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Clay shows begin–Ai Weiwei at Arcadia; bodies at the Mutter

By libby | March 14, 2010

Just when you thought that you were finally making headway through the riches of the Philagrafika shows, 90 clay shows and events are starting to open all around town. The multiple shows are in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Philadelphia from March 21 to April 3. I went to two that were early off the blocks, and they are as different as can be.

Ai Weiwei, Colored Vases, 2006, vases from the Neolithic age (5000-3000 BCE) and industrial paint, from between 10 inches by diameter 9 and 14 1/2 inches by diameter 9.5, Courtesy AW Asia collection

Posted in tags a-z | Tagged ai weiwei, anne drew potter, arcadia university art gallery, ceramics, charles merewether, chinese, christina west, colleen toledano, jason briggs, jessica kreutter, kate macdowell, melissa mencini, mutter museum, roxanne jackson, sculpture, sergei isupov, skulls, tip toland, tom bartel, vases | Leave a comment

Fare at the NY art fairs – the Armory

By libby and roberta | March 14, 2010

We know we missed some of the Armory — for starters, we never made it to Pier 92, the Modern section. And while it seems like we saw tons of art we fear we missed some at Pier 94 where the Armory Contemporary was. Carrumba.

Julia Fullerton-Batten, Hallway, 2008, c-type, 40 x 54 at Jenkins Johnson Gallery

Posted in art fairs/biennials, tags a-z | Tagged armory show 2010, art:concept paris, ben peterson, dewar & gicquel, galerie loevenbruck, gallery side 2, jenkins johnson gallery, john bankston, julia fullerton-batten, new york, peter mcdonald, ratio 3, rena bransten gallery, vidya gastaldon | Leave a comment

Fare at the NY art fairs – Pulse and Volta

By libby and roberta | March 14, 2010

We ran into a lot of folks at the art fairs last week. Some we knew, others were artists and gallerists we were meeting for the first time. Either way, the art fairs are chat fests with conversations about art, sales and the exhilaration of being at the fair. Talk is the glue that holds the memory of the fair together this year. Other years it was the art. Here’s a brief report from Pulse, Volta and the Armory.

Daniel Firman, Grey Matters at Galerie Emanuel Perotin at the Armory.

Posted in art fairs/biennials, tags a-z | Tagged andreas brandstrom fine art, armory ny 2010, brodsky center, charif benhelima, crown gallery, daniel firman, daniel gonzalez, dewar & gicquel, diana lowenstein fine arts, dona nelson, emanuel perotin, galerie loevenbruck, gallery joe, gigi scaria, goodman gallery, hosfelt gallery, jan halfstrom, jeremy dean, johanna unzueta, liliana porter, matthew cox, miki taira, new york art fairs, nick cave, pentimenti gallery, pulse ny 2010, rj fine arts, tamara kostianovsky, thomas erben gallery, tokyo gallery + btap, trenton doyle hancock, videospace gallery, virgil de voldere, volta ny 2010, william kentridge, y gallery | 2 Comments

Explorer Ron Klein creates magic

By roberta | March 13, 2010

When we were in town for the art fairs, Cate and I made a stop at Howard Scott Gallery for the opening of my friend Ron Klein’s show of new work. Ron is a trained artist and long-time respected teacher, but he’s also a self-taught explorer and anthropologist whose trips to the Amazon, Madagascar, Myanmar and elsewhere fuel his nature-rich and human-focused art.

Ron Klein, installation shot from Out of Gravity at Howard Scott Gallery

Posted in national, tags a-z | Tagged howard scott gallery, out of gravity, ron klein | 3 Comments

Art in Chinatown north – the Good, the Bad and the Slippery

By david muenzer | March 12, 2010

Vox Populi’s Dead Flowers—guest curated by Lia Gangitano of PARTICIPANT INC, New York—invites us to consider the spirit of the underground through little known director Timothy Carey. A vintage poster for The World’s Greatest Sinner! at the entrance of the exhibition proudly announces Carey’s film as—and suggests that any other work in the show should aspire to be—the “Most condemned and praised […] of its time.”

