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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Remembering… William Thomas Beckford

Monday, June 30, 2008

Fonthill Abbey designed for William Beckford by the architect James Wyatt. Print from John Rutter’s Deliniations of Fonthill and its Abbey (1823)
In tribute to artisans and knaves of days gone by, ARTLURKER announces its new slot “Remembering…”. A sort of history bus fraught with bias and pretense to which the ticket is free but satisfaction [...]

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Writing about Performance Art Part 1: The mountain in my room by Dagmar I. Glausnitzer-Smith

Saturday, June 28, 2008

The mountain in my room, Dagmar I. Glausnitzer-Smith, Berlin Jerxheim, 2008.

Every image, which I select from within as it occurs in my own painting, photography, video or words has the potential of performance; the action of the moment of awareness. The absence of actuality or the presence of the imagination is the necessary dynamic for [...]

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St.Pierre & Miquelon – SEXYMACHiNERY ISSUE A: Super Replica

Monday, June 23, 2008

In November 2007 the medium Angela Patel gave the name St. Pierre & Miquelon to represent the collective works of Simon Elvins, Julie Hill & Tom Mower. Their previous projects – which now fall under the name St. Pierre & Miquelon – have taken the form of books, workshops, exhibitions and individual commissions.
In June of [...]

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The Doors of Perception – Juan Carlos Zaldivar: Strings

Saturday, June 21, 2008

STRINGS, the current exhibition by Juan Carlos Zaldivar at Gallery Dot 51, represents a unique examination of the basis of perception, the material and ephemeral, using video and sculpture.
The three pieces included in the show are made of a scrim-like fabric stretched over minimal metal support that function as translucent video screens for the various [...]

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Miami artist Bhakti Baxter in Le Salon Des Beaux-Bains

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

“Sisyphus and Friends” (2008) Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
This week Miami artist Bhakti Baxter joins ARTLURKER in Le Salon Des Beaux-Bains.
Baxter has been a staple of the Miami art community all of his life. From early beginnings as a vivacious street artist he is represented today by not one, but two major internationally acclaimed [...]

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Partial eclipse gives new Miami artists a chance to shine

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Detail of “New World Water” (2008) by Ricky Rayns from “Reflectivity Part 1: Mind Fields”

Miami’s 2nd Saturday art walk was certainly interesting this month. Not because there were great shows but rather because of the apparent manner in which the balance of power seemed to shift between the bigger galleries and the smaller independent project [...]

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