Yearly Archives: 2009

Flash Points

Athletes & Artists: Riyas Komu’s “Mark Him”

Athletes & Artists: Riyas Komu’s “Mark Him”

by Jennifer Doyle | Dec 10, 2009

Flash Points contributor and University of Riverside professor Jennifer Doyle is currently spending 2 weeks in India, traveling with the Indian artist Riyas Komu. Following is the first in a …

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: Squeak Carnwath’s Unique Lexicon Channels the Universal

by Lily Simonson | Dec 10, 2009

Looking at Los Angeles: Squeak Carnwath’s Unique Lexicon Channels the Universal

by Lily Simonson | Dec 10, 2009

“Most of life is invisible to the naked eye,” proclaims Invisible, a painting in Squeak Carnwath’s new exhibition at Peter Mendenhall Gallery in Los Angeles. At first glance, it appears …

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Tree Museum

by Katie Holten | Dec 10, 2009

We invited artist Katie Holten to write about her current project, Tree Museum, a public artwork in the Bronx, New York. — Ed. I think it’s fair to say that …

Dutch Bound Books.

by Kelly Rakowski | Dec 9, 2009

On Monday, I had the rare opportunity to feast my eyes (in real life) upon the wonders of the Wolfsonian Library in Miami, Florida. Knowledgeable librarian Niki Harsanyi, introduced me …

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Deference to the Vernacular

by Anna Kryczka | Dec 9, 2009

In a short essay dealing with the peculiarities of the West Texas that Donald Judd called home, he writes, Here, everywhere, the destruction of new land is a brutality…Within a …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Confronting History

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 9, 2009

Looking through the interviews and essays featured in Art:21- Art in the Twenty- First Century 5, the companion book to season 5, I keep discovering a ton of words to …

Costumes of Katsinas.

by Kelly Rakowski | Dec 8, 2009

Hello and welcome to Nothing is New via Art21. During my stint as guest blogger, you will see posts are very image-heavy with a brief, excited description explaining each set …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Who Gets To Call It Art?

by Ben Street | Dec 7, 2009

Letter from London: Who Gets To Call It Art?

by Ben Street | Dec 7, 2009

It is possible to read the Court’s opinion … in a variety of ways. In saying this, I imply no criticism of the Court, which in those cases was faced …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 7, 2009

In this week’s roundup of Art21 artist news you’ll read about a forty-million dollar art collection in Las Vegas, a major exhibition of work by Korean and Korean American artists, …

New guest blogger: Kelly Rakowski

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2009

New guest blogger: Kelly Rakowski

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2009

Thanks to Nicole Sansone for her engaging and inventive series of posts exploring the difference between systems and networks. Up next is graphic designer Kelly Rakowski. As Head of the …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Dec 5, 2009

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Dec 5, 2009

Pssst…! Here’s what’s been going on these past days at Art21… VIDEO EXCLUSIVE(s): Kimsooja | “A Beggar Woman” & “A Homeless Woman” Yinka Shonibare MBE | Being an Artist Feed …

Art21 Extended Play

Kimsooja | “A Beggar Woman” & “A Homeless Woman”

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2009

Kimsooja | “A Beggar Woman” & “A Homeless Woman”

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Artist Kimsooja reflects on her series of videotaped performances — A Beggar Woman and A Homeless Woman (both 2000-01) — realized in cities …

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Electrical Forest: Made in Troy

by Noah Fischer | Dec 4, 2009

Electrical Forest: Made in Troy

by Noah Fischer | Dec 4, 2009

We invited artist Noah Fischer to write about his current project, Electrical Forest: Made in Troy, a site-specific installation in Troy, New York. — Ed. During my initial research missions …

Blogalogueing with Kristin Lucas

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 3, 2009

Blogalogueing with Kristin Lucas

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 3, 2009

Leave it to a web artist to push the boundaries in interview formats! Keep reading to experience mine and Kristin Lucas’s systems vs. networks conversation, Twitter style… Nikksters: How do …

Blogalogue, Part 3: Kristin Lucas

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 3, 2009

Blogalogue, Part 3: Kristin Lucas

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 3, 2009

Kristin Lucas creates video, installation, intervention, digital photographs, sculpture, and projects for the web. Positioning herself at the center of her projects, Lucas’s work addresses the effects of rapid-spread technology on …

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ETeam Reflections…

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 3, 2009

Flash Points

ETeam Reflections…

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 3, 2009

In case you didn’t notice, ETeam did a pretty good job of turning the tables on me. It would seem that systems and networks are tricky and unpredictable that way… …

Looking at Los Angeles

Guts Get Out of Hand

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 3, 2009

Looking at Los Angeles

Guts Get Out of Hand

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 3, 2009

On 7 AM on Thanksgiving morning, I was sitting on my aunt’s couch in Atlanta, watching news coverage about the “uninvited, well dressed Virginia couple” that had crashed Obama’s dinner …

