the fairs: the rundown
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Hyperallergic was really feelin' VOLTA.Art Fag City also decides that VOLTA narrowly surpasses PULSE. But PULSE certainly gets a mention. [and SHOUT OUT to AFC for this posting of Fair-related Craiglist Missed Connections]
The Art Dossier made a very handy listing of "must sees" for each of the fairs. We were especially happy that Mary Temple's "Currency" project in our Mixed Greens booth was selected!
"The Verge of Catastrophe"??? oh lordy, what a title. Seems Artinfo.com (and possibly a lot of other people) weren't thrilled with Verge.
Nicer things were said about the Moving Image fair.
And Pulse was "playful"--second floor? there was a second floor? I must have missed that.
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iPad: WINNING!
Monday, March 07, 2011
According to Artinfo.com, the iPad was this art fair season's biggest winner. WINNING. EVERYDAY.
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Kim Beck's "Space Available"--the installation!
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Space Available, Kim Beck's site-specific installation for The High Line is currently underway! Kim just sent us the above photo of the labor-intensive project. Yayyy! More photos coming soon. Space Available opens March 4, 2011--get ready to start scanning the skyline!
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Kim Beck: The High Line !
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Check out this awesome video of Kim Beck on The High Line (she talks about her upcoming site-specific project, Space Available) SHOUT OUT to The High Line blog for the video. Read more about Kim's project here.
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Art Fair Week: Getting Ready
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Art Fair Week is about to commence. Here's hoping for a successful season!
The installations around town have already begun to "invade".
Art Fag City's got their comprehensive Fair Guide up.
Mark your calendars for Friday's evening's Dependent Fair.
The Artinfo blog, InTheAir, is ready-set-go for blogging the fair news.
Salon Zurcher??
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and SHOUT OUTS!
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
SHOUTING OUT to:The Highline Blog for this fantastic video of Kim Beck! (she's talking about her upcoming High Line project, Space Available) [and an extra shout out to Curbed NY blog...we heard you guys re-blogged it too. thanks!!]
and to:
Vox Populi in Philadelphia for hosting the panel "Fact and Fiction in the Landscape" (info below)
Sunday, February 27th at 3pm at Vox Populi in Philadelphia
Artist Talk with Mike Calway-Fagen, Slinko, Alyssa Taylor Wendt, Letha Wilson
Moderated by Rachel and Trevor Reese
Vox Populi
319 N. 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA
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Kim Beck in Art in America
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Check out this Art in America article on Kim Beck's upcoming project Space Available for The High Line.
Also, be sure to swing by the VOLTA fair this weekend. We're in booth G-6. (yep, fly like a G-6..like a G-6. That song is still stuck in my head from the Miami fairs.)
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When technology and policy changes, what happens to art?
Friday, February 25, 2011
I came across this news today: no more incandescent light bulbs starting in 2012. It didn't sound like the most terrible thing to outlaw, until I read this. No more Easy Bake Ovens???? Will 2012 even be worth living in??? On a more art-related note, when technology goes greener, and policies shift to eradicate incandescents, what happens to artwork that requires them? And what about simply lighting art (for viewing/photographing purposes)? I did a little research and found out that the EU Parliament has already done this! Check out this site, Save The Bulb, where artists vented their frustrations on the potential for the bulb ban. The choice of light (type of light, that is) is of incredible importance to artists (not to mention sculptures, etc. that might require incandescents bulbs for one reason or another). Here's my favorite link: "Artists see EU Light Bulb ban as an aesthetic calamity".
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reading for your wednesday
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Politics by Ed WinklemanArt & Politics by Artinfo.com
And a Christian Marclay write-up with a Charlie Sheen reference ??!! via Tyler Green's Modern Art Notes. (there's also a Vanilla Ice reference, but I don't want to spoil evvvverything)
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"Blue Nude": the opening!
Friday, February 18, 2011
A quick shot from last night's opening reception of Coke Wisdom O'Neal's Blue Nude, currently on view at Mixed Greens.
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Hirst's Masterpiece?? (and lord knows I love sharks)
Friday, February 18, 2011
Noah Charney, apparently, reeaaaalllly like's Damien Hirst's shark. So much so, he calls it a "masterpiece". Masterpiece? Really?? Art historians don't take that word lightly. "Masterpiece" strikes me as a term bestowed upon great artworks by the general congregation of art historians (in agreement). It was just last week at CAA that I heard Hirst's art referred to as "Hazmat art". Masterpiece?? Maybe not. Sharktastic?? Most definitely.
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Opening tonight!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
This is a shot from yesterday, as everyone worked to finalize the layout for Coke O'Neal's exhibition, Blue Nude, OPENING TONIGHT at Mixed Greens!
JOIN US TONIGHT: 6-8pm @ Mixed Greens for the opening reception
and in other news:
SHOUT OUT to Glasschord, and Art & Culture Magazine, for including the work of Paul Plante (view it here!)
Artists (and everyone, really) need to be following this: the decision in the Chapman Kelley Wildflowers case. (thank you ART LAW BLOG)
The Village Voice has a nice bit on this artist, James Gulliver Hancock, who aspires to draw every building in New York City. Make sure you watch the video.
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'Visitor Engagement': Two Views
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The NYTimes reported on the Met's decision to enter the digital age. It sounds like a list of good things: Wi-Fi, 'visitor engagement'--all of which Campbell says, is a "fundamental part of our responsibility to our audience." I decided to check out the mission statement of the museum:
The mission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality, all in the service of the public and in accordance with the highest professional standards.
I believe that Campbell might be on the right track with his idea of furthering the visitor experience. After all, the mission of the museum itself includes stimulating appreciation for and advancing knowledge of works of art. I'm sure some supplementary information and/or videos about the artwork certainly couldn't hurt...or could they?? Charlie Finch has a very different view on the Met's digital goals.
Could we have a Campbell vs. Finch on our hands?? Click the READ MORE button to find out...
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Projective City, Fashion Week, and Damien Hirst at CAA
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
It's time for some Tuesday reading:It's Fashion Week, and while fashion and art make an obvious pairing, Cynthia Rowley (married to Bill Powers, Work of Art judge) had a large turnout of art world peeps at her fashion show. Artinfo's coverage (and slideshow!) here.
SHOUT OUT to Ben Evans, formerly of NurtureArt and currently of Projective City, a new online art space!
...Read More (hit the button below) to read my favorite quote from the CAA conference
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and...happy valentines
Monday, February 14, 2011
xoxo,
Monica, Steven, Heather, Courtney, Rob & Michael
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