This week, From the DS Archives has chosen to reintroduce Catherine Wagley’s interview with artist Drew Heitzler. Heitzler’s film installations are worth revisiting for the way they explore history and narrative through manipulated found footage as well as his own new work in film. Notably inspired by the precedent of history paintings like The Oath of the Horatii, Heitzler presents us with filmic narratives of[…..]
This Sunday’s From the DS Archives unearths a feature on artist Kathy Grayson that presents a compelling example of contemporary painting. While Grayson’s work is realized in paint, her process capitalizes on the technologies of globalization. She appropriates You Tube footage and then uses computer programs to capture and abstract the transference of data, which facilitates digital broadcasting. Grayson’s Bangalore series visualizes an otherwise invisible[…..]
This week’s edition of From the DS Archives reintroduces a feature on artist Pablo Zuleta Zahr written by Allison Gibson. Zahr’s ‘patterned panoramas’ offer an innovative study of contemporary mobility – finding beauty in the shared urgency of the urban commute. Zahr’s observance of the everyday suggests that we should pause to appreciate the moment as we navigate our busy lives. The subway in any[…..]
This Sunday, From the DS Archives presents Come Hither Noise. We have chosen to reintroduce this previously published article for the way it gives singular attention to sound – an often overlooked element of contemporary visual art practice. Come Hither Noise reminds us that sound can also stand alone as a compelling medium of exploration that is appropriately situated in the gallery space. Come Hither[…..]
This Sunday’s choice from the DS Archives is based on the reality that present curatorial practice is quite often guided by pedagogical concerns – making education programs increasingly important to exhibition-making. In light of this trend, we bring our readers a previously published interview with Denise Gray of MOCA’s Education Department. DailyServing’s Sasha Lee recently had the chance to sit down with Denise Gray of[…..]
From the DS Archives introduces this week’s series, Summer of Utopia, in which we investigate seven different artists who either employ or interrupt ideas of utopia. Today we are exploring utopia by returning to a past feature on artist Meeson Pae Yang. Utopia – a broad conceptual imagining of a progressive and perfected society – has engaged many thinkers over the centuries since Sir Thomas[…..]
This past week, the United States government sued Arizona to block strict new immigration laws that will criminalize illegal transnational immigration in that state. In light of this, we chose to pull Krzysztof Wodiczko’s Guests From the DS Archives to be reconsidered in the context of our country’s continuing debate over immigration reform. Guests takes on new meaning when repositioned close to home. Krzysztof Wodiczko’s[…..]
