From the DS Archives reintroduces Los Angeles based artist Elliot Hundley this Sunday. Up now through July 1st at Regen Projects in Los Angeles is Elliot Hundley: Semele, an exhibition featuring large-scale wall bound collages, sculptures, and paintings inspired by Euripides’ Greek tragedy, The Bacchae. This article was originally written by Chantel Tattoli on October 1, 2009. Elliott Hundley‘s work mashes up the diligence of[…..]
Like a newspaper in its matter of fact presentation of content, Cady Noland / Santiago Sierra at KOW Berlin, curated by Alexander Koch and Nikolaus Oberhuber, appears purposefully removed of emotion. We never make eye contact with other humans, backs are often turned, or we find ourselves averting our eyes for our own protection. We stand on the outside looking in. No one makes a[…..]
A storehouse like no other, a museum summons objects and concerns from both past and present. The unfortunate reality is that, once collected, it doesn’t matter if the objects are important or trivial. Once bought or donated, the objects are catalogued and placed in the storehouse, rarely seeing the light of day. It’s a sad, lonely life for most of the museum’s collection. The only[…..]
Cherry blossoms lead a cursory existence. Like blushing plumes, their trees bring forth bountiful masses of cotton candy petals, flourishing for a mere two weeks before they are hurriedly shed. The rosy confetti blankets the surrounding grounds, the wilting florets scattering as swiftly as they bloomed. To the Japanese, the blossoms are emblematic of the ephemerality of life. Intrigued by their reputation, Israeli photographer Ori[…..]
Join From the DS Archives this Sunday for a look at Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, known for the immersive environments he creates. Your Emotional Future – the artist’s first solo exhibition in Eastern Europe – is open now through October 2nd at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev, Ukraine. This article was originally written by Erin Beaver on February 23, 2010. Olafur Eliasson’s Multiple Shadow House opened Thursday, February 11th at Tanya Bonakdar[…..]
Javier Téllez engages subject matter that often makes people uncomfortable. Delving into topics such as mental illness and institutional power, the artist critiques contemporary society by questioning passive or harmful notions of normalcy. Téllez’s film Letter on the Blind, For the Use of Those Who See takes its name from an essay by Diderot and is inspired by a famous Indian parable. In the parable,[…..]
Today’s article is from our friends at Art Practical, where Dominic Willsdon considers Brightworks, a newly opened K-12 private school in San Francisco designed around an alternative educational model guided by tenets typically associated with artistic practices. Brightworks is a new, unaccredited K–12 private school co-created by Gever Tulley and Bryan Welch somewhat in the tradition of anarchist-leaning Free Schools. The opening ceremony, held at the[…..]
