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20130430041354-zaproszenie_v_majowka_artystyczna_zlotej_lini_radzyn_podlaski_maj_2013_600px_ Group of Artists Golden Line /Złota Linia/  
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at Radzyn Podlaski > Worldwide Radzyn Podlaski
May 3rd - June 15th
Posted 4/30/13

Group of Artists Golden Line /Złota Linia/ What do they want?They want to meet and share their art with others.What don’t they want? Being closed in rigid frames.What unites them? The Internet and Art.What divides them? All the huge rest.Where are they?At the Gallery of the Cultural Centre RadzynWhere will they be?Everywhere worth being.   They were caught by the Web. From casual chatting online in autumn 2008 to spring 2011 there happened a lot. There has been born and got matured a... [more]

20130127150404-rise-and-shine Me, etc. : Narcissicon by Kiran Subbaiah  
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Kiran Subbaiah at Chatterjee & Lal Gallery > India
December 21st, 2012 - February 9th
Posted 4/14/13

Kiran Subbaiah wanted to kill himself in  Suicide Note (2006) because that’s the way truly famous people rolled, according to him. While viewing Narcissicon (2012), it seemed that he had made a miserable botch of a suicide. Because this time, his selves have multiplied, taken up residence together and freely borrow clothes from each other, get into scuffles, stabbings and passive-aggressive arguments. Kiran Subbaiah, a contemporary artist based in Bengaluru has been delighting and provoking us with his conceptual scu... [more]

20130330205904-_mg_2559 Jacob Williams: Nightmare of the Haunted Buddha  
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Jacob Williams at Diesel Denim Gallery > New York
February 4th, 2006 - April 2nd, 2006
Posted 3/31/13

by Ami Kealoha in Culture on 23 February 2006 Brooklyn-based artist Jacob Williams' day-glo psychedelia already looks like a trip through a Disneyland ride on drugs, which makes Tim Regan's recent video piece (created to announce the opening reception for Williams' solo installation "Nightmare of the Haunted Buddha") a natural fit. Set to a dramatic Psycho-esque soundtrack, the animation sets Williams' mountains, wild-haired women, and panthers in motion, which nicely establishes... [more]

20130325072830-eye_etc_1b eye, etc. by Anita Dube: A review  
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Anita Dube at Lakeeren Art Gallery > India
January 10th - March 27th
Posted 3/28/13

It’s an understatement that Anita Dube is a mistress of metonymy. Even the fact that  she lifts and airdrops the viewer  in  the uneasy boundaries of thoughts and things, is also routine by now. Yet, while marvelling at the  Lakeeren show of five installations made with ceramic votive eyes, one can’t but state the obvious. What’s not obvious is  that, in spite of experimenting with these ready-mades since the late 1990s,  she still inspires a fresh pair of eyes. All five works on display are made w... [more]

20130116160317-36610_01_show_preview1_1 Beautiful Disaster  
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Robert Gober at Matthew Marks Gallery, North Orange Grove > Los Angeles
January 19th - April 6th
Posted 3/28/13

Set your Instagram filter to "Surreal" and venture inside Matthew Marks Gallery’s Robert Gober: Sculpture Drawings Studies, on exhibit from January 19-April 6, 2013.  This is the surrealist's first solo exhibition of new work in 4 years and marks Gober's long-awaited return to Los Angeles for a one-person show.  The artist's sometimes polarizing work explores themes of religion, politics, power, and sexuality, and often represents objects from his childhood in distorted form.  His current exh... [more]

20130310051302-half-the-sky-invite_2 Never a doll moment - Time out, Bangalore  
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Barbara Ash at Five Forty Five > India
March 8th - March 29th
Posted 3/10/13

Barbara Ash’s recent collection of works challenges stereotypical ideas about women    2/2 "I think it’s depressing that girls are constantly surrounded by messages that are telling them they are not acceptable unless they follow this narrow orthodoxy,” said Barbara Ash, whose sculptures and drawings have strong roots in women’s struggle with the image centric world. “It marginalises the majority and puts a focus on superficial issues rather than in de... [more]

20121012193126-wodiczko_lincoln_war_veteran_projection This is best installation in public parks ever!  
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Krzysztof Wodiczko at Galerie Lelong > New York
November 8th, 2012 - November 8th, 2012
Posted 11/20/12

