British artist Matthew Stone‘s current solo exhibition, Interconnected Echoes, is the inaugural show in Galerie Paul Freches‘ series on the British art scene. Stone, a graduate of Camberwell College of the Arts, has become known for his involvement in the !WOWOW! collective, a group of young British creatives who have been staging events and parties in unoccupied South London buildings. Stone’s own work is perhaps[…..]
This isn’t the first time Lisa Kirk has explored capitalism’s underbelly, but now, more than ever, her audience is primed to go with her. Invisible-Exports, the Lower East Side gallery that seems to have been named with Kirk in mind, is the site of the artist’s current installation House of Cards. The gallery’s office has been turned into a “functioning” real estate sales office (salespeople[…..]
VB 64, Deitch Gallery, Long Island City, New York, 2009 Vanessa Beecroft‘s newest performance, VB64, took place at Deitch Projects on March 6th, the second day of the New York Armory Show. Once again, the controversial Beecroft and the equally, though differently, controversial Kanye West joined forces (the two staged a collaborative listening event for the debut of 808s & Heartbreak, at which West’s music[…..]
Photo Credit: Nick DiFilippo Your Donations Do Your Work is a collaborative installation by Los Angeles artists Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers. On view at UCR Sweeny Art Gallery, the installation centers around its “Collection Point,” where visitors can discard clothing and small appliances. These discarded or donated items will then be rehabilitated, becoming part of a barter economy established by Lacy, Bowers and art[…..]
Gedi Sibony‘s current exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis features frugally elegant sculptures made from a span of mundane materials. Wittily titled My Arms Are Tied Behind My Other Arms, this is Sibony’s first solo show in a museum. His tender brand of minimalism seems especially appropriate during an economic downturn; his work acknowledges the lyrical potential of things that are fairly[…..]
Smart and acerbically funny, Erin Cosgrove‘s What Manner of Person Art Thou? brings puritanical righteousness into the sphere of moral relativity. The animated feature–it runs for approximately an hour–is currently showing in the Hammer Museum‘s upstairs project space and, while it’s a time commitment, Cosgrove’s film is certainly worth the investment. What Manner of Person Art Thou? chronicles the fictional characters Yoder and Troyer as[…..]
Despite its whimsical connotations, “fairytale” is a tricky word. It may suggest folklore and fantasy, but it also has everything to do with unattainable ideals. Often, fairytales are variations on the age-old Adam and Eve theme, stories about desire and its sinister consequences. Fairytale of Berlin, the current exhibition at Scion Space in Los Angeles, turns the complexity of modern day fairytales into a visceral,[…..]
