Bucking Tradition by Robyn Farrell Roulo Group Show at Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
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Chicago
November 14th - February 14th, 2010
Posted
11/21/09
“Italics: Italian Art Between Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008” sheds light on nearly a half century of contemporary art not otherwise seen outside of Italy. The brainchild of international curator, writer and critic, Francesco Bonami, and co-presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the exhibition gives new insight to the conventional definition of “Italian Art”. Presenting work by more than 100 works from nerly 80 artists, “... [more]
Viktoria Binschtok's photographs are as blurry and mysterious as the situations that her subjects have been hired to navigate. In "Suspicious Minds," we never see the photographs' central subjects.
Rather than displaying the entire news photograph that she appropriates and blows up to massive proportions, the Russian-born photographer zooms in the people around the periphery hired to protect whomever's appearance is the reason why the image was taken.
Binschtok's source mat... [more]
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Recent Impressions and Experiences from
‘Biennale di Chianciano Terme 2009’
13th - 27th of September 2009
It is with my mind filled with hopeful joy and satisfaction I now sit down and summarise my views and reflections on the Biennale di Chianciano Terme 2009. Never in my life before have I seen or being a participant at such a high level quality exhibition of contemporary visual art, anywhere in the world. I'm also referrin... [more]
Earth, Water and Fire by Rebecca Catching CHAN Dany, Peou Sam-An and Than Sok, Phe Sophon at French Cultural Center / Centre Culturel Francais
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Worldwide
Phnom Penh
November 18th - November 21st
Posted
11/18/09
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There is something very endearing about collecting – gathering scraps of cloth, discarded bits of plastic and working them into something startling and new. Part of it is the ritual of gathering, and part of it is the phoenix-like transformation of the materials. The idea hunting and... [more]
This non-profit art space, run by filmmaker Nico Mesterharm, is another axis of activity in Phnom Penh. On any balmy evening you’ll find the patio crowded with artgoers who flock there to see the exciting program of locally produced and foreign documentaries and films. There is a distinct German bent – with funding from the Goethe institute – but a surprising amount of variety. Previously screened films include “The Wave” 2008 a German film about a teacher creates a false dictatorship in... [more]
Though thoughts of Cambodia and art most often lead to images of 12th century moss-encrusted temple carvings, Cambodia in fact, has a very interesting emerging contemporary art scene. Phnom Penh boasts a growing number of galleries and spaces such as Metahouse (see flavor pic), the French Cultural Center and Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture. Sadly there is still scant funding for the arts and many young artist survive on less than 100$ a month. But scant funds breed a certain resourcefulness an... [more]
I have found another great artist in Tomoo Gokita. Of anything I have seen recently his works seem to be an actual continuation of a linear art history. Gokita’s pieces in the show ‘Heaven’ at Honor Fraser in Culver City have obvious influences by the Surrealists (Hello, Salvador Dali and Man Ray – maybe some Rene Magritte?) as well as Cubists references in his past works (see ATM Gallery in New York City’s last showing of Gokita’s works). Gokita’s large-scale pieces have a... [more]
These small paintings by Samantha Fields represent an image that every Southern Californian has grown used to seeing. This is also an image that can be extremely jarring to a newly-migrated East Coast native. Fields gives us paintings that could/and are often mistaken as photographs of the Southland Fires. Each is a painting of an actual photograph the artist took of multiple fires from around the region. This subject seems especially poignant this fall after the La Canada-Flintridge ar... [more]
The Cosmic Joke by Georgia Fee Werner Reiterer at Galerie Loevenbruck
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Paris
October 16th - November 21st
Posted
11/17/09
The intimacy of a drawing always appeals to me. The touch of the hand is near; the impulse of the artist reveals itself more easily in drawing. The fragility of paper further lends to this air of tender familiarity. Drawings allow for a conversation between the artist and viewer that is less distanced than other mediums; we peer in like a forensic investigator to observe the fine details, the lines, the erasures, the tremor in the hand or the ferocity of a mark. I often have the fe... [more]
Artists in Analog by Dan Gunn Alex Olson, Lisa Williamson at Shane Campbell Gallery
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Chicago
November 14th - January 9th, 2010
Posted
11/16/09
In Alex Olson’s and Lisa Williamson’s first show at Shane Campbell Gallery they find in each other an interesting analog. Alex Olson’s paintings reference different forms of written text like announcements, editorials, or shorthand writing. Their pictorial flatness emphasizes their texture over an optic space and nods to the paintings’ source material. However, these references appear to be really just a way to organize shapes on a two-dimensional surface, to give it a reason to... [more]
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