As we embark on a short trip up the California coast with family and friends this weekend, we want to wish you a happy and fun filled Labor Day! To celebrate, we bring you an image of Short Cut, an installation by German-based art duo Elmgreen and Dragset. This piece, created in 2003, was placed at the entrance of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Have[…..]
The performance began as we entered the room of a small theater in Buenos Aires. In the spotlight, a frail old woman with a full white hairpiece and antiquated gown plays a familiar tune on the piano. Once the audience is fully seated, a projection screen is revealed, setting the scene for the multimedia performance that is to occur within the walls of this humble,[…..]
Each year, from mid-summer to early fall, the arts converge in Scotland’s capital city. The Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are well-known venues for the performing arts. The Edinburgh Festivals have expanded to include art forms such as film, jazz and blues, storytelling, and books. The visual arts is no exception in having its own festival platform. Taking place throughout August and[…..]
L.A. Expanded: Notes from the West Coast A weekly column by Catherine Wagley Rise of Rebellion: DailyServing’s latest week-long series We continue our week long series, Rise of Rebellion, by taking a look at how resistance and rebellion overlap. On the back left wall of Pepin Moore‘s gallery space–the same endearingly domestic space that, just a few months ago, belonged to China Art Objects–there’s a[…..]
Rise of Rebellion: DailyServing’s latest week-long series On the heels of our week-long themed series 7 Days of Myth and Summer of Utopia, DailyServing is proud to bring you a collection of writings that explore the use of rebellion in contemporary art in this week’s series Rise of Rebellion. In this latest week-long series, our writers will explore the ways in which contemporary artists are[…..]
It’s My World, a current group show at Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions in San Francisco, is compelling in its approach to a somewhat dated subject matter: the landscape. The show successfully combines the apparent solid thesis of the exhibition: “a strong emphasis on the use of unexpected materials, abstracted forms and the examination of time” in a bid to approach issues raised by humans’ complicated relationship[…..]
Cai Guo-Qiang began experimenting with the properties of gunpowder in his drawings in the 1980s. He used gunpowder of various grades and forms and exploded it on paper, leaving burnt and smoky charcoal-stained residue marks behind. Born out of his desire to subject his practice to the dynamic elements, Cai’s work expresses how beauty and violence are often intertwined. Much of this experimentation has lead[…..]
