“a curved shape in time” and plays like a non-objective examination of sound that is obviously just a part of a bigger item: it’s the soundtrack to an art experience. It isn’t without its merits on its own and, as you listen to stick by stick falling that
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Monday, 29 April 13 - 11:10 AM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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the collaborations we did with sarah rara and luke fischbeck aka lucky dragons and sumi ink club were massive highlights to our open field artists in residence project at the walker art center last summer. they contributed three pieces:
1) a sumi ink club session via skype with luke and sarah in los angeles, us in minneapolis. strategic projection allowed us to create a "place" where the completed drawing existed... 1/2 in one place, 1/2 in the other. some pics here and here.
2) the jenny holzer reading group (in memory of rosemary furtak)
3) the wow mix which was a sound piece for an ellsworth kelly sculpture. participants checked an ipod out from the walker and then listened to the piece while sitting with the sculpture.
super happy to see the wow mix released here. great hearing it again too!
please enjoy the time and space and whatever fills them.
posted by matt olson
The early Spachtelarbeiten (palette-knife works) and Rasterbilder (Grids), executed in oil or casein paint on fibreboard and paper, were created between 1956 and 1960. Some masterfully painted gestural drawings and palette-knife works followed, partly pai
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Friday, 26 April 13 - 11:44 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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love Charlotte Posenenske's sculpture. have never known a ton about her though. these paintings from very early on are great.
more here at contemporary art daily
via south willard
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posted by matt olson
The exercise of formal analysis, at the expense of other properties of art, might be called formalistic positivism 14 needs the iconographical and experiential aspects, too, which can no longer be dismissed as "literary" except on the basis of an archaic
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Sunday, 21 April 13 - 10:54 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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installing Systemic Painting
lawrence alloway keeps coming up everywhere for me. you can download the catalogue for this show, systemic painting, here. the exhibit took plave at the guggenheim in 1966.
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posted by matt olson
The center piece of the exhibition is the sculptural installation, Hatbox, 1975. With the same gestural method of “doing and undoing” that can be found in many of her works, such as her string constructions, the process of systematization is both composed
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Tuesday, 16 April 13 - 01:02 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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hatbox (closed) 1975 - Kazuko Miyamoto
Kazuko Miyamoto: Container
Apr 19 - May 25, 2013
Exhibition opening and Catalog launch: Friday, April 19: 7-10pm
Concurrently the launch of Kazuko Miyamoto’s artist monograph will take place during the exhibition opening on April 19, 2013. As the first extensive catalog dedicated to her works, this limited edition publication features previously unpublished photographs and documentation as well as texts written by Marilena Bonomo, Luca Cerizza, Janet Passehl and Lawrence Alloway.
psyched.
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posted by matt olson.
I am thinking about the temporality of a tree. And the tree as something present, as able to bear witness (fifty-five Honey Locusts bearing witness). The slowness of their pace is not subject to the world of the
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Monday, 15 April 13 - 02:06 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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five honey locust trees in paris - david horvitz
this is my favorite things in a while. really beautiful. i already know the part of this story that involves david's grandmother because he contributed a different version of it to one of our projects a couple years ago. so nice to see it here with these other ideas and contexts.
Fifty-Five Honey Locust Trees - david horvitz
There are a group of Chinese Elms in eastern Colorado that I think frequently of. They grow at the former site of the Amache Internment Camp. My grandmother told me that when they arrived at Amache, the land was barren and empty, and that those interned in the camp had planted the trees that now stood. Knowing this, when you look at the trees you see the history of the place and the people who were once there. But the trees have no plaques. And if you don't know this, they are just trees in a landscape.
The day after Sandy hit New York City I rode my bike with some friends through downtown Manhattan to look at the aftermath of the storm. After biking over the Brooklyn Bridge we made a brief stop at Zuccotti Park. During the previous months I had been collecting the fallen seed pods from the fifty-five Honey Locust Trees that decorate the park. The storm had brought down most of the pods that were still hanging on the trees.
