We posted an image from Jane Barrow’s exhibit Air to Air in January. Earlier this month, the artist left a comment here stating that while the exhibit was a real turning point for her, it has also been a cause for frustration. Barrow had been making decent-sized abstract oil on canvas paintings, but, disturbed by the [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Chris Ware Animation for This American Life
Posted in Not Painting, tagged Animation, Art, Chicago, Chris Ware, This American Life on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m sure you cable TV watchers have seen this already. But anyway…
Melanie and I are moving to Kansas City on Monday. So I haven’t had time to get ready the next major post I’ve been wanting to do. Just for fun then, here’s some random stuff I’ve been liking online lately.
Interview with Norbert Marszalek
Posted in Painting, tagged Art, Chicago, Interview, Norbert Marszalek, Painting, realism on June 25, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Dialogue No. 4 of the Dialogue series, 2003.
From norbertmarszalek.com:
Norbert Marszalek’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Holter Art Museum in Helena, Montana; the South Bend Regional Museum of Art in South Bend, Indiana; the Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery in Boca Raton, [...]
Art Race!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Art Race, that’s right. Read this.
More on Art Race. More on Kenny Harris, the racing artist.
David Hockney at The Arts Club of Chicago
Posted in Painting, tagged Art, Arts Club of Chicago, British Artist, Chicago, David Hockney, landscape, Painting on June 23, 2008 | 29 Comments »
David Hockney’s Looking at Woldgate Woods, a series of 10 paintings, is up for viewing at the Arts Club of Chicago, a nearly century-old private club where many world famous 20th c. avant-garde artists made midwest debuts (which means it doesn’t have to have a web presence).
Relevant linkage:
New City Chicago
Time Out Chicago
Flavorpill
Peter Dobill
Posted in Not Painting, tagged actionist, Brooklyn, endurance art, NY, performance, Peter Dobill on June 23, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Peter Dobill
Don’t watch this if you have a weak stomach.
I met Peter last fall, and got to see some of his performances in person. All of his pieces are one-shots, never repeated except in documented form. His website has several of these. He’s Brooklyn-based now, but grew up [...]
Julia Schwadron
Posted in Not Painting, Painting, tagged Art, Brooklyn NY, Des Moines IA, Drawing, Julia Schwadron, Painting, Philadelphia PA, Street Art on June 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Julia Schwadron
Be sure to check out the Other Projects section of her website. I’m into the “Signs For Myself” project, like There’s Always the Next One (after the cut).
Aging Artists in NYC
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m sure most of you have heard this NPR story “Perfecting the Art of Frugal Living”, about a study on aging artists living and working in NYC, but here is the link for those who may not. Hear more from WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show. Any thoughts?
Carrie Gundersdorf
Posted in Painting, tagged Art, Carrie Gundersdorf, Chicago, Painting, Shane Campbell Gallery on June 18, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Carrie Gundersdorf
‘Art the Vote’ Billboards
Posted in Not Painting, tagged Art, Art and Activism, Billboards, Missouri, Public Art, Tom Huck, Vote on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
design by Tom Huck
The Missouri Billboard Project plans to display pro-voting billboards designed by contemporary artists on highways and byways around the state, September 1-November 4, 2008. Tom Huck, Peregrine Honig and May Tveit are the Missouri-based artists who have already designed billboards.
Read more in Alice Thorson’s article form the KC Star (via Modern Art [...]
