Archive for 2008
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008Went to the opening of the Saatchi/Channel 4 “New Sensations” exhibition at Brick Lane Tuesday night and was quite taken by shortlisted artist Adele Morse’s Home sweet Home. The installation is very creepy, other worldly, fantastical - blood-stained towels, dirty sleeping blanket in the corner, jarred and dried animals, knives, and heads of animal-woman hanging [...]
Roger Hiorns’ “Seizure”
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Perhaps if I hadn’t heard so much previous discussion about Roger Hiorns’ Seizure installation (part of Art Angel) that literally transforms a dilapidated and unused council flat in Elephant and Castle I would have been more affected by it. It’s been related to ruins or a mausoleum in recent talks but really it’s an uber [...]
Belmont Mill Residency Event
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Karin Weiner is one of my favorite artists I have the pleasure of working/worked with, not to mention of my favorite people, has been in Ireland for the past three months on an artist residency at the Belmont Mill. If you’re anywhere near the area, be sure to check it out what she’s been up [...]
Three Links as We Enter London Fair Week
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008The Wall Street Journal adopts the Chicken Little “the sky is falling stance” in regards to the market decline in the punningly titled “London’s Frieze Prepares for a Chill: Artists, Dealers Fret While Smaller Fairs Bow Out in Wake of Economic Crisis.” It’s a completely valid stance albeit one that was absolutely relevant in the [...]
Old Friends
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008On my first official day of school I walked by one of the numerous bulletin boards to see a photograph used by one of my artists, Glen E. Friedman. GEF was actually my very first artist - he opened my gallery in Chicago (1999) and Los Angeles (2002) where I showed a large version of [...]
A Show as Part of Auction Promo
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008I became a member of the Tate today and upon opening my new members-only Tate Magazine the card pictured above fell out. The image is not great but it’s a card for a Francis Bacon painting (from Bacon’s estate) that is featured in the upcoming Christie’s New York auction. Francis Bacon is Tate Britain’s current [...]
Turning Culture Shock into Cultural Fun
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008It’s officially official, I am an enrolled student at Goldsmiths. I even have the student ID with bad picture to prove it! Yesterday was the first of what seems to be a long series of preparatory sessions until my lectures begin on October 6. I’ll admit I felt a little old, a more experienced Londoner [...]
Podcast series: What Do Curator’s Want?
Friday, September 19th, 2008There is an organization in Los Angeles called Side Street Art Projects that I adore - they do incredible programming that is geared towards benefiting artists, artist programs, and even galleries. Just go to their site to see the amazing things they do and why they are an invaluable resource to LA.
Anyway, the reason why [...]
The Mona Lisa Curse
Friday, September 19th, 2008There really couldn’t be a better time for Robert Hughes’ “The Mona Lisa Curse” to air on Channel 4 than now. With the Hirst auction explosion, the severe down-turn of the stock market, galleries closing but prices still rising, Hughes’ examination of the problems related to the commodification of art is poignant (and something recently [...]
East of Eden
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Just a quick “shout out” to my friend Mike from Junc Gallery and abLA contributer who’s involved in the East of Eden that opens this Friday at the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery in Barnsdall Park. East of Eden is multi-gallery exhibition of galleries and artists who draw inspiration from the east side of Los Angeles, [...]
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