To germinate a Honey Locust seed you have to mimic the digestive process of an animal. This can be done using hot water or sandpaper. The tree has co-evolved with animals for the dispersal of its seeds. An animal eats the pod (which is also edible to humans). The outer layer of the seed is broken down in the animal's stomach and intestines. The seed is defecated on the ground. A tree grows.
I am thinking about the temporality of a tree. And the tree as something present, as able to bear witness (fifty-five Honey Locusts bearing witness). The slowness of their pace is not subject to the world of the instantaneous and the immediate that we live in. Their rhythms are seasonal, following the sun. These trees can live up to 150 years, longer than any of our lives, but relatively short compared to other trees. When an #OWS hashtag is no longer trending, they will continue to grow slowly in time.
At the Clocktower Gallery I have begun to germinate the seeds, and to take care of the little trees. At the end of the residency the trees will be taken to Franklin Street Works in Stamford, Connecticut, by a Metro North train from Grand Central. Each tree will be carried by one person. They will first be carried to Zuccotti Park to see their parents, and then to Grand Central (contact the Clocktower Gallery if you would like to carry a tree). In Connecticut they will continue to grow during Franklin Street Works' summer exhibition. In the future, when they are ready to be put into the ground, they will be donated to various organizations and individuals.
I imagine 150 seasons for these trees. 150 times their leaves turning a golden hue. And those who will witness this.
Fifty-five Honey Locusts bearing witness. And their seeds. The trees will be planted without plaques. - david horvitz
more here.
here's interview with david in the new issue of mousse.
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posted by matt olson
Hier und da finden sich Spuren von Schmutz, im Film der weißen Farbe klebt manchmal eine Borste vom Pinsel oder ein lockiges Haar des Künstlers. Immer wieder sind Stücke Papier oder Pappe eingeklebt, dann übermalt oder wieder herausgerissen. Die abstrakte
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Wednesday, 10 April 13 - 03:46 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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saw some of david ostrowki's work at the peres projects nada booth back in december and have been sort of haunted by it.
"that certain something that is nothing" (noel coward quote about what chic means)
psyched for this new book...
Auch die schönste Frau ist an den Füßen zu Ende
Even the most beautiful woman ends at her feet
there must be more info out there somewhere but... i can't find it.
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posted by matt olson
The exhibition consists of something that appears to be two chairs, a daybed, an assembly set, a sculpture and five paintings. Along the longest wall in the gallery a number of old mirrors have been arranged, which reflects the total installation. The -
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Saturday, 06 April 13 - 04:48 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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magnus pettersen @ Peter Amby Gallery, Copenhagen
more pics here.
via mousse
really like this work.
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posted by matt olson
A lesser known but important period in Chicago's career is the Minimalist work she created between '65-'73. Some of the optical patterns explored in these works, such as circles and octagons with central cores that appear to be expanding and contracting -
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Tuesday, 02 April 13 - 12:01 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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sunset squares (1965) - judy chicago
judy chicago via instamondo which touched off a little session...
ten part cylinders in progress (1966) - judy chicago
judy chicago in her pasadena studio 1965
if you're into it, this is worth a read.
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posted by matt olson
An individual is defined by a series of discrete moments. These moments leave an indelible and inflexible mark. They are fixed points of space-time that cannot be erased or unwritten – they defy our heroics. We begin in an empty sphere in which these...
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Tuesday, 02 April 13 - 11:54 AM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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The Spectre As It Resolves Its Own Gravity
A play in one act by Phillip Birch
April 4, 5 and 6, 2013
Doors open at 8:00pm each day, performance begins promptly at 8:15pm.
There will be no admittance once the performance has begun.
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posted by matt olson
We are all entering a new phase, a phase of a unity maintaining intelligent behaviors that emerge from online and virtual interactions while promoting the power of imagination as we progress from one sphere to another. The Eternal Internet Brotherhood...
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Tuesday, 26 March 13 - 07:11 AM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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angelo plessas
Manuel Fernandez
priscilla tea
manifesto
The Eternal Internet Brotherhood is an initiative by artist Angelo Plessas for an one-week residency/tour happening annually in different locations around the world. The first edition happened in the summer of 2012 as a cooperative camp and took place on a mystical beach on the island of Anafi in Greece. You can find full documentation here.
