Tag: contemporary art

Ms & Mr: There there anxious future; and off to New Zealand

Ms & Mr: There there anxious future; and off to New Zealand

The works raise the question of what is reality past and what is current past, or, if you will, remembered past and future?

 

daniel Baltzer: Complification

daniel Baltzer: Complification

Living in the technological age, inundated with social media and the complexity of the world wide web, it is easy to feel one is on training wheels, and like a child.

 

Alyson Shotz : Armory Show 2009

Alyson Shotz : Armory Show 2009

Shotz’ work is light-filled, sparkling and amazing.

 

Surface Pleasure

Surface Pleasure

Patina like the hull of a great ship. Atmosphere like the cavern of an empty mine.

 

Trippy DIA:Beacon

Trippy DIA:Beacon

Down the stairs in Dia:Beacon, I’m treading the cement caverns of this ex-soup factory with a little trepidation. The minimal lines of the gallery’s architectural fit-out, and the lifts are somewhat reassuring of a presence of order and civil stability… but It’s dark down here and there’s a strange light ahead that glows in varying hues.

 

LeWitt:Beacon:of lines

LeWitt:Beacon:of lines

Another visit up the Hudson line was in order this July… to Dia Beacon, and especially for another look at the Sol LeWitt installation before …

 

back to Okinawa

back to Okinawa

The current photographic show at Roth Gallery is a selection of images taken by Keizo Kitajima in Okinawa in 1980. Over a period of time Kitajima …

 

Sonia Delauney : Armory Show 2009

Sonia Delauney : Armory Show 2009

I was glad to see Sonia Delauney’s work on Pier 92. As a textile designer I am always drawn to her works, and they are very little shown in the southern hemisphere, so it was a treat to find this large tapestry hanging in a thoroughfare of the show.