On view at SFMOMA and traveling to the Guggenheim in 2012, Francesca Woodman is a testament to the faithfulness of an artistic inquiry. In photo after photo Woodman experimented with formal elements, tested endless configurations, and explored feminine identity. Woodman’s self-discipline is evident in the multiple galleries hung with her photographs. Considering her age—she was in her late teens and early twenties when the work was[…..]
This week from the DS Archives we implore you to remember the bodacious and brilliant Paul Thek. Thek is joined by an excellent line up of artists for the 2012 Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. So grab a taxi/car/bike/plane/train/horse and head over to Glasgow to see the works of Aleksander Mir, Ruth Ewan, Richard Wright, Corin Sworn and much more! (Those are just a few of the[…..]
This week from the DS Archives we take a look at MoMA’s 2009 New Photography exhibition, and see where some of the photographers are now: The works of Sarah VanDerBeek and Leslie Hewitt are now on view at the Austin Art House‘s current exhibition, The Anxiety of Photography – On view until December 30, 2011 Walead Beshty recently exhibited Securities and Exchanges at Ullens Center[…..]
L.A. Expanded: Notes from the West Coast A weekly column by Catherine Wagley That week Pacific Standard Time, SoCal’s Getty-funded, 60-plus institution push to excavate its own post-WWII art history, officially opened, I popped into a gallery showing a great selection of new work by an older artist. Is this an official Pacific Standard Time show, I wanted to know. “I don’t really know what[…..]
Vincent Vulsma’s exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam explores the use of appropriation through the history of Dutch colonial expansion. He presents a contemporary artistic perspective on our relationship with colonialism beyond imperial history. Using and re-working a number of works originally seen in the ‘African Negro Art’ exhibition in New York’s MOMA in 1935, Vulsma displays the historic artifacts along with modern designs,[…..]
This Sunday from the DS Archives brings you the mushy, illogical, cynicism and nostalgia of Amy Sillman’s on again/off again relationship with abstraction. Sillman’s work is now on view at the SF MoMA in the exhibition The Air We Breathe, until February 20, 2012. This article was originally published by Michael Tomeo on April 21, 2010: Amy Sillman’s highly publicized split from abstraction may not[…..]
This week from the DS archives we bring you an oldy but a goody: Ai Weiwei. You can see his Circle of animals/Zodiac Heads at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art until February 12, 2012. The following article was originally published on May 21, 2008 by Annette Michalski: A collection of works by acclaimed Chinese conceptual artist, Ai Weiwei is currently on show at[…..]
