Take on Art

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

 

 In memory of John Chamberlain, a giant artist and a generous man.

 

-TOA

 

The Semiotics of Cross-Dressing

Andisheh Avini, Crawl, 2010, marquetry & wood panel, 15.25" x 44" at I-20 NYC, 2011 with example of Khatam marquetry detail   Arun Kumar HG (aka HG Arunkumar), Nandi in Astroturf, 2011, fiberglass & AstroTurf, 17" x 30.5" x 12.5" at Latitude 28 New Delhi

 

Nowadays East meets West via the out-sourced currents of cross-cultural convergence co-mingling art, ideas, symbolism, craftsmanship, materials, traditions and commerce, often unexpectedly, where sacred Nandi don AstroTurf skin and Frank Stella geometries sport Persian Khatam marquetry in a world where the owner of the New Jersey Nets NBA basketball team can run for the president of Russia.

 

-TOA

Step Into Liquid

Wess Dahl-berg at Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nov.-Dec. 2011


Liquid paint that is.  Dry or wet, here's the lowdown on Highbrow Shamanism and the paintings of Wess Dahl-berg (formerly known as Dahlberg).  They are golden in Las Vegas, where everything is liquid no matter how dry the weather.  The exhibit includes his newest body of work, Nocturnal Landscapes, layered paeans to the desert just before nightfall.

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Space Is The Place

Richard Serra: Cycle (2010) steel 4.3 x 17.5 x 17 meters & Junction (2011) steel 4 x 22.9 x 15.2 meters at Gagosian Chelsea NYC Sept.-Nov. 2011

Space Is The Place.

Oh yeah.

Space is the place.

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Robert Irwin

Way Out West

Fluorescent Light Tube Sculptures

On Or Off 

 L&M Arts Venice CA

Sept – Oct 2011

(images – details)

 

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Being There

Untitled 08-4-8, Zeng Fanzhi, 2008, oil on canvas, 260 x 360 cm. (in 2 panels). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011.

Being There

HONG KONG–Christie's auction house and the Rockbund Art Museum, the contemporary art showcase in Shanghai, will present “BEING” (界線的共鳴), an exhibition featuring approximately 30 paintings by Zeng Fanzhi.  Sponsored by the François Pinault Foundation and focused on a theme close to the artist’s heart – the interaction between people and the environment – the exhibition will be held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre in May 2011, coinciding with Christie’s spring auctions at the same site. 

Zeng Fanzhi will reportedly select one work estimated at HK$10 million for auction at Christie’s Asian Contemporary Art & Chinese 20th Century Art Evening Sale on May 28.  Proceeds from the sale of his painting will go to The Nature Conservancy.  In addition, Christie's will waive its commission.  

François Pinault noted, “Whether drawing from abstract or figurative paths, whether resounding in expressionist or meditative tones, works by Zeng Fanzhi derive their exceptional power from a permanent tension between memory and the present, between a strong historical legacy and a contemporary reality that is constantly shifting.”

The Nature Conservancy works around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.  At present, the Conservancy is involved in more than 30 countries across the globe addressing threats to conservation involving climate change, fresh water, forests, and marine ecosystems.

The Nature Conservancy commenced work in China in 1998, in a partnership with the Chinese government, and together has launched a number of important initiatives including mapping out China’s biodiversity, promoting sustainable forest management and forest restoration, strengthening the nature reserve system, combating climate change, protecting the Yangtze River, as well as many projects working to protect the natural and cultural heritage of northwest Yunnan’s “Three Parallel Rivers” area.  The artist serves on the Board of Trustees of the Conservancy's China Program.  To visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web, go to www.nature.org and www.tnc.org.cn (source: Christie's press release, March 11, 2011).

-TOA

 

Eye of the Beholder

The Innocent Eye Test, Mark Tansey, 1981; oil on canvas 120" x 78"
Partial and Promised Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles Cowles, in honor of William S. Lieberman (10% undivided interest, 2005; and 20% undivided interest, 2004) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1988 (sources: Metropolitan Museum of Art accessions, annual reports, 2004 & 2005)


-TOA

Joseph's Garage

 
School of the Viking Spaniard: Reconstruction of the Garage, Joseph Burwell, 2009

mixed media, redux at the IMPULSE section of PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, NYC, March 2011

 

Joseph's Garage

The Vikings and the Moors crossed paths again.  This time they came in peace to the shores of Brooklyn.  Ambassador Burwell flew the colors and brought his coat for the occasion.  Details at MIYAKO YOSHINAGA art prospects, NYC www.miyakoyoshinaga.com/artists/Joseph_Burwell, and PULSE www.pulse-art.com/newyork/exhibitor-list.php?exhibit=791.

 

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