Gastro-Vision

Antidiets of the Avant-Garde

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 2, 2009

Gastro-Vision

Antidiets of the Avant-Garde

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 2, 2009

Some 30 years after the Italian poet and founder of the Futurist movement Filippo Tommaso Marinetti wrote The Futurist Cookbook (1932) and proposed a revolution in food, the European avant-garde …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Help Wanted

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 2, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Help Wanted

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 2, 2009

Once in a while teachers are so amazed and proud of the work their students accomplish that they just have to share it, and I’m all about flying in that …

Blogalogueing with ETeam

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 2, 2009

Blogalogueing with ETeam

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 2, 2009

Preface: The following conversation took place in Second Life, at ETeam’s Second Life dumpster. I am Salty Clarity; ETeam is Lothar Apfelbaum and Tempo Strom. Tempo Strom is Online Lothar …

Blogalogue, Part 2: About ETeam

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 2, 2009

Blogalogue, Part 2: About ETeam

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 2, 2009

ETeam is comprised of Hajoe and Franziska. They were introduced to me by Cary Peppermint, who met them at an exhibition they all participated in, called Ebay. ETeam’s work includes …

EcoArtTech Reflections…

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 2, 2009

EcoArtTech Reflections…

by Nicole Sansone | Dec 2, 2009

My conversation with Eco Art Tech left me feeling a wee bit in the throes of an existential nihilistic crisis. Were systems and networks so radically out of our control? …

Art21 Extended Play

Yinka Shonibare MBE | Being an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Dec 1, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Yinka Shonibare MBE | Being an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Dec 1, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS In his London studio, artist Yinka Shonibare MBE reflects on what it means for him to be an artist, how he views his …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

In this week’s roundup, Art21 artists play with fire, sign new books, design stained glass, collage basketballs, create new films, and pop up in Miami Beach exhibitions: Carl Solway Gallery …

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Blogalogueing with EcoArtTech

by Nicole Sansone | Nov 30, 2009

Flash Points

Blogalogueing with EcoArtTech

by Nicole Sansone | Nov 30, 2009

Behold! The experiment begins! Listen in on our first Systems vs. Networks conversation with Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech… PS. This is a better spelling of “blogalogueing” right? …

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Virtual Artists’ Immersive Discoveries in a Virtual 3D Frontier

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 30, 2009

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Virtual Artists’ Immersive Discoveries in a Virtual 3D Frontier

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 30, 2009

Cao Fei, RMB City. Art in the Twenty-First Century, production still, 2009. Season 5, Episode: Fantasy. © Art21, Inc. 2009. William Saroyan wrote: The role of art is to make …

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Exploring the Makeshift Landscape

by Eirik Johnson | Nov 30, 2009

Flash Points

Exploring the Makeshift Landscape

by Eirik Johnson | Nov 30, 2009

We invited photographer Eirik Johnson to write about his ongoing exploration of humankind’s environmental impact. Works in his most recent series, Sawdust Mountain, are on view at the Henry Art …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Lisa Bradley

by Georgia Kotretsos | Nov 27, 2009

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Lisa Bradley

by Georgia Kotretsos | Nov 27, 2009

Detroiter by birth and New York-raised, Lisa Bradley is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sculpture & Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001, …

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Blogalog, Part 1: About EcoArtTech

by Nicole Sansone | Nov 26, 2009

Flash Points

Blogalog, Part 1: About EcoArtTech

by Nicole Sansone | Nov 26, 2009

Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir founded EcoArtTech as their collaborative platform for digital environmental art in 2005. They are 2009 Artist Fellowship recipients from the New York Foundation for the …

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Sustainable Architecture: Style vs. Substance

by Julia Walker | Nov 25, 2009

Flash Points

Sustainable Architecture: Style vs. Substance

by Julia Walker | Nov 25, 2009

Sustainable architecture is in danger. This might sound like a surprising claim, given the fact that never before has “green” living been such a popular concept, nor has “eco-consciousness” been …

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Making It Happen

by Nicole Sansone | Nov 25, 2009

Flash Points

Making It Happen

by Nicole Sansone | Nov 25, 2009

I have “email balls.” I sit behind my computer screen, protected by a Gmail-cloak of anonymity and I email whomever, whenever, whatever. I landed my first job out of college …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

If the Shoe Fits, Pay For It

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 25, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

If the Shoe Fits, Pay For It

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 25, 2009

I taught visual art in New York City for 13 years from 1990-2003. A majority of that time was spent in middle school classrooms and most of us received something …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

From the west to the east coast and over to Taiwan, Art21 artists are involved in a number of new and large-scale exhibitions: Works by Barry McGee (Season 1) and …