Category Archives: Visual Art

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University of Trash

this looks intriguing: FOUCAULT LAB: SUBJUGATED KNOWLEDGES Keynote Speaker: Paul Butler Saturday, July 25, 2009, 12-2PM Sculpture Center, University of Trash 44-19 Purves Street, Queens, NY The University of Trash at the Sculpture Center is an experiment in alternative architecture, urbanism, and pedagogy.An art exhibit

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Los Grumildos at HERE

We hear good things about this: (video NSFW!) From the HERE website: Grotesque. Charming. Sordid. Tiny. Los Grumildos are automated puppets, miniature beings that skulk about a world somewhere between Victorian dollhouse and red light district. The brainchildren of Peruvian artist Ety Fefer finally land

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Defining Sustainability

Interesting article in the Sundance blog on the University of Arizona’s upcoming Defining Sustainability Exhibit. Sounds cool: The fall 2009 season, Defining Sustainability, is a series of dynamic and interactive projects that will come together at the ASU Art Museum and its Ceramics Research Center to

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Goings on in Los Angeles

First you might wanna check out REDCAT’s NEW ORIGINAL WORKS FESTIVAL 2009 REDCAT’s sixth annual NOW Festival launches eight new works by Los Angeles dance, theater, music and multimedia artists who are bending traditions and investigating new visions of work for the stage. “REDCAT’s New Original

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A Brief History of Curating

“It is rare that we have the opportunity to celebrate our own eco-system.” = Richard Armstrong, Museum Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation Join the discussion between Richard Armstrong and Serpentine Gallery Co-Director Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Guggenheim Museum about Walter Hopps and

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A Black And White World Group Show

A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD short summer group show July 16 – August Opening Reception & Live Art Performance Thursday, July 16, 2009, 6-9pm Elia Alba Michael Van den Besselaar Jason Clay Lewis Fernando Mora Pesu Alicia Ross Konstantinos Stamatiou Eric White BLACK & WHITE

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Five Questions for Kambui Olujimi

Name: Kambui Olujimi Title/Occupation: Artist Organization/Company: self-employed URL: http://www.kambuiolujimi.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. I moved around a lot, but kept coming back to Quincy Street where I

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Anti-Panel: BALKANIZATION at Chez Bushwick's CAKE

On June 13 at 7:30PM the CHEZ BUSHWICK series CAKE will feature an “anti-panel” on “interdisciplinarity” called BALKANIZATION. Organized by “theory monster” Andrea Liu the anti-panelists include: Chase Granoff:
Dancer/Curator at Chocolate Factory and DTW Lobby Talks Matthew Lyons:
Curator at the Kitchen Bosko Blagojevic: Artist/Writer, Founder

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Talking with Carrie Mae Weems

A week or so ago I was invited to interview artist Carrie Mae Weems on the set of her new art/film project, Refractions, a collaboration with jazz artist Geri Allen. I could try and write it up for you – these are two wonderful, warm, dynamic,

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©oPirates by Richard Siegal & Multinatural by Arto Lindsay

We’ve been talking about interdisciplinary collaborations – this looks like a good one: Richard Siegal / The Bakery will premiere ©oPirates in the context of Multinatural (blackout) by Arto Lindsay ©oPirates is a mutating march for 16 dancers organized internally as characterized by Siegal’s evolving If/Then

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Art Basel Conversations

Look at this line-up! Art Basel Conversations June 10 – June 13, 2009 Location | All Art Basel Conversation panels take place in the  ‘Festsaal’ | Hall 1.0 Daily from Wednesday, June 10,  until Saturday, June 13, 2009 10 – 11 a.m. | Panel Discussion 11

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Patron Saint by Juliana Francis

This just in from Juliana Francis, new mom and awesome artist:   PATRON SAINT An experiment with dolls made out of napkins and junk Opening: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Closing: Sunday, June 28, 2009 Performances take place at chashama’s 266 West 37th Street Window Performance