L.A. Expanded: Notes from the West Coast A weekly column by Catherine Wagley When Workspace, a Lincoln Heights storefront with a gallery the size of a living room, hosted a reading last Sunday, only one of the four featured artists actually read, and he read the work of someone else. It was Tyler Coburn, who sat at the front of the room in bow-tie and[…..]
This Sunday From the DS Archives invites you to check out what Ryan McGinness has been up to. Among his many shows slated for 2011, Coloroblicuo at Espai Cultural Caja Madrid of Barcelona is beginning on the 26 of this month and will be up through March. This article was originally written by Seth Curcio on July 20th, 2009. Using the principles of graphic design, painter and[…..]
Not too long ago, I spoke with Howard Rutkowski, formerly of Sotheby’s and now director of Fortune Cookie Projects, intending to satiate my curiosity about art auctions and art dealing. While he probably scoffed at my naivety, he candidly said to me, “Plunging into the murky business of the art world is akin to swimming with the sharks. There’s a delicate dance that takes place[…..]
Today’s feature From the DS Archives revisits our 2010 interview between Noah Simblist and Richard Patterson. Richard Patterson emerged in London at Damien Hirst’s Freeze exhibition in 1988 as one of the YBA group. After moving to New York he eventually settled in Dallas. He is represented by Timothy Taylor Gallery in London and James Cohan Gallery in New York. He is known for paintings[…..]
On this Sunday from the DS Archives, reacquaint yourself with the exhibition, Laugh It Off, at Walter Maciel Gallery. This article was originally written by Allison Gibson on July 31, 2009. Walter Maciel has a loaded gun and is going to shoot the next motherfucker who says “Let me think about it.” Or so says one of the darkly comical pieces in the summer group[…..]
On this Sunday from the DS Archives, reacquaint yourself the work of Sanford Biggers. This article was originally written by Allison Gibson on March 11, 2010. Currently on view at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum is a solo presentation of new work by internationally renowned, New York-based artist, Sanford Biggers. The work on view in the exhibition, entitled Moon Medicine, encompasses the breadth of Biggers’[…..]
This Sunday from the DS Archives, reacquaint yourself with Florida based artist, John Mann. Two of Mann’s exhibitions, both up through January are: Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art at the Katonah Museum of Art and Constructed Territory at Wright State University in Ohio. This article was originally written by Allison Gibson on January 12, 2010. Currently on view at PDX Contemporary Art in Portland,[…..]
