Tag Archives: installation
John Baldessari: Installation Works 1987-1989
Marian Goodman Gallery is showing early installation works by John Baldessari that represent the artist’s distinct architectural elements and their exploration. They are compositional photography pieces that developed during a defining period of the artist’s career. John Baldessari is also set to have a solo exhibition at The Garage CCC in Moscow, Russia in September. John […]
Mathieu Lefevre: The Stuff Things Are Made Of at Regina Rex
The art world revolves around objects, but much of its substance exists in the discourse surrounding those objects—in the myths about artists and expression; the theories devised to understand and evaluate works of art; the rules that determine their commercial value; the viewers’ desires, expectations, and knowledge of art history. The artist-run space, Regina Rex, […]
Linda Francis, John O’Connor, and Ken Weathersby at Suite 217
He had shown that the image did not exist, only chains of images, and that the very way these were assembled, from the genetic code to the Renault production chain, this assembly itself constituted an image, an image that reflected how we fit into the center or the periphery of the universe. –Jean-Luc Godard, “Changer […]
Mike Kelley at Hangar Bicocca, Milan
I was always drawn to Mike Kelley’s work. Every time I saw something of his, I always thought that I should look more into his work. Somehow, I never did. Then he committed suicide, which was unexpected. So when I heard that a show curated by Emi Fontana (known in Italy as a successful gallerist […]
State of the Book: New Work by Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares
It’s not a stretch to imagine the printed book becoming an endangered species in a society where 140 characters or less becomes the limit of knowledge consumption. With the advent of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of digital media, the appreciation for the printed word becomes simultaneously treasured and successively phased-out. Multidisciplinary artists Antonia Wright […]
In Conversation: Leah Oates talks to Carol Salmanson
Leah Oates: How did you become an artist and what is your family background? Carol Salmanson: I come from a family with a humble background and ambitious parents, who had no interest in the arts. I was passionate about both visual art and ballet, but my mother actively discouraged me until I was in high […]
Close to the Tower of Silence: Shirin Neshat by Nina Zivancevic
Shirin Neshat, originally from Iran, is a woman artist of an international repute. She always challenges the notion of femininity in her video work, her films, and her installations. Many things have already been written about her much awarded film Women without Men in which we see women, with or without men, who question all forms […]
In Conversation: Conrad Bakker interviewed by Leah Oates
Leah Oates: How did you become an artist and did you know early on that you would be in the arts or did you begin as something else? Where there other artists in your family? Conrad Bakker: As a child I was always curious about the world and interested in making useless things, but […]
Charles Harlan at JTT
Many young artists today feel the need to bust into the scene flailing like a whirling dervish, splashing bits and pieces of their expressive output in every direction as boldly as possible. As an emerging artist who seems to be enjoying a bit of success, Charles Harlan knows how to make an impact while keeping […]
Eli Ping at Susan Inglett Gallery
Stacked together and leaned against the wall, identical panes of safety glass seem to have been the recipient of a blow in this state, shattered ripple tracing the energy’s transference. The press release reveals that this glass is cut in the same ratio as the standard for 35mm movie film, a similarly impressionable medium. This […]
