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Konzept Kunst

by Erik Wenzel
Shusaku Arakawa, Robert Barry, Martin Boyce, Daniel Buren, Ian Burn, André Cadere, Ceal Floyer, Poul Gernes, Madeline Gins, Dan Graham, Lasse Schmidt Hansen, Isabell Heimerdinger, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Albert Mertz, Jonathan Monk, Francois Morellet, Olivier Mosset, Andreas Reiter Raabe, Santiago Sierra, Michel Verjux at Daimler Chrysler Collection: Daimler Contemporary October 7th, 2011 - March 18th, 2012
Posted 10/24/11

The collection of the Daimler Corporation focuses on “abstract and geometrical pictorial concepts, from which it derives its distinctive character,” which is an excellent starting point for conceptual approaches to art marking. It seems like Sol LeWitt is becoming lionized as the unchallenged father of the conceptual art, his practice bridges the pictorial and the sculptural and provides a through-road from Minimalism to hardcore “conceptual art” as it were. And while luminaries of the t... [more]

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Double Take

by Taylor Ruby
Kudjoe Affutu, Saâdane Afif, Becky Beasley, Martin Boyce, Tacita Dean, Ger Van Elk, Luigi Ghirri, Rodney Graham, William Kissiloff, August Kotzsch, René Magritte, Jan and Joël Martel at Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 W. 22nd St. July 19th, 2011 - October 8th, 2011
Posted 9/11/11

Between 1951 and 1965 René Magritte published a series of poems, illustrations, photographs, short stories, and theoretical essays in a journal he called La Carte d’Après Nature. Translated as The Postcard of Nature, this publication was a diverse assortment of concepts, information, and artistic ephemera that had been pulled from various eras in history. Though the subject matter was often disparate, every piece related to the whole by way of Magritte’s dreamy train of thought. Cur... [more]

What's Outside?

by Jacquelyn Davis
Dave Allen, Christine Ödlund, Kerstin Bergendal, Martin Boyce, Nathan Coley, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Martin Karlsson, Matts Leiderstam, Margaret Morton, Paola Pivi, Ingo Vetter, Annette Weisser, Elisabeth Westerlund, Kohei Yoshiyuki at Marabouparken August 28th, 2010 - November 7th, 2010
Posted 9/13/10

The parks that surround some museums isolate art into objects of formal delectation. Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art. Robert Smithson, "Cultural Confinement," 1972 Sweden, the land of near perfect summers, lush outdoor environments and carefree activities. The tourist bureau is, rare for tourist bureaus, not lying. Marabouparken's group exhibition “Parkliv” (“Park Life”) took advantage... [more]

Calder and his Children

by Victor M. Cassidy
Martin Boyce, Alexander Calder, Nathan Carter, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Aaron Curry, Kristi Lippire, Jason Meadows, Jason Middlebrook at Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) June 26th, 2010 - October 17th, 2010
Posted 7/19/10

Using tin snips and pliers, Alexander Calder fashioned his mobiles from sheet metal, wire, and bits of junk. After painting the sculptures in bright colors, he hung them from the ceiling where they move slowly in the air. Calder’s work is instantly recognizable, completely approachable, and a treat to the eye. There’s no other artist like him. Everyone loves Calder, but critics underrate him, says Lynne Warren, the long-time Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) curator. Also, she ad... [more]