Over the Weekend
Monday, October 03, 2011
I found myself at MoMA PS1, to see an overwhelming amount of work at the NY ART BOOK FAIR 2011, presented by Printed Matter, Inc. Tables were aligned into every crevice the space had to offer, filled with exciting and new artist' books, catalogs, and zines. There were over 200 exhibitors, including international presses, booksellers, artists, and independent publishers (coming from twenty-one different countries!)BTW, I'm guest blogging. This is Kristen, Mixed Greens new intern!
Bob Dylans paintings, are based on other peoples photos?
Two year old Gagosian store suddenly shuts down, odd.
Twitter is bigger than ever! Speaking of twitter, Mixed Greens will be tweeting soon, follow us!
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Kim Beck is Skywriting in NYC!
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Next weekend, Kim Beck will post messages in the sky. The project, The Sky is the Limit, takes messages from advertising that publicize fantastic sales and business closings. When drawn in the sky, they become extremely poetic as they fade back into the air.The skywriting will take place on October 9, between 4 and 7pm, over the west side of Manhattan. If it rains, it'll happen at the same time on October 10.
If you want to participate in the project by taking photos or video from your location, check out this link.
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Thursday reading
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Above: Pablo Helguera's cartoon at ArtWorld Salon pretty much sums up my feelings about the upcoming Art Fair season. If you're in Los Angeles, be sure to check out the Mixed Greens booth at the PULSE LA Fair, September 30th - October 3rd at the Event Deck at LA Live.
The American Folk Art Museum has been saved. And it didn't even have to (gasp) deaccession anything.
In shark news, Bondi Road won't be serving any.
Interesting reading over at Modern Art Notes (MAN) today.
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James Franco: Dramatic Whisperer
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
NYMag posted this little gem of a video. For me, the jury is still out on whether or not Franco's character "Franco" is simply a fun side-job for him, or if it is some kind of extended performance piece. Only other whispering performance art that comes to mind is Tino Sehgal. And that's pretty legit.
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Support this Kickstarter Campaign!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
"Piazza Gratissima" by BroLab: a group of five to six individual artists who, as a collaborative, focus on site specific public interventions that activate communities.
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Pippin Barr's MoMA experience
Monday, September 19, 2011
Artist Pippin Barr has created a hilariously frustrating website/game--an interactive "visit" to Marina Abramovic's The Artist Is Present, within a virtual version of MoMA. Play the game here! As Pippin states on his website, "Are games art?! This one definitely is!" I couldn't agree more.It's only 11:39am and the line is pretty long already.
There's Marina.
I tried to cross over the line and the guards totally yelled at me.
I'm currently at the end of the line. I plan to wait all day if I have to.
All the waiting will be worth it if my picture winds up on that website...
SHOUT OUT to Artinfo.com for bringing this to my attention today.
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Bee-A-Nah-Leh (Part 3)
Friday, September 16, 2011
Ahhh, Venice, your humidity was overwhelming. Your vaporettos achingly slow. But your Pavilions, a joy. There are a LOT of pavilions, so I'm listing my Top 5 below:
Dutch Pavilion. Group Exhibition Opera Aperta / Loose Work
Lovely building. Amusing installation. Loved the sound bites near the front door. Gotta love the Dutch.
French Pavilion. Presenting: Christian Boltanski's Chance
The French pavilion is a labyrinth of metal scaffolding with a whirring film strip flying around the structure. A buzzer sounds off, the film strip stops, and an individual baby's portrait shows up on a screen. The pamphlet explained the rather optimistic tone of the work--that this one child, by total chance, has been chosen to have a certain type of life...a good life.
German Pavilion. Presenting: Christoph Schlingensief, Fluxus oratorio A Church of Fear vs. the Alien Within
The pavilion's main building has been turned into a church sanctuary. Large video screens and speakers hang above an altar. You sit in the church pews watching old home movies of a child playing on the beach. I sat in the sweaty darkness and listened to a voice describe how he received a diagnosis of lung cancer. His doctor told him that he was "walking on different ground", now. Heavy, heavy, heavy. The most emotional of them all.
