Tag: New York

  • Tara Donovan at The Met

    Tara Donovan (American, b. 1969)Untitled (Mylar) (detail), 2007Mylar and glue; 96 in. x 10 ft. x 1/2 in.© Tara Donovan, courtesy PaceWildenstein, New YorkPhoto: Dennis Crowley Tara Donovan is known for turning common, manufactured objects into abstract sculptural installations. Her work typically has dimension and substance—a 42” cube made from straight pins or amoebic honeycomb…

  • The Armory Show–Another Strong Year

    Collector’s at the Armory Show Yesterday, I posted an article on the PULSE Art Fair. The Armory Show is the most important American art fair and the largest fair held in New York that last weekend in March. There were ten art fairs that weekend and one would have to be a bit psychotic to…

  • Fireworks artist shows at Guggenheim, Durango Herald, April 15, 2008

    Cai Guo-QiangInopportune: Stage One, 2004Nine cars and sequenced multichannel light tubesDimensions variableSeattle Art Museum, Gift of Robert M. Arnold, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006Exhibition copy installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2008© Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation New York. Photo by David Heald. NEW YORK – Chinese…

  • Temporal Tenuosness: Whitney Biennial 2008

    Mika Rottenberg, Production still from Cheese, 2007.Digital video, color, sound; approximately 12 min.Collection of the artist. Below is the original article I wrote and submitted for publication: “A biennial is an exercise in imposing temporary order and control onto a situation that is, essentially, out of control,” writes Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney Museum…

  • Cerebral art for modern minds, Durango Herald, April 8, 2008

    Daniel Joseph Martinez, “Divine Violence,” 2007,automotive paint on wood panel, dimensions variable.The article as it appeared in The Durango Herald: NEW YORK – “A biennial is an exercise in imposing temporary order and control onto a situation that is, essentially, out of control.” That’s what Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art…