meeting students on the border between their child and adult selves. They are …

Babble On!

by Jonathan Munar | Mar 10, 2009

Babble On!

by Jonathan Munar | Mar 10, 2009

It’s no secret: Art21 loves videos about art. So, naturally, we would love the idea of a Web community dedicated to showcasing videos about art, right? Right. ArtBabble—a project initiated …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On representations of the artist at work (Part 2)

by Audrey Chan | Mar 6, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On representations of the artist at work (Part 2)

by Audrey Chan | Mar 6, 2009

Following up our discussion about documentation of the creative process in the cases of Mark Bradford and Jackson Pollock, my students and I talked about what we might include in …