Nordic Pavilion. Sweden Presents: Andreas Eriksson
I liked the pavilion's layout and airy quality more than anything. And I loved that the tiny bronze sculptures were casts of birds that had died crashing into the artist's studio window. I imagine the artist's studio to look a lot like the pavilion itself.
Great Britain Pavilion: Presenting Mike Nelson
This was by far my FAVORITE work. It was enveloping (as you can see by the video above). I was no longer in the British Pavilion--I was in a bombed out shelter of some sort...a forgotten apartment that perhaps housed fugitives or victims of war. It was sensory overload. Read the Telegraph's take on the installation/"intervention" here.
That about wraps it up for my Venice rundown. Until next time--a presto!
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Friday Fun Day
Friday, September 16, 2011
Just got the coolest "thank you" card ever. We all laughed out loud in the office. Amazing.
It's by Paper Tiger Cards @ Etsy You can buy it here.
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I became a tad suspicious when...
Friday, September 16, 2011
"Taylor allegedly sold the collector more than 100 paintings -- including works that he falsely claimed were by artists such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko -- for a total of more than $2 million..." Read the full article at the LATimes here.More than 100 works...with at least 1 painting by the Impressionist Master himself, and at least 3 paintings by Modern Masters, and we're only talking about $2 million? This reminds me vaguely of the "Rembrandt" Hotel Heist...where the Rembrandt was claimed to be worth (a mere) $250,000. The authenticity (and provenance) of that work are now being closely reconsidered.
Buyer Beware: if the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.
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Internship Opportunity
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Are you:Interested in / studying art or art history / gallery management / arts administration?
Curious about gallery operations?
Hard-working?
Willing to learn about all aspects of artist representation and exhibition management?
Efficient?
Punctual?
Courteous?
Fun-spirited? (We love a sense of humor)
We are looking for interns for this fall semester. Start date: Now.
Email courtney [at] mixedgreens.com with your resume and cover letter to apply.
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Thursday reading
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Artinfo.com reports on the Dutch "march for civilization" (response to government cuts in arts funding) and the ad placed by artists in the NYTimes.
In case you wondered what that new sculpture (the elephant?) is that has recently appeared in Union Square, you are not alone. The Art Newspaper answers all of your questions here.
The Moving Image Fair has announced its list of exhibitors over at Winkleman Blog.
Lindsay Pollock's Art Market Views has not been updated since July 25th...I believe my suspicions about its demise may unfortunately be true. I'm sure AiA is keeping her very busy.
And Michaele Salahi was not kidnapped.
Happy Reading.
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Great video from Exposito/Functional Shift opening!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
SHOUT OUT to ODelle Abney for once again capturing some great walk-thru footage of our most recent opening!
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NYFW hits 26th Street
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The scene on Monday afternoon as everyone poured out of the Donna Karan fashion show and down our street. Simply too many sets of eyes to black bar. A little bit of fashion in the center of the art world.
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SHOUT OUT: Old Metal Lunchbox Blog
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
SHOUT OUT to Old Metal Lunchbox blog for their recent review of Alessandra Expòsito's exhibition, Once-Blooming and Button-Eyed, at Mixed Greens.
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Bee-A-Nah-Leh (Part 2)
Friday, September 09, 2011
Was I horrified by the tank? No. Was I upset to be an American? No. Did it ring a little true? Sadly, yes. The United States pavilion was exactly what I expected it to be: a one-liner. But I found the Allora & Calzadilla exhibition Gloria to be as satisfying as any good one liner. While Jerry Saltz found it to be an "infernal" representation of America, I found the truth here to be somewhat practical. The catalog describes "Glory" as referencing "military, religious, Olympic, economic, and cultural grandeur", and of course here "Glory" herself is lying in a tanning bed.
When you think about the fact that Italy is a country whose Renaissance landmarks were recently overshadowed by cast members of The Jersey Shore, it's not that much of a stretch to assume their vision of Americans is one of a people who would conveniently fit a gothic pipe organ with an ATM machine. For me the installation, Algorithm, got it exactly right. Some pics below.
above: Freedom Lying on a Sunbed, Allora & Calzadilla
above: Body in Flight (American), Allora & Calzadilla
above: Algorithm, Allora & Calzadilla, 2011
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