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The Monster Who Killed the Echo – Jonathan Hartshorn
Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:58They are still dying. They are still there, dying. Tom’s leg and arm are missing. He doesn’t look happy. He has lost some weight. He has grown a beard. He likes to watch those movies. He seems okay, but I can’t say the same for his sister. She keeps crying. Don’t know why though. Doesn’t […]
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Composing Sensuality – Eric Pelka
Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:55My mother took me weekly to the Cleveland Museum of Art at the age of three. This was my first formal introduction to a large and diverse collection of fine art in one building. One particular work of art that captured my attention most was Henri Matisse’s Woman with Etruscan Vase. I can never get […]
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Pink Kid Gloves – Jinnine Pak
Monday, 5 February 2007 17:31A.I.R. Gallery and Chashama present “Pink Kid Gloves,” a group exhibition of A.I.R. Gallery artists, curated by Jinnine Pak, a 2005-06 Fellowship recipient.Susan Bee, Sarah Blackwelder, Fay Ku and Deborah Wasserman each address the complexities of childhood or adolescence in their work. The artists approach the topic through a personal and cultural context and challenge […]
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Philip Simmons
Monday, 5 February 2007 17:25My current works are wall-mounted or hang from chains. They adopt the visual language of western road signs of a bygone era of American idealism, much like the famous Mobil gas Pegasus sign, which Warhol reinterpreted. Spare, glossy and minimal in appearance, my work strives for symbolic complexity by combining images to create layered meaning. […]
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Mark Adkins
Monday, 5 February 2007 17:14Gescheidle recently presented “Ruination, New Works on Paper,” an exhibition of recent drawings by Chicago-based artist Mark Adkins. The artist earned his MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and his BFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Adkins currently works as a museum specialist at the Art Institute of Chicago. Adkin’s […]
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NeighborWood – Mike Burnett
Friday, 2 February 2007 15:52Compound Gallery contacted me in the middle of the year. They said they had an opening in their calendar for December and that they would love to feature my work in a solo show. Because I had previous commitments for shows in October and November, I had to decline. I would simply not have enough […]
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Naughty or Nice – Andrew Hosner
Friday, 2 February 2007 15:46“Naughty or Nice” was Thinkspace’s holiday group show featuring new works from 16 of the new contemporary art movement’s hottest young artists, including a large-scale installation from Los Angeles’ Jaime “Germs” Zacarias in our front gallery. Stepping into our space, you walk into Germs’ floor-to-ceiling mural installation to marvel at two large works that compliment […]
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Art Godz – Julian Cassia
Friday, 2 February 2007 15:40“Art Godz,” the exhibition curated by John A. Holt, took place at the White Room Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The ambiance was vibrant and positive with an enthusiastic turnout of art collectors and art aficionados. The pieces ranged from portraits, drip/action paintings, pencil and ink drawings, color photographs as well as sculpture, all by local […]
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Misfit – Joni Taylor
Thursday, 1 February 2007 17:36It´s the opening night of Danielle de Picciotto´s latest exhibition, "Misfit," and one of her drawings is being tattooed onto the upper arm of her partner, industrial music legend Alexander Hacke. And it´s loud. The sound of the needle, controlled by No Pain No Brain´s resident tattoo artist extraordinaire, W.T.Norbert, is being electronically manipulated and […]
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Artnews Projects – Christiane von Gilsa
Thursday, 1 February 2007 17:29The Artnews Society opened its exhibition space, Artnews Projects, at Brunnenstrasse 188 in Berlin-Mitte on the the 30th of September last year. The organisation publishing the online magazine, Artnews.info, hereby expanded from the internet to an exhibition platform for young contemporary art. This exhibition space will follow the international character of Artnews.info by inviting artists, […]