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If classical musicians had their way, they’d choose to be invisible. For example, pianist Sviatoslav Richter performed his later concerts in halls that were almost completely dark, lit only by a single piano lamp that let him see the keyboard. SoPercussion Dawn Chan So Percussion, Drumming, Part One by Steve Reich, 2005. Performance. Image courtesy […]

Monuments inspire serious reflection on a communal past. Resonant with the sentiment "life is short, art is long," bronze busts, stone obelisks and neo-classical marbles–the typical stuff of memorials–fuse form and function to create permanent sites for personal reflection within public spaces. Kathrin Becker, Displaced Colleen Becker Edgar Arceneaux, Star Coviek Brdo (Old Man Hill), […]

At the age of nine, I stood on the slanted front porch of our farmhouse as a giant Transformer approached from the horizon, cratering the landscape with its iron feet, moving as slowly but as inevitably as an approaching thunderstorm. Seen and Herd Daniel Menasche Mamechiyo, My Little Pony from the Pony Project 2005. Courtesy […]

For those of you who don’t know Manchester, England, it is the Seattle of the United Kingdom. For those of you who don’t know Seattle–it rains. It rains a lot. "The ‘M’ Factor," Neil Roland / Suburb Caf�, Manchester, UK Stephen Gosling For those of you who don’t know Manchester, England, it is the Seattle […]

This unique documentary project by the famous Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren on Northern European immigration is open at Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg, Sweden. The opening of "War & Love" will coincide with the onset of Sweden’s Multi-cultural Year 2006. The exhibition will be on tour throughout Scandinavia for the next two years. Henrik Saxgren, Northern […]

Anyone who keeps a journal understands the intensely personal nature of it. In the age of Friendster profiles, live journals, blogs and the generally increased ability to live in public via technology, the space opened by this two-dimensional surface becomes increasingly sacred. But as its value as a personal document increases, so too does our […]

In the traditional use of text, the readers’ field of vision is occupied with a white page lined with black shapes. This minimal of visual stimuli begins to fade off if one reads for any length of time, as the ideas formed by the combination of these marks overwhelm their meaning (or lack thereof) as […]

Angus Galloway and Paul Rodecker have been working on a collaborative drawing project via mail since they moved away from each othe Angus Galloway and Paul Rodecker, Journal Entries Rebecca Lossin Angus Galloway and Paul Rodecker Angus Galloway and Paul Rodecker have been working on a collaborative drawing project via mail since they moved away […]

With artist, entrepreneur, publisher, gallerist, Abraham Lubelski, anything that engages his attention and imagination is possible. Five years ago, not long after I launched Maverick Arts Magazine as an eletter, he was one of the first to respond. Abraham invited me to submit Maverick articles for republication on his website and in the print version […]

I saw a crowd was gathered as I approached. Shifting from side to side, milling about, across the street from the NYU Bobst library. This is the site of Jenny Holzer’s second installation in series of projections entitled "For the City." Jenny Holzer, Writing on the Wall Emily Steinfeld NYU Bobst Library where Jenny Holzer?s […]