David Hartt “Stray Light” at the MCA
Inaugurating the MCA Screen space at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Canadian born David Hartt has created a media-base environment. Born in 1964, Hartt now lives and works in Chicago and is best known for photographs he takes with a “dispassionate eye.” Hartt’s subject matter for this project [...]
NYC Gallery end of the year shows
Though most of these shows have ended they are worth making you aware of.
I am a huge fan of Simen Johan’s photographs of animals. And the most recent show at Yossi Milo Gallery (which is changing its location in the New Year) includes works from the series “Until the [...]
Frieze Week in London
Well, I have been a little busy so I hope you will forgive me for not posting this sooner. It was a bit insane in London with a great deal to see in a few short days. For the first time in a long while, I did not manage to see everything [...]
September 11 at MoMA PS1
Peter Eleey has done a magnificent job of curating a moving and artistically solid exhibition. He explained to the small group he led through his show at PS1 that the idea for it had been brewing in his head for awhile. Curators are usually the experts trying to teach the audience [...]
Laurel Sparks Studio Visit:
Originally from Southern California and Phoenix, Arizona, Laurel attended Boston for her undergraduate degree. Initially Laurel was interested in dance but at 15, she made the switch to the visual arts and attended an arts high school in Southern California where her family now lives. After dabbling in drawing, photography and painting, [...]
Studio visits
Katherine Newbegin Studio Visit: a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-mW_53hDjM
Juliana Romano Studio Visit
My initial reaction upon entering the studio of the young artist Juliana Romano is that I was struck by how much I like her paintings. I am always a bit leery when it comes to figurative painting, especially portraits that so intimately capture the sitter. However, [...]
Santa Fe Visit, Summer 2011
Okay so here is the kind of art I expect to see on my visits to Santa Fe:
But I was actually pleasantly surprised by a number of shows I saw. Good thing I know where to go on my visits.
My first stop was a small museum just off the Plaza called [...]
Alexander McQueen “Savage Beauty,” Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, and Anthony Caro on the Roof
If you are in New York, there is no escaping talk of the McQueen show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And for good reason. The exhibition includes work by the infamous designer from his postgraduate show in 1992 to his [...]
Venice Part Four: I was a busy art viewer
Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova
Emilio Vedova who died in 2006 began artistic research in the 1930s when surrounded by the 17th century atmosphere of Venice. He was a major figure in the postwar art scene in the 1950s along with contemporaries Burri and Fontana and a leader [...]
Venice, Venice and More Venice
Panel of artists at Venice in Venice
Venice in Venice was the first show I saw this year at the Biennale. I actually went to a panel discussion with some of the artists: Peter Alexander, Billy Al Bengston, Ron Cooper and Laddie John Dill. The show was curated by Tim Nye and [...]