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Archive for October 2010
Trecartin: Turgid Waters
Ryan Trecartin is a former art student from the Rhode Island School of Design, and makes videos that he claims are scripted. The results prove otherwise, as amateur actors appear in various forms of drag and costume, seemingly having a ball slinging phrases about that don’t pretend to make any sense. The direction is a… (read more)
citrus oil
In the New York area, there exists a New York buzz for a New York art collective called The Bruce High Quality Foundation; or the Bruces, if you’re avoiding excessive typing. The Bruces are, at times, a cheeky bunch of prankster artists, not only in what they make, but how they make it. No names… (read more)
wow man!
When I was a teenager in the 1970s, our otherwise uncool bunch of smart aleck kids used to make a night of attending a show called Laserium at a local Planetarium in the middle of the USA. While laser light emitted gaseous clouds and spiky beams, played to progressive rock music of the day, we… (read more)
dust happens
Tate Modern is out with a new set of visiting directions for Ai Weiwei’s exhibit in its Turbine Hall. With the over-zealous prodding from Those That Know Best – the UK’s own disciplinarian and self-appointed headmaster, Health and Safety – gallery visitors are no longer permitted to walk onto the porcelain sunflower seeds. Turns out… (read more)
Dickensian Moments
In Dickensian fashion, a tale of two cities is exposed in the realm of British art. For rough and tumble adventures, Liverpool serves up its own, street-wise biennial, lasting from September through November. Meanwhile down in the sumptuous south, London slips us four days of glossy eye-candy at Frieze Art Fair at Regent’s Park. While… (read more)
seen this movie before?
I’m in a position to completely spoil a surprise here, so if you’re coming to IKON’s Eastside Gallery for the AVPD exhibition (until 14 Nov 2010), read no further. It’s an encounter that requires your presence and determination to go with the flow. For everyone else, pour yourself another cup of coffee or glass of… (read more)