The curatorial conceit of Blueprint, a group exhibition at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas, is that the work included somehow embodies a plan from which one could build something. None of these artists do this literally but in some sense the curator James Cope has included work that evokes generative possibilities is different ways. Edward Setina has included a series of videos and sculpture that revolve[…..]
Currently on view in the exhibition Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the video installation, Queen (A Portrait of Madonna), by Berlin-based artist Candice Breitz. The piece assaults the museum-wanderer’s ears far before it is seen, a jumble of incomprehensible collective voices shouting through the MFA’s white walls. Only when one rounds the bend into the gallery[…..]
London’s ICA is currently showing new works by artist Rosalind Nashashibi. This solo exhibition aims to present a comprehensive look at Nashashibi’s work at a time when she is emerging as a prominent British film artist. Despite Nashashibi’s relatively young career and the fact that the earliest work included in the exhibition dates to 2005, the breadth and evolution of the artist’s work is evident[…..]
Installation view: Regen Projects, Los Angeles 2009 Photography by Brian Forrest Sometimes simplicity can be stunningly difficult. Jane Campion or 303 Gallery, and then on the face of a building at the 55th Regen Projects‘ Almont Street gallery and, when the sun sets, as a two channel installation on two exterior walls of Regen’s Santa Monica Blvd building. Installation view: Regen Projects II, Los Angeles[…..]
Photo caption: Back to Black, 2008 HK Zamani Opening September 11th is the inaugural exhibition, entitled On the Shoulders of Davids, at JAUS (pronounced “house”), a new gallery in West Los Angeles, run by artists Chris Tallon, Helen Geisler and Ichiro Irie. From the onset JAUS’ mission seems clear, albeit divergent from that of many new commercial spaces: to promote the work and so-called DIY[…..]
Trevor Paglen It is a common belief today that abstraction and politics don’t mix. We tend to think of formalism as either transcendent of problems like race and war, or on the other hand, beholden to its limitations as decoration, bought and sold in the marketplace. Reduced Visibility, curated by Core Program Critical Studies Resident Kurt Mueller at the Glassel School of Art in Houston,[…..]
The Collective Gallery in Edinburgh is currently showing video works by Australian artist Susan Norrie as part of the Edinburgh International Festival Enlightenment Series, curated by Juliana Engberg. Norrie’s Enola (2004) along with a new commission, SHOT (2009), are highly relevant to our contemporary period. Each addresses the future of our planet in light of destruction caused by military and industrial actions. Enola features a[…..]
