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Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie: Observations
Things have quieted down. Che fare? Was tun? Foolish feeling foolish feelings. How to go? What put? What to do? There comes and goes a green dog, a red dog, a white dog, a black and blue dog. Or, is
Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie: Observations
Things have quieted down. Che fare? Was tun? Foolish feeling foolish feelings. How to go? What put? What to do? There comes and goes a green dog, a red dog, a white dog, a black and blue dog. Or, is
Between The Ancients and The Moderns
It became a familiar curatorial move: the inclusion of a few works of contemporary art interspersed among collections of more venerable, more properly art-historical art. The thinking seems clear: it’s win-win, isn’t it? Potential stuffiness is relieved; connections are made;
Between The Ancients and The Moderns
It became a familiar curatorial move: the inclusion of a few works of contemporary art interspersed among collections of more venerable, more properly art-historical art. The thinking seems clear: it’s win-win, isn’t it? Potential stuffiness is relieved; connections are made;
The Past is Always a Step Ahead
I tend to talk a lot when I get excited. I often get excited when looking at art. This makes me not always the best of museum- or gallery-going companions, as sometimes I get to talking without really realizing other
The Past is Always a Step Ahead
I tend to talk a lot when I get excited. I often get excited when looking at art. This makes me not always the best of museum- or gallery-going companions, as sometimes I get to talking without really realizing other
Richard Serra In Public
Richard Serra is responsible for what is perhaps the most infamous public sculpture of modern times (possibly excepting some sundry effigies of deposed dictators.) The history and surrounding controversy of his Tilted Arc have been extensively documented and analyzed, and
Richard Serra In Public
Richard Serra is responsible for what is perhaps the most infamous public sculpture of modern times (possibly excepting some sundry effigies of deposed dictators.) The history and surrounding controversy of his Tilted Arc have been extensively documented and analyzed, and
“beneficial to business men”
“The non-objective picture is far superior to all others in its influential potentiality, educational power, and spiritual value to humanity… It stimulates intuition and trains the acquisition of spiritual balance and order… The contemplation of a non-objective picture offers a
“beneficial to business men”
“The non-objective picture is far superior to all others in its influential potentiality, educational power, and spiritual value to humanity… It stimulates intuition and trains the acquisition of spiritual balance and order… The contemplation of a non-objective picture offers a
The Flowing Obscurity
Sometimes, and it’s not always clear why, you get an itch to see a particular work of art or the work of a particular artist. This happened to me about a month ago: I had to see some Albert Pinkham
The Flowing Obscurity
Sometimes, and it’s not always clear why, you get an itch to see a particular work of art or the work of a particular artist. This happened to me about a month ago: I had to see some Albert Pinkham
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part III
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part III With over 50 works or installations scattered through Karlsaue park, it was possible, in the single afternoon I spent roaming the grounds, to visit only a fraction of these. Impressed as I was by
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part III
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part III With over 50 works or installations scattered through Karlsaue park, it was possible, in the single afternoon I spent roaming the grounds, to visit only a fraction of these. Impressed as I was by
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part II
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part II 9:30 Saturday morning, after a much-needed cup of coffee, I took the tram to the middle of town and started to head for the Neue Galerie. Over coffee, I’d discussed my plans for the
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part II
Document for dOCUMENTA (13), Part II 9:30 Saturday morning, after a much-needed cup of coffee, I took the tram to the middle of town and started to head for the Neue Galerie. Over coffee, I’d discussed my plans for the
Ben Lipkin’s “Bubble Entendre”
Images from Benjamin Lipkin’s “Bubble Entendre” at Place, a gallery in Portland, Oregon. (15th Sept. — 13th Oct.) Guest curator, Rachael Wilson. http://www.placepdx.com/ Photography by Ryan M. Wilson, http://rmwilsonphotography.com Special thanks to Place director, Gabe Flores.
Ben Lipkin’s “Bubble Entendre”
Images from Benjamin Lipkin’s “Bubble Entendre” at Place, a gallery in Portland, Oregon. (15th Sept. — 13th Oct.) Guest curator, Rachael Wilson. http://www.placepdx.com/ Photography by Ryan M. Wilson, http://rmwilsonphotography.com Special thanks to Place director, Gabe Flores.
Another one for the heap…
One thing made / of another. / One thing used / as another. / an arrogant object. / Something to / be folded or /bent or stretched. / (SKIN?) / Beware of the body / & the mind. / Avoid
Another one for the heap…
One thing made / of another. / One thing used / as another. / an arrogant object. / Something to / be folded or /bent or stretched. / (SKIN?) / Beware of the body / & the mind. / Avoid
Document for dOCUMENTA, Part 1*
Two days at dOCUMENTA (13) felt like an infinitely brief but massively dense instant. On the train ride from Berlin, I wound up like a spring; when I hit the Wilhemshöhe Bahnhof at 1pm on Friday, I started running. This,
Document for dOCUMENTA, Part 1*
Two days at dOCUMENTA (13) felt like an infinitely brief but massively dense instant. On the train ride from Berlin, I wound up like a spring; when I hit the Wilhemshöhe Bahnhof at 1pm on Friday, I started running. This,
Bubble Entendre
Bubble Entendre is work by Benjamin Lipkin, curated by Rachael Wilson at Place, a gallery in Portland, Oregon. The show opens Saturday, September 15th and closes the 15th of October, 2012. The following is from the artist’s statement for the
Bubble Entendre
Bubble Entendre is work by Benjamin Lipkin, curated by Rachael Wilson at Place, a gallery in Portland, Oregon. The show opens Saturday, September 15th and closes the 15th of October, 2012. The following is from the artist’s statement for the
Photos from “Distance, Stance, Circumstance” at Place, a gallery in Portland, OR
“Distance, Stance, Circumstance” at Place, a gallery in Portland, Oregon (18.08.12 — 15.09.12). Works by Katherine Bauer, Davida Newman, Michelle Young Lee, David Flaugher and James Woodward. Curated by Rachael Wilson with assistance from Place director Gabe Flores.
Photos from “Distance, Stance, Circumstance” at Place, a gallery in Portland, OR
“Distance, Stance, Circumstance” at Place, a gallery in Portland, Oregon (18.08.12 — 15.09.12). Works by Katherine Bauer, Davida Newman, Michelle Young Lee, David Flaugher and James Woodward. Curated by Rachael Wilson with assistance from Place director Gabe Flores.
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