Posters at Vox Populi's Dead Flowers

Posted in tags a-z | Tagged alvin baltrop, brandon olson, cg haiti, copy gallery, genesis breyer p-orridge, humalode llc, lia gangitano, pat o'neill, paul thek, screening video, tim carey, vox populi | Leave a comment

A Celebration of the Visual Arts: Art Month Sydney

By stefan zebrowski-rubin | March 12, 2010

On a cool overcast March morning, I navigated the streets of the heavily residential Elizabeth Bay neighborhood to find Michael Reid’s gallery and talk to the owner about his role as co-creator (with Vasili Kaliman of Kaliman Gallery) of Art Month Sydney. The initiative, now in its first year, celebrates the visual arts in Sydney over the whole month of March, bringing together over 70 galleries, ARIs (Artist-Run Initiatives) and other organizations to host over 140 events. It is a feast, it is a celebration, it is an incredible force of art.

The logo of Art Month Sydney 2010.

Posted in artblog international, tags a-z | Tagged anna schwartz gallery, art month sydney, australia, gallery barry keldoulis, gemma smith, imants tillers, jonathan jones, joseph kosuth, kaliman gallery, michael reid gallery, roslyn oxley9, sarah cottier gallery, sydney, white rabbit gallery | Leave a comment

Art and technology in Kensington

By tiernan alexander | March 12, 2010

Much of the work around the Kensington area this month questions the divide between technology and artist. First up is the Brad Troemel Pre-career Retrospective at Extra Extra Gallery. The gallery directors curated the show entirely from Troemel’s website selecting images of work, installations, and videos and installing the show without consulting the artist in the process. On the Extra Extra website they explain: “This gesture of presenting work without the consent of the creator is emblematic of immaterial art’s free movement into any receptive home.”

Potato plus bandaid features in Brad Troemel, Pre-career Retrospective at Extra Extra Gallery. Untitled, 2009

Posted in tags a-z | Tagged andree-ann dupuis-bourret, brad troemel, chad curtis, extra extra gallery, george shinn, highwire gallery, Icebox, inliquid art + design, medium resistance, philagrafika, piper shepard | 4 Comments

Old City First Friday rises from the snow

By emily friedman | March 12, 2010

With temperatures rising, it almost felt like spring last Friday while I roamed around Old City, taking in several First Friday shows. My first stop was Sound and Silence at Artist’s House, which runs through March 27. The show is a beautiful, varied collection of works – mostly oil paintings, but also sculptures and lithographs – by more than two-dozen artists. The title says it all: many of the works depict contemplative subject matter, but there’s also some noise.

Samuel Evensen’s Wings to Fly at the Artist’s House

Posted in tags a-z | Tagged amber lia-kloppel, artists house, cuba, dalet gallery, enrique de la uz, first friday march 2010, lissette solorzano, mario diaz, pedro abascal, samuel evensen, silicone gallery | Leave a comment

Lots of Libbys and Robertas

By libby and roberta | March 12, 2010

The artblog team is growing. So look for some terrific new writers in the coming weeks. No, they may not really be Libby and Roberta clones. But they are terrific, each in his and her own way. For starters, we have some First Friday posts coming up and we’re as proud of them as if we had done the writing ourselves. No kidding.

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Enrique Chagoya’s The Headache – Gone from Rosenbach, now at The Print Center

By roberta | March 11, 2010

Enrique Chagoya spent months working with Cindy Etinger’s studio and Silicon Fine Art Prints to make “The Headache,” a complicated multi-process digital print which is part of the Philagrafika festival. Chagoya’s print — a social commentary about President Obama and his health care headaches — is based on a work owned by the Rosenbach Museum and Library, a print called The Headache by 19th Century caricaturist, illustrator and social satirist George Cruickshank.

The Head Ache, a print after George Cruikshank by Enrique Chagoya

Posted in tags a-z | Tagged enrique chagoya, george cruickshank, philagrafika 2010, rosenbach museum and library, the headache | 1 Comment

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