Today from the DS Archives we highlight the 2011 group show, For A Long Time at Roberts & Tilton. The show included an all-star line up of Marina Abramović, Vito Acconci, Hamish Fulton, Whitney Hubbs, Erica Love, Raymond Pettibon & Kehinde Wiley. The Song Itself is Already a Skip, Whitney Hubbs’ first solo photography show in LA is on view now at M+B Gallery. The[…..]
As a part of our ongoing partnership with KQED Arts, today we bring you a feature from writer Sarah Hotchkiss titled Picturing a Picture Collection: Taryn Simon at John Berggruen. For her first exhibition in San Francisco, photographer Taryn Simon delves into a unique archive to create a series of organized images about the organization of images. The Picture Collection contains photographs of the New York Public[…..]
As a part of our ongoing partnership with Art Practical, today we bring you a feature from writer Matt Stromberg titled From Los Angeles: The 2000 Sculpture. In his piece, Matt examines artist Walter De Maria’s work The 2000 Sculpture, which is on view at the Los Angles County Museum of Art (LACMA) through April 2nd, 2013. Artist Walter De Maria is perhaps best known for his seminal land[…..]
The concept of the “real” has undergone several interesting changes in the past century, and shows no sign of stopping. With new technologies, reality is now unimaginably more complex. Today from the DS Archives we take a look at More Real?: Art in the Age of Truthiness and Ed Atkin’s upcoming exhibition at MoMA PS1, on view January 20—April 1, 2013. Atkins, “who considers HD technology deathlike[…..]
Have you ever tried explaining Social Practice to someone? It’s basically impossible. It seems I’m always confronted with the response: “wait…so how is that art?” As a relatively new discipline, the study and act of Social Practice is still developing its place in the art world. Still, despite its jeunesse, Social Practice has caused quite a stir and continues to do so in the form of courses,[…..]
Today’s feature is brought to you from our friends, the online interview magazine, The Avant/Garde Diaries. The following is a video interview with master art forger, Father Philanthropist, Mark Landis. Standing next to 57-year-old Mississippi native Mark Landis in the watercolors aisle of a local art store, the words “master art forger” are the least likely to come to mind. Bald, stooped, and slight of voice, Landis[…..]
As a part of our ongoing partnership with Beautiful Decay, today we bring you an interview with Berlin-based painter Rachel de Joode. Rachel de Joode is a Dutch artist living in Berlin. Recently, she’s produced a prolific number of sculptural works that break down common perception through the use of unique materials, concepts, and execution. Her work is patently of our time, drawing on themes of technology,[…..]
