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Roots
Monday, 7 April 2008 13:55When we were younger, my mother wasn’t home much of the time. She was always traveling on business so we found ourselves being raised primarily by my taxi-driving father. My younger brother, Stephan and sister, Suzette were a team along with my father. Sean Marc Lee lives and works in Los Angeles. Sean Marc […]
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Dannielle Tegeder at BodyBuilder and Sportsman Gallery
Friday, 4 April 2008 11:44Dannielle Tegeder’s installation of drawings, video, and found object sculpture titled The Chicago Index of the Invisible: Incidents and Interconnections explores unexplained disappearances and crimes. Everyday in the United States 2,000 people are reported missing and according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations there were over 50,930 missing adult cases as of January 31, 2007. […]
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A Williamsburg State of Mind
Friday, 4 April 2008 11:30Leah Oates: What are you working on currently in the studio? Karen Marston: I’m doing studies for a new series, small paintings on wood panels that I approach more like drawings or sketches. I’m exploring a new form for me, different but still part of the anatomical work I’ve been developing for several years. […]
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Brooklyn Industries
Thursday, 3 April 2008 15:41Mary Cook: Greg, Congratulations on your first one-person exhibition at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery. It is a pleasure to get a sneak peak of your work before it is on view across the river in Chelsea. Greg Lindquist: Thank you for visiting. This show Industry follows the trajectory of the last show, To Brooklyn, which […]
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Still Life
Thursday, 3 April 2008 15:27According to Joaquim Vieiras, with whom I agree, artists are people who produce images without being asked by anyone to do it. However, these images are made to be seen by others. For whatever reasons painters produce images—which implacably vary—this activity always demands the answer to at least one question: “What to paint?” (at least […]
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Flora and Fauna
Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:40I have been thinking about the plants and animals that have existed over time. Variations occur from generation to generation. Forms of life are subjected to environmental pressures. If a particular variation provides an advantage, it can then be seen as an adaptation. Organisms compete for resources. Some thrive and some become extinct. Environments are […]
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Don Porcella at Stefan Stux Gallery
Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:23Apparently the turkey vulture has been seen in 48 of 50 states; this is what Don tells me. Right now it’s in a Chelsea gallery and clutching a decapitated head. The artist, who hails from California but now works in New York City, then points out the bird’s coloring and its relation to art. […]
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Lobster Boy Grows Up
Tuesday, 1 April 2008 16:25Gillian Sneed: I know you are probably sick of talking about it, but I have to ask you about the whole “Lobster Boy” fiasco. When I heard about it back in 2002, having known you from before, I thought it was pure genius, and actually quite hilarious… William Kofmehl: What you won’t find on Wikipedia […]
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Portuguese Perspectives on Art in New York, Berlin, and Lisbon
Tuesday, 1 April 2008 15:56Ana Cardoso: So, when I asked you to do this talk, you defined yourself as auteur, which means you moved to a slightly different arena from the one where you did different things–art, curatorial projects, art essays, and reviews–now you’re more interested in focusing on text, as an investigation, as a thesis? Ana Teixeira Pinto: […]
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Jason Osborne
Monday, 31 March 2008 13:09Jason: Hey Jason what are you up to right now? Osborne: Not much, interviewing myself. Jason Osborne’s first solo show, Tragedy Strategy, was on view at The Journal Gallery in Williamsburg, NY in February. Here Osborne conducts an interview with himself. Jason Osborne, Untitled, 2008. Acrylic on paper, 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Courtesy of […]