Author Archives: mauri
Vittorio Carradore
I am looking for the essence of nature, stripping the landscape of all the descriptive details that distract, communicating without words, my view of the universe.
Kline and Lindquist Talk Site Specificity and Art Fairs
The following is an excerpt from an ongoing conversation with artist and writer Greg Lindquist, who moderated a panel discussion, Art Fair as Site, at this year’s UNTITLED. Art Fair during Art Basel Miami Beach. Greg invited me to speak as part of the panel because UNTITLED commissioned me to create a site-specific project. PhotoGrid: […]
Dieter and Bjorn Roth at Fondazione HangarBicocca
It will probably take you two, or maybe three, visits to get a real sense of Islands. To get the exhibition in its entire complexity, to try and catch each detail—whether it is visual, auditive, or olfactory. And still, it probably won’t be enough. Entering Islands—the show dedicated to Dieter Roth (Hanover, 1930 – Basel, […]
Equations of Sight-Similarity at OnStellarRays
Featuring: Julia Bland, Nate Boyce, Ala Ebtekar, Mark Geffriaud, Laleh, Khorramian, Hajra Waheed, Lantian Xie Equations of Sight-Similarity January 12 – February 23, 2014 OnStellarRays 1 Rivington Street New York City onstellarrays.com
Circling the Inverse Square at Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
The opening paragraph in the 1996 Nature magazine article “Circling the Inverse Square” (from which this exhibition takes it’s name) begins, “The one bit of physics that almost everyone knows is…” and continues with a fact that I did not (do not) know. Explain to me the premise that there are as many odd numbers […]
NY Arts Contributors, Top 5 Exhibitions of 2013
Best of the year lists are a dime a dozen this time of year. Who can really narrow it all down to a certain number anyway? What we decided to do was to put out an open call to our writers and ask them all to chip in five shows as part of a favorites […]
Over The Edge: Michael E. Smith at Clifton Benevento
I was once in a car crash. While foolishly attempting to cross two lanes of traffic to catch my exit, the rear end of my little two-seater got clipped by a truck, which sent me spinning nearly 360 degrees. Remarkably, my car suffered only a minor dent, but I was left with a sense of […]
Ana A. Zgonjanin
In life, when you do art it’s hard to feel what it starts. Art becomes an inseparable part of my life. Sometimes it seems as if the brush has become part of the body. Inspiration is a giant compared to anything else, and somehow what it boils down to is that I’m looking for that […]
Sur-Real at Woodward Gallery
Featuring: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Thomas Buildmore, Deborah Claxton, Sybil Gibson, Richard Hambleton, Kosbe, David Larson, Mark Mastroianni, Margaret Morrison, NoseGo, Kenji Nakayama, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, stikman, Jeremy Szopinski, Francesco Tumbiolo, Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk, Cristina Vergano, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Andy Warhol Sur-Real January 4 – February 22, 2014 Woodward Gallery 133 Eldridge […]
Paper at Munch Gallery
Featuring: Allan Bestle, Kaspar Bonnén, Rasmus Bregnhøi, Troels Carlsen, Jacob Dahlstrup, Cathrine Raben Davidsen, Christina Hamre, Jan S. Hansen, Ida Kvetny, Anika Lori, Frodo Mikkelsen, Mie Mørkebjerg, Dorte Naomi, Julie Nord, Fie Norsker, Lars Nørgård, Michael Rytz, Anne Sofie Sandal, Jakob Tolstrup, Kathrine Ærtebjerg Paper January 8 – February 2, 2014 Munch Gallery 245 Broome […]
