May | 2011 | Art.Jet.Set

Ryoji Ikeda : The Transfinite

May 30, 2011 by ArtJetSet

Transfinite is a noise and video immersive installation by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda. The baseline for the work is the visual mathematics of binary code, which as an abstract language is the base for all computer media and technological processes. The Park Avenue Armory is a perfect venue to highlight the polarities of the installation’s story – A historic building where the sound of beeps and pings resonnate and the binary codes and barlines flash upon the massive screens.

Categories: Installations • Tags: Installation, Park Avenue Armory, Ryoji Ikeda, The Transfinite

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SSION at PS 1

May 15, 2011 by ArtJetSet

MoMA PopRally presented a three night performance featuring the collective SSION at MoMA PS1. Performing songs from their new album Bent, the absurdest spectacle combined fantastic video backdrops, costumes, and props. The thematic content hysterically touched on subjects on feminism, a few classic grunge rock covers, dieting and purgatory. SSION is a group collective lead by front man Cody Critcheloe, and an entourage of drag queens, performance artists, and musicians that to likes of Huizenga, Alexis Blair Penney, Colin Self, […]

Categories: New York, Performance • Tags: MoMA, PopRally, PS1, SSION

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Christian Marclay’s The Clock

May 10, 2011 by ArtJetSet

From January 21 – February 20 The Paula Cooper Gallery presented Christian Marclay’s The Clock, 24 hour video installation that garnered much acclaim during the run. Some waited up to 3 hours in the bitter New York winter to view the piece, which is heralded as a compelling transfixing work, where Marclay edits together thousands of clips of watches and clocks from popular film. The excerpts are supposed to illiterate the spanning of time and the importance of passage of […]

Categories: New York - Chelsea, Uncategorized • Tags: Christian Marclay, National Gallery of Canada, Paula Cooper, The Clock

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Colbert Stephensed – Obey Graffiti

May 8, 2011 by ArtJetSet

With the hype around the The Museum of Contemporary Art launching the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the history of graffiti and street art, I have seen this stencil piece all over the city. An elogy to Andy Warhol’s soup cans and a ribbing to Stephen Cobert’s political satires and current involvement in the art market with an Obey discretely stamped on the bottom…. I would be delighted if New York was next on the Art in the Street‘s […]

Categories: Graffiti • Tags: Graffiti, Stephen Colbert, Street Art

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Festival of Ideas for the New City – Flash:Light Highlights

May 6, 2011 by ArtJetSet

Flash:Light brings site specific sound and light installation to the streets with the Festival of Ideas for the New City. Video projections and performance transformed the city, as art filled the streets and venues around the Lower East Side. Aida Ruilova media performance featured a pair of twins dressed as nurses, that simultaneously filmed and broadcasted their performance live with iPhones as a reflection of social networks and technology in interactions in the city. Let Us Make Cake is a […]

Categories: Installations, New York, Performance • Tags: Aida Ruilova, Festival of Ideas for the New City, Flash:Light, Marco Brambilla, New Museum, Valeska Soares

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The Affordable Art Fair 2011

May 4, 2011 by ArtJetSet

The Affordable Art Fair goal is to make art accessible to all buyers at all the price ranges. A truely wonderful fair, hosting a diverse range of gallerists and artwork, the greatest pleasure was seeing the many people walking out with wrapped artwork in hand. Though the misconception of Affordable can ring as cheap and low quality, this fair hosted a gorgeous array of work and international galleries from Argentina to Austraila. Favorites included blue abstracted horizons at Sarah Myerscough, […]

Categories: Affordable Art Fair • Tags: Affordable Art Fair, Artêria, ArtStar.com, Edouard Buzon, Ken Elliot, Madelyn Jordan, Sarah Myerscough, Sean Brannan, Tone

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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Ryoji Ikeda : The Transfinite

SSION at PS 1

Christian Marclay’s The Clock

Colbert Stephensed – Obey Graffiti

Festival of Ideas for the New City – Flash:Light Highlights

The Affordable Art Fair 2011