Upon entering the MoMA’s Abstract Expressionist New York I immediately felt at home. As cliché as it may sound, MoMA’s most recent exhibition, which takes up the entirety of the fourth floor painting and sculpture galleries, is full of old friends. The show combines hundreds of paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the permanent collection, in an exhaustive effort to showcase New York postwar painting. Many of the paintings in the exhibition are gems usually on permanent display. Re-configured into a new narrative structure, the exhibition has shined new light on old favorites. Barnett Newman’s The Wild, Jackson Pollock’s Echo: Number 25, 1951 and Franz Kline’s Chief are among the most iconic of these examples. Continue Reading More »
Artists and fashion designers collaborated last month to create a remix of pre-Halloween fun at PS1 MoMA. A nice and unexpected mix of crowds showed up, especially for the free hair, make-up, and clothes sponsored by a whole chain of brands. My favorite show was the Olaf Breuning X Cynthia Rowley collab. It’s nice to see the entire creative process as the stream of audience moves along. From outfit selection and being dumped with a bucket of paint by Olaf, to being photographed and displayed instantaneously on the walls, to finally reaching the hallway where the painted collection is displayed neatly in a row. Continue Reading More »
When I walked into Pure Beauty, the new retrospective exhibition of John Baldassari’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I was skeptical to say the least. As an international art star, Baldassari’s most famous images are ubiquitous. His colored dot paintings have graced the pages of innumerable auction catalogues, art magazines and exhibition advertisements. Quite simply, I had become numb to them. Furthermore, I appreciate the effort that the Met has been making of late to exhibit contemporary art, but have not been remotely impressed by their offerings. Past exhibitions like “The Pictures Generation” have been impressive in scope, but seemed dull and over historical.
(Trailer for The Last Days of Shishmaref. East coast premier on Nov. 15, 2010)
The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international documentaries in the United States, encompassing a broad spectrum of work, from indigenous community media to experimental nonfiction. The Festival is distinguished by its outstanding selection of titles, which tackle diverse and challenging subjects, representing a range of issues and perspectives, and by the forums for discussion with filmmakers and speakers.
Mead Festival at the American Museum of Natural History
November 11 – 14 Full schedule
Dag Alveng "Watering Water, Hvasser" from the series Summer Light. Gelatin silver print, 1979
The New York Public Library just launched the exhibition “Recollection: Thirty Years of Photography” unveiling their treasure trove of original prints from masters such as Berenice Abbott, Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Eugène Atget, Richard Avedon, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassaï, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, André Kertész, William Klein, Duane Michals, Irving Penn, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, and William Wegman. The exhibition runs through January 2, 2011. Continue Reading More »
Mine, 2009 (22 minute single-channel video and assemblage) Liz Magic Laser
Going to the Greater New York exhibition has been on my list since the show opened in May. There have been mixed reviews, but I couldn’t miss the chance to see one of the biggest showcases of local talents. I made it out to MoMA P.S.1 and caught the final hours of this extravaganza. Stepping into the first floor still feels like any normal visit to the museum, but as I keep going up floor after floor, I can feel the humdrum of 68 artists transforming the building into a sort of funhouse. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Connie Butler and Neville Wakefield, Greater New York 2010 showcases the work of 68 artists working and/or living within the vicinity of the five boroughs over the last five years. Being a curator, this exhibition is a bit of a paradise because I get to see what all these emerging artists are currently up to. I feel as if I’m doing studio visits, except the artists are not present to talk about their work.
Roaming through the rooms, halls, and stairs of the building, the most irritating part was the mash-up of sounds that were being emitted from various video and sound installations. The proximity of the pieces was probably inevitable given the sheer volume of the works.
That being said, Artcards would like to know what you thought about the 2010 Greater New York Exhibition. Leave your comments below or on our facebook page.
The New Museum’s latest exhibition “The Last Newspaper” is without a doubt the most impressive thing I have seen at the Museum since it opened its doors on the Bowery. Continue Reading More »
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