Today on DS Archives we reacquaint you with Vancouver born photographer Greg Girard. Girard’s work deals with a range of issues and his photographs, Neighbourhood Demolition, #41, Lane 590, Weihai Lu; Alley with Mirrors, Nanching Lu; and #44 Fangbang Dong Lu will be on exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada for “It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art”, November 2010[…..]
Today on the DS Archives is a reintroduction of Vienna based artist, John Gerrard. Gerrard’s most recent work, Cuban School is currently on view at the Simon Preston Gallery in New York through December 19th. The work is a hand built virtual world—or portrait—of the building made by using extensive photographs and topographical satellite data. This article was originally written by Rebekah Drysdale in February, 2009.[…..]
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 all of the time. When I write, especially for public consumption, I anticipate the criticisms and counter-arguments that will prove me a fool and it becomes hard to start working. When I’m at my desk, trying to schedule trucks, I[…..]
From the DS Archives reacquaints you with the work of Korin Fought who has been building on the same motifs that were featured here in 2008. Fought continues to explore the sweet and provocative and unusual and unexpected moments in which people come together and it’s clear that the work has done quite a bit of growing up. She most recently exhibited at the Corey[…..]
Today, From the DS Archives reintroduces you to Walter Kitundu, an artist with an extraordinary range and incredible energy. Kitundu continues to add to his repertoire—working in sound, photography, design and more—my new favorite being his bird blog. This article was originally written by Arden Sherman on November 21st, 2008. The cryptic sounds of hidden nature, wild animals, and native cultures are not only found[…..]
Today’s article is from our friends at Art Practical, where Renny Pritikin discusses the exhibition, Hauntology, at the Berkeley Art Museum. Hauntology, co-curated by Larry Rinder and Scott Hewicker, at the UC Berkeley Art Museum, posits that the past inhabits the present in the same way that an individual’s past shapes how he perceives and acts in the present. By extension, art history and contemporary[…..]
