Neal Medlyn took up residence at The Kitchen this past weekend with his badass show Wicked Clown Love. Based on the Detroit rap duo Insane Clown Posse (ICP) and their followers, known as Juggalos and Juggalettes, Medlyn performed with his two main sidekicks, Farris Craddock and Carmine Covelli, and a cast of Juggalos. This is a [...]
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Tailgates and Substitutes
January 11, 2012 – 6:36 pm
Sexily titled Tailgates and Substitutes after a Bob Dylan song, the group show at Thierry Goldberg includes the work of twelve artists ranging from sculpture, to painting, to photography. Many of the artists in the show are working with abstracted forms in various mediums. The idea of substitution aptly has a connection to abstraction; many [...]
Three. Two. One. Performa 11
October 30, 2011 – 9:09 am
Performa, the visual art performance biennial, is descending upon the city for the first three weeks of November. In its fourth and ever growing iteration, the biennial’s diverse schedule traverses theatre, poetry, comedy, film and music, and includes truly innovative performances. Many are even free while others require an RSVP, and others, paid tickets. Our [...]
Don’t Fence Me In
September 7, 2011 – 7:46 am
Opening tonight, September 7th, at Lesley Heller Workspace is a provocative group show called Don’t Fence Me In… Or Out. Featuring the work of Katherine Behar, Rachel Budde, Dawn Frasch, Jaeeun Lee, Suko Presseau, Satomi Shirai, Sarah Young and myself, the show is artist Lisa Corinne Davis’ first curatorial foray. Lisa uses this new role to [...]
Paddle8
July 12, 2011 – 9:59 am
The latest addition to the blossoming pool of online exhibition platforms, Paddle8 functions as a membership-based website facilitating art collection of the most relevant and contemporary artists. With each exhibition, eight art world heavy-hitters rotate in, commenting on their favorite works from the online show and their relationship to art in general. To launch the [...]
Bodies is Summertime
June 28, 2011 – 10:16 am
Opening this week at Robin Rice Gallery is the annual photography show Summertime. Hung salon style, the work of 56 artists explore all the moments summer bring us. Artists include Bill Phelps, Benjamin Heller, Jose Picayo, Karine Laval, and Todd Burris, to name a few. The celebration of bodies being freed to explore environments highlight the [...]
Beckoned In By Glenn Ligon’s Negro Sunshine
May 16, 2011 – 1:02 pm
Surface contains and carries valuable information in art. Glenn Ligon’s mid-career retrospective, titled America, is on exhibition another three weeks at the Whitney, and allows for an expanded view of his art practice through evaluation of his surfaces. The exhibition’s stark order and his works predominant absence of color heighten the surface’s importance in its contribution to the [...]
Joe Fyfe’s Collection of Threads
April 14, 2011 – 12:25 pm
Central to Joe Fyfe’s art practice is a preoccupation with how things come together through fabric and how this material is used and handled. This study becomes actualized in his sculptures, adhered in his 2-D work and captured in his photographs. By moving through these three mediums while focusing on the same subject, we become [...]
Oozing and Knotted Up: Lynda Benglis at the New Musuem
March 31, 2011 – 10:27 am
Image courtesy of Benoit Pailley After being instructed to start at the top of the New Museum and work my way down, I was thrilled to arrive at the 2nd floor exhibition of works by Lynda Benglis. From lava forms erupting from a wall lit with a black light to knotted steel formations, which remind [...]
Screen Test at PopRally
January 18, 2011 – 2:17 pm
If you haven’t been to a MoMA PopRally event, this Thursday night should be your christening. PopRally presents artists, works of art and exhibitions, screenings, situations, and parties all nestled in the evening at MoMA- drinks included! The last event I attended was a screening of Chris Cunningham’s latest music video for Gil Scott-Heron. The [...]
