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Rips on Art: My Barbarian at MOCA's 30th Birthday Party - Review #4
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009. My Barbarian at MOCA's 30th Birthday Party - Review #4. On Saturday, November 21 The Museum of Contemporary Art of Los Angeles had its 30th birthday party/members opening party for it’s show Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years. To achieve this effect My Barbarian interviewed museum staff, from curators to accountants, and created performance, music and video which directly addressed the institution of the museum. Focusing on issues of transparency, the group used the muse...
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Rips on Art: Long Beach Exposed -Review #2
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Monday, October 19, 2009. Long Beach Exposed -Review #2. When entering the voluminous open space of the first floor one is immediately struck by the monumental yet airy site-specific installation by the Ball-Nogues Studio. Does it have to be made with drywall and be there forever? We’re trying to challenge those ideas.” Stretching the boundaries of architectural practice, Suspension is awe-inspiring in its translucence, ephemerality and complexity. By itself, the work does not clearly articulate this pos...
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Rips on Art: November 2009
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Friday, November 20, 2009. Big Litter" seems to be a collection of photographs of found discarded objects which range from little plastic baggies to feathers and single earrings. The presentation is deadpan, Davis is almost scientifically documenting and cataloging these dirty objects. Wednesday, November 11, 2009. New Topographics Symposium at LACMA - Review #3. This past weekend I attended the symposium “What’s at Stake? And still resonate today. At LACMA, CLUI added a high-definition video of a flight...
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Rips on Art: What about Philip Smith?
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Saturday, October 10, 2009. What about Philip Smith? Just this year the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibited “The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984” which was curated by Douglas Eklund. The large show, which featured works by over 30 artists influenced by Pictures techniques, also omitted Philip Smith. Explaining his decision for excluding Smith’s work Eklund disclosed in an interview with Jess Wilcox in Art in America online edition. To Art in America which explained his concern over being written out of P...
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Rips on Art: I've Found Philip Smith!
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Sunday, November 8, 2009. I've Found Philip Smith! Philip Smith was one of the artists involved with the Pictures. Exhibit of 1977. His work was omitted from Douglas Crimp’s critical essay about the show for October. 1979) and thirty years later completely absent from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s retrospective exhibition The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984. In a previous post I questioned Smith’s absence from Pictures. Magazine. Last year he came out with a memoir entitled Walking Through Walls. Novem...
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A Searing Critique.: September 2009
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A poorly punned blog reflecting on LA's modern art scene. Tuesday, September 29, 2009. I found this while searching YouTube and the themes highlighted in the clip were fairly discouraging. This is a little trailer for the movie Who Does She Think She Is? Within seconds into the clip, the viewer is compelled to question the true impact of the modern feminist art we have discussed in class. Why is it that random, seemingly educated, male New Yorkers can't think of any female artists? While the individual s...
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Strictly ARTness in: November 2009
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009. The price of "Warhol". It appears that the commodification of art did not die with the 1980's, instead it simply was the start of a whole new phenomenon of commercial takeover of art. As written in the recent ArtNews cover piece "Warhol Inc.". Http:/ www.artnews.com/issues/article.asp? Thursday, November 12, 2009. WK Interact -"How To Blow Yourself Up" Review III. WK interact and "police booking station". One dominant installation that could define the whole show is. WK Intera...
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Strictly ARTness in: Glorious Excess - Review # 1
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Thursday, October 1, 2009. Glorious Excess - Review # 1. In the next few days the Japanese American National Museum will close a show that defies the typical associations with the traditional Japanese artistic culture; it is neither humble nor respectful. In comparison to the museum’s other current exhibit that showcases traditional Kokeshi dolls and their contemporary reinterpretations, Mike Shinoda’s “Exhibition Excess (Dies)” show does not hesitate to allure and play with t...8221; deface every poster.
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Strictly ARTness in: $12 a can? The price of "Warhol"
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009. The price of "Warhol". It appears that the commodification of art did not die with the 1980's, instead it simply was the start of a whole new phenomenon of commercial takeover of art. As written in the recent ArtNews cover piece "Warhol Inc.". Http:/ www.artnews.com/issues/article.asp? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Los Angeles Art Vernacular. Views of Los Angeles. Merda di Los Angeles. The price of Warhol. WK Interact -How To Blow Yourself Up Review III.
