In the aftermath of the manic, dizzying opening of the Venice Biennale, it is refreshing to see an alternate possibility for an international exhibition on the coast of England – a project, that much like it’s place, embodies the understated, the poetic and the site-specific – a welcome breathe of fresh air in contrast to the global displays of power battling it out at the[…..]
L.A. Expanded: Notes from the West Coast A weekly column by Catherine Wagley Rarely do I smell cigarettes in public these days. If they smoke at all, people close to me tend to bring out lighters only on occasions involving heavy drinking. This shift is a surprising testament to common sense. Occasionally, it seems, we can do what’s best for us. Of course, that common[…..]
It’s true. The state of Utah now owns Spiral Jetty. For the last decade, the Dia Foundation has paid Utah’s Department of Natural Resources $250 a year to maintain the 20-year lease on the land surrounding the earthwork. In February, the Dia received and paid its annual invoice, only to have the payment returned in June with a note that the lease had expired—a fact[…..]
This Sunday, From the DS Archives features internationally recognized video artist, Bill Viola. Viola’s 1996 work The Messenger – a video installation commissioned for Durham Cathedral in North East England where it was initially installed – is currently included in the group exhibition Videosphere: A New Generation at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. This article was originally written by Rebekah Drysdale on November 4,[…..]
Today’s article is from our friends at Art Practical, where Christine Wong Yap discusses the group shows Under Deconstruction I & II at the Swiss Institute. Under Deconstruction III is open through August 7th. What if we thought of the substance of art not as media, but as matter? Matter exists continuously, whereas media must be elevated to the status of an art object. In[…..]
In the self-explanatory show entitled Video, an Art, a History 1965 – 2010, the history and evolution of the video art genre are recounted through 50 video works and installations, drawn from the collections of both the Singapore Art Museum and Centre Pompidou. Having developed in tandem with the apparatus of television and the analogue and then digital video cameras, video art’s reconfiguration of the[…..]
This Sunday, From the DS Archives presents anew the work of Italian artist Stefano Arienti who works with found images and printed materials in the tradition of Arte Povera. Arienti is presently a part of the project Terre Vulnerabili at Hangar Bicocca in Milan, a series of four exhibitions exploring the concept of vulnerability through site-specific works or works redesigned specifically for the space. This article[…..]