Krzysztof Wodiczko's Abraham Lincoln: War Veteran Projection is the best public space installation in 2012, this is a must see! You can get a few minutes of a quick documentation at https://vimeo.com/53446621 but I suggest viewing the installation live. Like all of Wodiczko's work, this installation is politically charged, moving and mesmerizing. The brilliance is behind the images of 14 war veternas from Vietnam, Afganistan and Iraq, projected  onto the cold bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln. As... [more]

20120903003745-artfallout_front_web Review from ARTERPILLAR Blog by colleen dougher  
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Sonia Baez-Hernandez, Jc Bravo, Natasha Duwin, Shady Eshgi, Patrick Flibotte, Nolan Haan, Paula Kolek, Kathleen Kranack, Carol Anne McFarlane, Ben Morey, Samantha Nye, Carrie Sieh, Jonathan Stein, Gabrielle Wood at 1310 Gallery (Ft Lauderdale, FL) > Miami
October 6th, 2012 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Posted 9/30/12

I went to the Appropriated Gender opening on Saturday night. So many interesting works of art were spread across three floors, from Kandy Lopez's attitude-filled giant portraits to the thoughtful craft-inspired works of Martin Casuso, an adorable painting ("Kissable") of one of JC Bravo's big-headed cabezones and a latch-hook rug by Kathleen Kranack that will remind you, "It's Your Fault."  Artist Karla Caprali has three works in Appropriated Gender. I could go on about some of the works, which include sculpture, ins... [more]

20121004134445-freak_me_out_nbechtol Lost Artists Colony - FIND'em! soon to be legend  
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Lost Colony Artists, David Bechtol, Nancy Bechtol at Avondale Arts Fest > Chicago
September 23rd, 2012 - September 23rd, 2012
Posted 9/23/12

just check this out on Oct 13. lucky number. amazing fun and art, music, food, and maybe you dancing too! All media, all styles all really interesting works. come [more]

20120912165135-weegee Rick Prol "Wee Gee" Theartblog.com Review by Matthew Rose  
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Rick Prol at Metropolis Collective > New York
October 5th, 2012 - December 1st, 2012
Posted 9/12/12

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20120912165135-weegee Rick Prol Review... Artslant.com by D. Dominick Lombardi  
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Rick Prol at Metropolis Collective > New York
October 5th, 2012 - December 1st, 2012
Posted 9/12/12

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20120608210716-isea2012_stephen_hilyard_mountain_1 ISEA, More Than Just Another Cool Acronym  
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Grégory Lasserre & Anaïs met den Ancxt, Evan Apodaca, Artereazione+Consonant, Jason Baerg, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Pamela Brown, Krista Caballero, Natalie Carlton, Stephen Cartwright, Paula Castillo, Seoungho Cho, Ian Clothier, Mexican Space Collective, CorpusElectric, Claire Coté, Cristobal Mendoza & Annica Cuppetelli, D. Bryon Darby, Ivan Puig & Andrés Padilla Domené, Robert Drummond, Nina Dubois, Titia Ex, Alicia Eggert & Mike Fleming, Jason Garcia, Steve Gibson, Alexander Glandien, Neil Mendoza & Anthony Goh, Mark Goldman, Catherine Harris, Matthew Hebert, Paul Wiersbinski & Hanna Hildebrand, Stephen Hilyard, Joel Hobbie, Jim Houk, Bethany Delahunt & Luke Hussack, Todd Ingalls, Andreas Maria Jacobs, Tom Jennings, Nova Jiang, Benjamin Johnsen, Claudia Cumbie-Jones & Lance Ford Jones, Anna Keleher, Waheguru Khalsa, Scott Kildall, Eve Andrée Laramée, Hector Leiva, Mick Lorusso, Colleen Ludwig, Te Kahu Kiiwi Henare & Craig Macdonald, Fred Paulino and Lucas Mafra, Mark Malmberg, Matahiapo, Rachel Mayeri, Lynn Cazabon & Neal McDonald, Jaime Smith & Dylan McLaughlin, Daniel Miller, Scott Moore, Stacy Neff & Mark Nelson, Antony Nevin, Justin Love & Jim Olson, Fernando Orellana, Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Nam Jun Paik, Kent Frankovich & Adam Pettler, Carmelita Topaha & Larry Phan, Yulia Pinkusevich, Kura Puke, François Quévillon, DPrime Research, Daniel Richmond, Carlos Rosas, Stephanie Rothenberg, Meridel Rubenstein, Teri Rueb, Agnes Chavez & Alessandro Saccoia, Francesca Samsel, Siena Sanderson, Alyce Santoro, Joana Moll & Heliodoro Santos, Scenocosme, Michael Schippling, Jessica Segall, Bruce Shapiro, Nathaniel Stern, Te Hunga Wai Tapu, Jo Tito, Filipa De Lima Valente, Bruno Vianna, Leo Villareal, Blue Wade, Dr. Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Te Urutahi Waikerepuru, Nina Waisman, Ruth West, William Wilson, Meow Wolf, Adrianne Wortzel, Marina Zurkow, Christiaan Zwanikken at 516 ARTS > Santa Fe
September 19th, 2012 - January 6th
Posted 6/12/12

