"Landscape #1 (Dutchess County, NY)" by James Casebere
Imagine Jasper Johns’ “Map,” that spillage of rectangles arranged haphazardly into the USA, red state leaking to blue state, bound only by the lines of stenciled yellow letters. That, roughly, remains the state of American Art (in capitals) – undefined, multicolored and searching for some form of definition.
At this year’s Whitney Biennial (which closed on May 30), the museum world celebrated – or mourned – the creative works of fifty-five American artists for the 75th time. Throughout the large, gray chambers of Breuer’s architecture, a variety of mediums appeared: ink, paint, gouache, pencils, and aluminum, but also beer, dirt and blood. [click to continue…]
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When you get to Red Hook, look for a yellow sign.
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) is indubitably a quintessential Brooklyn organization and nothing proves that more than the spring art show, Nailed, on view from May 8 – June 13, 2010.
This exhibit set inside a civil war warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront near the colossal Fairway market (click here for Ferry schedule), with a vista of New York Harbor is the venue in which BWAC carries out it’s two missions: the first, to help emerging artists advance their careers; the second to present the art-of-today in an easily accessible format.
Anyone who walks in can say confidently that BWAC goes above and beyond to accomplish these aims. It’s vaguely personal feel and obvious historical look lends a quiet charm. The wooden floors and economical yet spacious arrangement contrasts to the large, airy and sometimes intimidating spaces of other galleries around NYC. A free snack bar doesn’t hurt the cause. [click to continue…]
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Lutz Bacher, Closed Circuit, (1997-2000). 40 minutes. Digital animation of video stills on LCD monitor, color, silent.
At the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens this past fall, Lutz Bacher’s “MY SECRET LIFE” exhibition opened my eyes unexpectedly. This painting, photography, drawing and video exhibit presented a point about sexism and violence in our society. This exhibit has wall to wall pictures that represent many things about sexism toward women thought our history; some things go really far back.
As I walked through the exhibit I immediately was taken in to it, but probably not the way the artist wants its viewers to be. [click to continue…]
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Johnny Depp and Tim Burton.
Getting off the escalators on the third floor of the Museum of Modern Art, the difference in mood of this exhibition compared to the permanent collection is quite evident. In front of you is a statue of a huge creature with its mouth open; to enter the Tim Burton exhibition, you walk through the jaws of this colorful monster.
Tim Burton, known for mixing quirky fairytales with dark themes, is a director, writer, and producer of many popular movies of our time, such as Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Sleepy Hollow. His more recent films have been twists on classic stories such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd, and Alice in Wonderland (which opens this March). [click to continue…]
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