Saturday, November 8, 2008
John Bucklin’s piece at ChaCha, a hat covered with a map of California
As most galleries have roll-over shows tonight’s art walk looks set to be somewhat lacking in openings.
It seems that the focus tonight will be mainly on Spinello Gallery which opens Agustina Woodgate’s Letting Down (special performance from 8-10pm), [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Nicolas Lobo, Private Sculpture (Detail), 2008 (Detail of Jason Rhoades’ Pearoefoam from the cover of Jason Rhoades: Pearoefoam (Hardcover), 2003).
The art and cocktail bacchanal known as Art Basel Miami Beach is still over three months away but Miami artists, famous for their meteoric rise to international repute, and the institutions that showcase them are more than ready unleash [...]
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Apparently British sculptor Marc Quinn is ready to unveil his latest creation, a nearly $2.8 million, 110-pound solid gold statue of the supermodel Kate Moss. In addition to following the recent trend set by Damien Hirst’s vile diamond skull in which the concept of value is stretched out of all proportions by the mechanisms [...]
Marie Lorenz with the Henry Hudson Bridge in the background, in one of the boats she makes herself.
“The last bit of Earth unclaimed by any nation-state was eaten up in 1899. Ours is the first century without terra incognita, without a frontier…We are looking for spaces (geographic, social, cultural, imaginary) with potential to flower [...]
Hog roast dry run for “Lamb” (2008)
Last night the quiet patience of a privileged few was rewarded by Jason Hedges, a Miami based artist whose work centers primarily around food. In preparation for his exhibition at Locust Projects this coming Saturday, Hedges, much to the satisfaction of those who lasted through the rains, de-bugged the [...]