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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Mini Psycho-Opticon

Rodney Graham, Rotary Psycho-Opticon, 2008. 120 x 144 inches. All content copyright 303 Gallery, New York, 2008.
For Art Kabinett this Art Basel Miami Beach, 303 Gallery (New York), will present Canadian conceptualist Rodney Graham’s latest rendition of the “Rotary Psycho-Opticon,” a replica sculpture of the freestanding kinetic Op Art structure that was used [...]

Federico Nessi selects archived performance highlights for ARTLURKER.

The Magnificent Leigh Bowery

Michael Clark, “Hail the new puritans” costumes by Leigh Bowery, music by The Fall

Klaus Nomi: Samson and Delilah (Aria)

DEATH OF A PARTY? Will Miami’s nightlife prosper over Art Basel Miami Beach or does the current economic instablity have yet more far reaching effects in store for Miami’s art community?

Spencer Tunick’s 2007 installation at The Sagamore. Courtesy of The Sagamore and guest curator Kimberly Marrero.

Despite the constant noise of construction this Art Basel Miami Beach is reported to be comparatively quiet. Regardless of the streets being filled with shipping trucks, galleries spilling over with unopened crates and Maike Cruse, Communications Manager [...]

Michael Kimmelman Mot du Jour: Effort

In the octopus’s garden… field-trip to Colin and Jared’s Coral Morphologic living art lab. Image courtesy of swampstyle
This weeks Mot du Jour is again courtesy of Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic of The New York Times, who generously sanctioned the use of his erudite verbalisms for the purposes of our deified feature. Thanks also to Amir [...]

Yard Work @ CasaLin

Sketch for John John, 2008 by Robert Chambers. Image courtesy of Robert Chambers’ studio.

Technically part of the US yet surrounded by oceans and marooned at the end of a long peninsula, South Florida with its topical heat and annual hurricanes is about as discouraging to the pursuit or preservation of art as one can imagine. [...]

Whitehot Magazine Exclusive: Locust Projects

Locust Projects. Mural by Ed Young. Wood sculpture by Graftworks/MoB with Aaron White.
What defines a project space? Is it space that ideally facilitates a possibility for an artist to experiment? Is it a space that pushes artists to create a new set of parameters for the execution of their work? Or is it a [...]

Michael Kimmelman Mot du Jour: Innovation

The Literarium, a concept condo tower for downtown Miami courtesy of swampstyle.com. Some ideas are best left as such.
This weeks Mot du Jour is again courtesy of Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic of The New York Times, who generously sanctioned the use of his erudite verbalisms for the purposes of our deified feature. Thanks also [...]

Tenacious Taggers Take Terrible Tumble

Graffiti on the roof of the Design District studio megaplex

Recently, as two of the many artists inhabiting the Design District studio megaplex were working late in preparation for Art Basel Miami Beach they became aware of frantic scrambling on the roof. After scouting the perimeter of the building, shouting, and throwing beer [...]

Agustina Woodgate: Letting Down at Spinello Gallery

Image from the series Rapunzel, 2008. Still from 120 min. performance. Music by Alexander Puentes and Federico Nessi.

In the last year Agustina Woodgate has been developing a large body of work using human hair. Previous sculptural gestures using hair have since developed into more precise choices and decisions, for example the use for [...]

Michael Kimmelman Mot du Jour: Open-ended

Unrelated image contributed by swampstyle
This weeks Mot du Jour is again courtesy of Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic of The New York Times, who generously sanctioned the use of his erudite verbalisms for the purposes of our deified feature. Thanks also to Amir Bar-Lev, award winning Director/Producer who worked with Michael to generate this [...]