ISEA, More Than Just Another Cool Acronym Written by Katy Crocker  //  November 8, 2011  //  Art, Design  //  No comments Ilove acronyms. ISEA is pronounced like a word, which—according to my college Linguistics professor—distinguishes it from initialism, and officially makes it an acronym. Think: idea with an ‘s,’ not I.S.E.A.  Here’s another: GOLF, an alleged acronym meaning “gentlemen only ladies, forbidden.” ISEA isn’t an alleged acronym, however; it... [more]

20120519135547-cyro_cappello_fama_volat_2012 IN CONTEMPORARY Project - High and Low  
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Cyro Cappello, Group Show at Palazzo Chianini Vincenzi > Worldwide Arezzo
May 19th, 2012 - June 23rd, 2012
Posted 5/19/12

IN CONTEMPORARY project intervention, thegroup show that inaugurates High and Low  May 19,offers a critical reflection born from a comparison with the current national and international crisis, looking for a newengagement between companies and artist. The exhibitioncurated by Matilda Puleo will present the work of 42 artistsasked to produce two sample images of these opposingcategories of thought, so as to achieve a meeting of creativity united by the desire to explore the th... [more]

20120420114029-interlife Overlords by Tom Estes  
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at Fictilis > Worldwide Seattle
April 5th, 2012 - April 27th, 2012
Posted 4/20/12

OVERLORDS BY TOM ESTES at Interlife Crisis It’s hard to remember a world without the internet. In its current pernicious state of velocity combined with a fathomless audience, the internet has become a dizzying source of daily information. According to a recent survey, we now spend almost half our waking hours either online, on the phone, or watching television. The flow of information has continued unabated and transmission of images has accelerated to become a source of daily reality for most u... [more]

20120322234007-westcoastartassemblagepc2 The Art Assemblage Traditions carried forward  
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Chris Bales, Spencer Brewer, Hans Bruhner, Leslie Caldera, Victoria Roberts, Susan Spencer, Michael Wilson at The Beat Art Gallery > San Francisco
May 1st, 2012 - May 31st, 2012
Posted 4/13/12

West Coast Art Assemblage Show, May 1-31 Ukiah, CA As the art form of assemblage continues to captivate viewers and allure perspective designers, the discussion of art and meaning is alive and well under this seemingly random collection of parts and objects. During the month of May, seven influential artists, both established and newly discovered, will be represented at Ukiah’s innovative and alluring Beat Gallery on Perkins Street. This collection of recent works by Chris Bales... [more]

20120328224450-carlodalessioegglo Review by Janice Kleinschmidt, Palm Springs Life Magazine  
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Carlo D'Alessio at MICHAEL H. LORD GALLERY > Los Angeles
March 23rd, 2012 - April 30th, 2012
Posted 4/7/12

Unlike snowflakes, one egg looks pretty much like another egg. But for Carlo D’Alessio, every day must be Easter, when eggs assume individuality — donning shades of multiple colors, as well as speckles/blotches of varying design. D’Alessio’s 48x80 study of eggs is part of his current exhibition at Michael H. Lord Gallery in the Uptown Design District of Palm Springs. It and two other as-yet-untitled works reveal a closer-to-Earth perspective than D’Alessio’s surreal and cosmic acrylic... [more]


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