The Sisyphean task of art.
SPENCER FINCH: WHAT TIME IS IT ON THE SUN?
MASS MOCA
NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS
MAY 26, 2007-MARCH 31, 2008
After the monochromatic canvases of Kasimir Malevich, Helio
Oiticica, and Robert . . .
Out of conflict.
ASSAF SHOSHAN: HOME
GALERIE POLARIS
PARIS
JUNE 2-JULY 12, 2007
The recent work of Israeli-born photographer Assaf Shoshan captures
a personal and shared experience of citizens who live in a . . .
Half life: a portrait of Lauren.(Brief article)
For the past several years, I have been working on a book project
about the life and suicide of a close friend. The project is comprised
of photographs and collected writings that Lauren and I . . .
The erratic front: YouTube and representations of mental
illness.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, every fourth
American adult and every tenth child suffers from a diagnosable mental
illness, yet fewer than ten percent seek therapy or . . .
War artist: Steve McQueen and postproduction art.
INTRODUCTION
Since it opened in 1917, the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London
has been acquiring art in various ways. Most of the museum's art
collection deals with the two world wars, and . . .
The unexamined Second Life isn't worth living: virtual
worlds and interactive art.
Recent issues of the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Wired, Business
Week, and even Southwest Airlines' in-flight publication have run
feature stories on "Second Life," the increasingly . . .
The impersonal album: chronicling life in the digital
age.
To the modern eye, Victorian photograph albums bear an uncanny
resemblance to Victorian dinosaurs. Thick and clunky, wrapped in rough
leather, they inspire awe due less to their grace than their . . .
Books opening up.
ACTION/INTERACTION: BOOK/ARTS
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO CENTER FOR BOOK AND PAPER ARTS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
JUNE 8-10, 2007
The Action/Interaction: Book/Arts conference consisted of a . . .
Identity and discovery.(Calendar)
TRANSPHOTOGRAPHIQUES
LILLE, FRANCE
MAY 10-JUNE 17, 2007
FOTO FESTIVAL
LODZ, POLAND
MAY 17-27, 2007
PHOTO ESPANA
MADRID, SPAIN
MAY 30-JULY 22, 2007
RENCONTRES D'ARLES
ARLES, . . .
Global Modernism.
52ND VENICE BIENNALE
VENICE
JUNE 10-NOVEMBER 21, 2007
The Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) is a complex affair.
For the first time in its long history, an American, Robert Storr, . . .
Notices.(Directory)
EXHIBITIONS
ARIZONA
Scottsdale: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7380 E. 2nd St.
Contemporary Scandinavian Art. Space is the Place. Both through Sept. 2.
www.smoca.org.
Tucson: Center . . .
Media noted and received.
Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action
Movie, by Eric Lichtenfeld. Wesleyan University Press/383 pp./$24.95
(sb).
The Alchemy of Comedy ... Stupid, by Edgar Arceneaux. . . .
Unknown trajectories.(City Shields Vol US 5: No. 1 Ohio)(Book
review)
CITY SHIELDS VOL US5: NO 1 OHIO (TUSCARAWAS COUNTY: NEW
PHILADELPHIA, NEWCOMERSTOWN, GNADENHUTTEN, URICHSVILLE)
BY LOUISE LEVERGNEUX
OTTAWA, CANADA: SELF-PUBLISHED, 2006
21 PP./$30.00 (HB)
. . .
The god of time.(Boltanski Time)(Book review)
BOLTANSKI TIME
EDITED BY RALF BEIL
OSTFILDERN, GERMANY: HATJE CANTZ VERLAG, 2006
156 PP./$55.00 (HB)
In a site-specific installation at the Mathildenhohe in Darmstadt,
Germany, Christian . . .
After televisions in trees.(Echoes and Reflections: On Media
Ecology As a Field of Study)(Perspectives on Culture, Technology an
ECHOES AND REFLECTIONS: ON MEDIA ECOLOGY AS A FIELD OF STUDY
BY LANCE STRATE
CRESSKILL, NJ: HAMPTON PRESS, 2006
192 PP./$23.95 (SB)
PERSPECTIVES ON CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION: . . .
All about Eve's epic women.(The Rape of the Sabine Women by
Eve Sussman)(Movie review)
THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN
BY EVE SUSSMAN AND THE RUFUS CORPORATION
80 MINUTES, 2006
With a title like The Rape of the Sabine Women, the viewer
anticipates a nasty ending. In the case of . . .
Photojournalism in flux?(Fig exhibit by Oliver Chanarin and Adam
Broomberg)
OLIVER CHANARIN AND ADAM BROOMBERG: FIG.
JOHN HANSARD GALLERY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND
FEBRUARY 6-MARCH 31, 2007
In the first half of the twentieth century, photography became . . .
The future of the dag.(Daguerreotypes Past and Present)
DAGUERREOTYPES PAST AND PRESENT
DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY GALLERY
PITTSBURGH
APRIL 21-MAY 5, 2007
In an unassuming building a few minutes drive from downtown
Pittsburgh was an exhibition of . . .
Toys. Beer. Flags.(American Brain by Robert Raczka)
ROBERT RACZKA: AMERICAN BRAIN
PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PITTSBURGH
FEBRUARY 2-MARCH 18, 2007
In the 1950s and 1960s the grandeur and power of mass media and
marketing was palpable: the . . .
Questioning reality.(Lorna Simpson's exhibit)
LORNA SIMPSON
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
NEW YORK CITY
MARCH 1-MAY 6, 2007
Nearly twenty years after the civil rights movement pierced
Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, African American . . .
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