GET RID OF YOURSELF Ralf Katzenstein „Um die Mitte des ersten Tages passierte etwas Wunderschönes. Ich traf eine alte Freundin, die ich seit Monaten nicht gesehen hatte. Ich sah sie ganz alleine einen Geldautomaten mit einem Hammer zertrümmern. Sie schien vollkommen in einer anderen Welt zu sein. Sie sah glücklich aus." So lautet ein Zitat […]

Back to the Future, From Slovenia Birgit J�bstl At this year’s Venice Biennale, exhausting myself in the curators’ shows at the Arsenale, I discovered a handful of paintings, hung nearly up to the ceiling, the Irwin Icons (2003). In their ordered manner and as a traditional medium they provided a bit of room to take […]

Ellsworth Kelly: The Sky’s The Limit Peter Lucas At least three of Ellsworth Kelly’s shows over the last decade have fascinated and moved me: "New Displays: Ellsworth Kelly" at the Tate Gallery in London in 1993; "Sculpture for a Large Wall" at MoMA in 1999; and "Tablet 1948-1973" at The Drawing Center in SoHo in […]

Grandes Expectativas: Art Basel Miami Beach II Dave Powell Despite the high hopes long held by many PoPoMoans for America’s tertiary cities, let’s face it: there are still only two major art centers in this country, and if I have to name them for you, just flip to the next article.   Sure, the list […]

Tales of Happy Communion: New Work by Su-en Wong Jill Conner  Best known for combining self-portraiture and multiplicity within erotic contexts, Su-en Wong will close out the year of 2003 with two solo shows. A third exhibition of her art is currently scheduled at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas, for 2004. In contrast […]

Are We There Yet? Courtney Mallen Mecca, 2001, cibachrome � Mark Mann Laurence Miller Gallery, New York                In2000’s best-selling expose, Fast Food Nation,style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>Eric Schlosser documented andanalyzed the rise and cultural integration of the All-American fast foodrestaurant experience. At the same time that Americans were being sold on thecheap, easy way to take your family […]

Subjective Perspectives in Search of Global Subjects: Digital Africa – The Electronic Arts Intermix and the African Film Festival Subjective Perspectives in Search of Global Subjects: Digital Africa The Electronic Arts Intermix and the African Film Festival Curated byMahen Bonetti and Prerana Reddy of the African Film Festival, the DigitalAfrica exibition at Electronic Arts Intermix […]

Otto Berchem’s 16th Minute Amiel Grumberg   Avoidingthe picturesque entirely, Julie Bozzi creates American landscape paintings thatportray the antiheroic. The artist works sitting in her car, usually at dusk,looking through the windshield at her chosen site. Her process is echoed in theformat of her paintings, which depict narrow stretches of land that, althoughanonymous on many […]

Hidden in Plain Sight Andrea Karnes Four Surviving Hedge Fragments, 2003, Oil on canvas, 4 x 10 inches (10.2 x 25.4 cm.) Courtesy of the artist and Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas Avoidingthe picturesque entirely, Julie Bozzi creates American landscape paintings thatportray the antiheroic. The artist works sitting in her car, usually at dusk,looking through […]

Cunningham’s 50th Season: Short-Circuit Yields Bright Light Lori Ortiz style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>Merce Cunningham makes a point of leaving some things to chance. The elements of surprise and risk that have characterized his life work do not preclude rigorous choice and aesthetic judgment in his selection of artists, dancers, and the form of the dance itself. It’s just […]