Entertainment, Featured - Monday, October 5, 2009 11:15 - 2 Comments
Student-Run Gallery Showcases Both Art and the Art of Partying
Fresh Grown Local, a student-organized art show and party, is put on every two months by a group of friends who all believe in the importance of sharing their work and having a good time. Their first show of this school year was on Friday and it was everything you’d expect and then some.
Dan Herschlein, one of the creators and an NYU senior, plays a big role in churning out the finished product. Herschlein is one of four roommates who live in the Williamsburg loft used to house the show, and believes it’s important for the artists to put up their work and talk about it, a sentiment most of the other artists involved seem to agree with.
NYU junior and studio art major Molly Levinson, who shows her work under the name Molly Levy, pointed out it’s an opportunity for students to show their work in a way that is not necessarily possible otherwise. Rishi Linley, a third year student at SVA and another roommate in the apartment expounded on that point: “We were always trying to get our stuff into other places, and finally we said fuck it, let’s do it ourselves.” Linley was also quick to point out that although we advertised the show as an NYU event, what school you go to really had nothing to do with it, especially seeing as two of the roommates attend SVA. “This is a hobby show,” he said. “Everyone brings in their collective pocket knives and shows them off—it’s the same thing, sort of.”
City - Wednesday, February 11, 2009 15:25 - 1 Comment
MOMA Adds a Little High-Brow to Atlantic-Pacific Station
This week begins the MoMA’s takeover of the Atlantic-Pacific station in Brooklyn. Last week, there were signs all over the station announcing the coming installation, and quite frankly I wasn’t sure what to expect. Though excited about the idea, I was skeptical how an “installation” would fare in one of the city’s busiest transportation hubs. But their “installation” is basically putting up posters that replicate famous paintings on the station’s billboards. Still, hurrying commuters and fine art is a pretty neat juxtaposition to witness in the early morning. Continue…
City - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 14:30 - 12 Comments
Let People Watch You Sleep As Art
The New Museum will be featuring a human sculpture exhibit by Chinese artist Chu Yun in April through June, and the installation can be…you, sleeping.
They’re looking for women ages 18 – 40 to come in and sleep on a bed in the exhibit during museum hours, with the help of a sleeping pill. The title of the installation is “This is XX,” but the XX will be replaced with the name of the sleeper. Apparently, Yun “creates installations that challenge commonly accepted elements of contemporary society.” Compensation is $10/hour, and they’ll cover the cost of a doctor’s visit and the prescription. I can’t decide whether this is really awesome or incredibly creepy and violating, but I think that’s why I kind of really want to do it.
Photo: Flickr courtesy of Porcelaingirl° {josie-grossie}
City - Monday, November 17, 2008 18:36 - 0 Comments
New MoMa Exhibition: Pipilotti Rist
Hey guys, guess what? Pipilotti Rist has a new exhibition opening at MoMA this Wednesday!
Who’s Pipilotti Rist, you ask? Why, she’s everyone’s favorite Swiss modern artist! You may know her from that girl-bashing-car-windows-with-a-flower film “Ever Is Over All“. Either way, she’s prolific and exciting and, despite the fantastical nuances in her work, surprisingly accessible. So if you haven’t been to MoMA lately, this is a good reason to trek up there. Plus, you’ll be able to view her latest work from “a sculptural seating island designed by the artist!” It’s called living art, jeez.
Photo courtesy of MoMa
City - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:36 - 0 Comments
Check Out The Whitney’s New Exhibition
The Whitney Museum’s new exhibition, Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933, shows a type of beauty that can only be expressed in art that is both simple and childlike. The exhibition brings together much of the Calder’s early work with a focus on his wire sculptures and portraits. These predate the abstract mobiles for which he is best known, but take precedence in the show. The portraits, composed solely of wire, look like three-dimensional doodles floating in the air, creating a hey-I-could-do-that vibe to them, but it’s part of the charm.
