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Ron Arad at MoMA

July 28, 2009 by ArtJetSet

The name of Ron Arad immediately conjures up pieces such as the Bookworm bookcase (1993) and the Tom Vac chair (1997), but his surprising work goes beyond any easy classification and expresses a free creative spirit working without constrictions or frontiers in design, architecture and the plastic arts. Ron Arad defines himself as belonging to “No discipline”. No Discipline is the title of his current retrospective at MoMA. Seen here at the opening, Arad humour and spirit is posted confidently […]

Categories: New York • Tags: MoMA, Ron Arad

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ART BAZAAR at Lyons Wier Gallery

July 28, 2009 by ArtJetSet

The Art Bazaar is an OPEN CALL to ANY artist who works in ANY medium (i.e painting, sculpture, photography, fiber, performance, conceptual, WHATEVER – so long as the work fits within the allotted space in the gallery)The artist that generates THE MOST REVENUE during the 7 weekend period will be awarded a solo exhibition at Lyons Wier Gallery in 2010. Doors open to artists at 8am on Saturday for admission & initial installation. Doors open at 10am-12pm on Sunday for […]

Categories: New York - Chelsea • Tags: Art Bazaar, Lyons Wier Gallery

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dash snow memorial

July 24, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Dash Snow, East Village Artistic Rebel, Dies July 13, 2009 Grafitti artist, polaroid photographer of the sex- and drug-fueled young bohemian circles in which he moved, recording his life and times in a style similar to that of his close friend Ryan McGinley and older artists like Nan Goldin and Larry Clark, was a forefather of the current trash Lower East Side art movement. Memorial is being held at Deitch Projects, where the artist’s friends and the public are invited […]

Categories: New York - Lower East Side • Tags: Dash Snow, Memorial

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Hans Ulrich Obrist book talk at the Guggenheim

July 22, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Walter Hopps will be here in 20 minutes!! On stage with recently appointed Guggenheim Director Richard Armstrong and Curator Nancy Spector, Hans Ulrich Obrist discussed issues on curating and his career, as a presentation of his new book A Brief History of Curating. As curator of over 140 shows to date, and current director of the Serpentine Gallery, Obrist explains that the curator is really an accomplice of the artist, and that looking and looking again is the adage to […]

Categories: Book • Tags: A brief History of Curating, Hans Ulrich Obrist

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West Queen West, the Gallery District

July 21, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Highlights from Toronto’s West Queen West, and burgeoning Ossington art district. Talia Shipman resin coated black and white photos interpreting Exodus: The Ten Plagues, James Olley and Brendan Flanagan both brilliant emerging artists that stay true to Jamie Angell’s program of encouraging Pop impasto painting with a pure Canadian/Group of Seven-esque soul at Angell Gallery . MKG127 presents COMMON WEALTH, 5 artists living in the United Kingdom exploring the relationship between word and image. I loved the audio piece by […]

Categories: Toronto • Tags: Angell Gallery, Brendan Flanagan, Giorgio Sadotti, James Olley, Jim Verburg, MKG127, Talia Shipman

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Pulp Fiction at Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

July 15, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Pulp Fiction at the MOCCA, curated by Corinna Ghaznavi, brings together a group of fourteen artists from across Canada as a means of examining this phenomenon of art practice. Because the work bypasses the space, systems and many of the concerns of Canada’s established institutions, this show developes as an unintelligable dialogue between regional artists with museum standards speaking to a commercial gallery with a strong Canadiana thematic. Little dolls by Jennie O’Keefe. James Kirkpatrick, the talking that influences everything […]

Categories: Toronto • Tags: Jason Mclean, Mark DeLong, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

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Younger than Jesus, continued

July 12, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Categories: New York, Uncategorized

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On the Pleasure of Hating: Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; Hatred alone is Immortal at Lisa Cooley Gallery

July 12, 2009 by ArtJetSet

An insanely long but severly poignant title for the current show at Lisa Cooley Gallery- On the Pleasure of Hating: Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; Hatred alone is Immortal. The title comes from an essay by English writer William Hazlitt, about antipathies and the unruly passions of men. To me the title and the show both feel like a ripened more profound teenage angst and highschool heartache. Dario Robleto’s Sinew of Purpose. Josh Faught’s Triage, […]

Categories: New York - Lower East Side • Tags: Dario Robleto, Josh Faught, Lisa Cooley Gallery

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Don’t Panic at Rental Gallery

July 12, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Rental Gallery is an atypical exhibition space that invites galleries to host shows in their Chinatown space. There is definatly an obvious program in selecting the collaborating galleries. The last exhibition was a solo show featuring Richard Kern, who is part photographer, part filmmaker, and infamously occasional pornographer. Current show Don’t Panic! I’m selling my collection, is an assemblage of super trendy, low grade works by blue-ish chip artists, from a variety of New York based collector’s private collections. The […]

Categories: New York - Lower East Side • Tags: Hope Atherton, Marilyn Minter, Rental Gallery

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Michael Jackson Pollock video by Marco Schmitt

July 11, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Invisible Exports presents a hilarious video program negotiating the consequence of television struggle between high and low culture. Curated by Mike Bouchet, the program consists of works by a roster of contemporary artists interwoven with segments and episodes swiped from digital cable. Throughout the show, the work will be continuously replenished with new videos and new content from network programs, a democratic gesture that raises questions about influence and audience, scope, depth, and quality in the narrative arts. As the […]

Categories: New York - Lower East Side • Tags: Invisible Exports, Marco Schmitt

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After Color at Bose Pacia

July 7, 2009 by ArtJetSet

After Color presented by Bose Pacia, curated by Amani Olu, a discussion on Black&White photography in the age of large scale massive colour imaging. Many of the photos seemed more like ephemeral graphite on paper rather than b&w photography, like Talia Chetrit’s Gradient Tool and Matthew Gamber’s Untitled Chalkboard. Very beautiful landscapes by Arthur Ou. I remember being surprised by these large photos at Hudson Franklin’s booth at 2008 NADA Miami Fair.

Categories: New York - Chelsea • Tags: Amani Olu, Arthur Ou, Bose Pacia, Hudson Franklin, Matthew Gamber, Talia Chtrit

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East Houston: Whitewash Facelift

July 3, 2009 by ArtJetSet

On East Houston, between Billy’s Antiques and Bowery stood the recreated mural by famous NY grafitti artist and AIDS awareness advocate Keith Haring (framed by the contemporary grafitti artist Mr. Brainwash) The weekend of July 4th, these two walls were whitewashed, and a new mural is on its way up. In other East Houston news, the scandal that broke around this threesome Calvin Klein ad created such a stir, that it was taken down and replaced by blond model in […]

Categories: Graffiti, Public Art, Street Art • Tags: Deitch Wall, East Houston Mural, Keith Haring, Mr.Brainwash

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