This week’s pick from the DS archives features Italian-born artist, Maurizio Cattelan. Cattelan has an upcoming retrospective exhibit at the Guggenheim opening on November 4 2011, until January 22, 2012. The following article was originally published on June 9, 2010 by Noah Simblist. Courtesy: Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, Photo credit: Zeno Zotti A myth is a foundational narrative that may be based in truth or[…..]
L.A. Expanded: Notes from the West Coast A weekly column by Catherine Wagley Every art space I visited last weekend was particularly hot. The Museum of Public Fiction was muggy. So was Monte Vista Projects, and Human Resources L.A.’s Cottage Home space was definitely hotter inside than out. Because the Human Resources space is so big and its current show, Touchy Feely, sort of feels[…..]
Summer tends to be a time of spectacle in London – massive installations, blockbuster shows, international festivals and grand theatrical events. With smaller galleries closed and many leaving for a break from the claustrophobic city and intellectual rigour, the spectacle is relied upon to attract the attention of the audience who remain. Israeli designer Ron Arad’s massive undertaking at the Roundhouse, aptly titled Curtain Call,[…..]
This Sunday we’re taking a look back at the exhibition, Infinity, curated by Andrew Schoultz in 2009. Schoultz’s own work is currently featured with Paul Klee in the exhibit, Images in Dialogue, on view at the SF MoMA until January 2012. The following article was originally published on October 23, 2009 by Edy Pickens. Infinity, curated by Andrew Schoultz is a collection of 15 contemporary[…..]
L.A. Expanded: Notes from the West Coast A weekly column by Catherine Wagley In 2002, feminist matriarch Judy Chicago co-curated an all-women art exhibition in China, in a place called Lugu Lake, historically a matriarchal society. At the last minute, just before the show’s opening, another curator, a man, arrived with a piece his wife had made. “You know, if I didn’t know better, I’d[…..]
This Sunday, From the DS Archives features Ed Ruscha and Marcel Duchamp in the essay “A Shovel, A Roulette Wheel and a Check Walk into A Bar” by Andrew Tosiello. The following article was originally published on November 22, 2010. I have a really hard time living in the present. I’m at odds, generally, to be here, now and that fucks me up pretty much[…..]
In our attempts to decode new art, we often skip over a fundamental process that helps make art function: false perceptions. Artists often make things that deceive. The metaphysical disconnect between the object that we are looking at and the intellectual experience is the subject of Otherworldly at the Museum of Art & Design, which focuses on dioramas, models, snow globes, and other illusionary sculptures[…..]