The Eternal Internet Brotherhood is a cultural "situation" featuring events and projects who expand notions of distribution and materiality while experimenting with new forms of image-making online all embraced with the soul's reunion and the perfection of nature. Read this year's statement
During the project we all meet, stay and work closely in a common mental and physical environment. We organically create new concepts swarmed by data, dreams, feelings and visions beyond perceptions of literal and limited use of technology.
As an artist-run initiative it happens only with the support of friends, peers and critics. In the spirit of the gift economy we setup an online fund-raising campaign to cover some of our needs such as production and accommodation. Please donate and get in exchange editioned works.
more here.
amazing.
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posted by matt olson
Art inspired by the Walker/Sculpture Garden is featured at this one-night exhibition and reception. over two dozen artists with developmental/physical disabilities recently took part in a program co-organized by the nonprofit Partnership Resources inc -
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Wednesday, 20 March 13 - 12:26 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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so proud of our intern gretchen booth. she has been amazing and single-handedly managed and built this project which happens thursday night at the walker. super psyched.
i met this group of artists during rolu's residency at the walker last summer. it was one of the highlights for me. a chance to talk and think about the vastly different ways we all experience art and life and space. it was joy filled encounter and we were so happy when they asked if we'd help them make this show.
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posted by matt olson
A consideration of one object and two seemingly unrelated series of photographs from the early days of the Space Race reveals a sudden transition in mankind’s perception of outer space. In an ambitious photographic sky survey, the universe is a subject of
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Wednesday, 20 March 13 - 07:11 AM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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apexart
really hope i get to see this! congrats greg.
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posted by matt olson
“Not only is the world more complex than we think it is, the world is more complex than we are able to think it is.”* That unreachable complexity, the searing pathos of a world more complex than we can understand, is almost my definition of beauty. What
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Monday, 11 March 13 - 09:42 AM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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richard nonas
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posted by matt olson
O.K. we'll begin with entropy. That's a subject that's preoccupied me for some time. On the whole I would say entropy contradicts the usual notion of a mechanistic world view. In other words it's a condition that's irreversible, it's condition that's...
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Wednesday, 06 March 13 - 02:33 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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the painter ryan sullivan is here on captiva doing a residency now too. he shared his work with the group the other night and i've been a bit haunted ever since. the above piece is in a recent group show at white flag projects in st louis (here is a larger version.) he uses layers and layers of paint which takes on a life of its own. when exposed to gravity, the still wet paint underneath the dry paint on the surface moves and creates textures and motion. it's beautiful.
then i really started getting excited about it after reading a recent roberta smith review that mentioned the works connection to robert smithson's glue pours and asphalt run-down earthworks.
it's been super fun riding my bike past his studio on my way to the beach and seeing the work in various stages out in the sun drying. this seems like a perfect place to make work like this.
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posted by matt olson
His body of graphic work imparts an easy understanding and synthesis of the bright moments in visual history, from Bauhaus posters to ancient Asian fabric patterns. Every project he undertakes is intentional; his natural gift for form and perception has b
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Thursday, 21 February 13 - 12:48 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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secondment by peter nencini at beginnings gallery in nyc! opens tonight.
more pics here.
can't wait for the ro/lu - nencini collab to come to life. moving s l o w l y.
i'm interviewing peter for the amazing but extremely difficult to find austrailian fashion magazine doingbird. totally psyched about that.
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posted by matt olson
The Academic Paul Eli Ivey sums up Mosset’s predicament thus – “[He] opens a dialogue with the history of abstract art, and at the same time criticizes the ontological status of pure painting.” For Mosset, painting is an object in the world rather than a
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Monday, 11 February 13 - 09:53 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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love olivier mosset
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posted by matt olson
I Quadri specchianti costituiranno la base della sua successiva produzione artistica e riflessione teorica. Tra il 1965 e il 1966 produce un insieme di lavori intitolati Oggetti in meno, considerati basilari per la nascita dell’Arte Povera, movimento arti
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Saturday, 09 February 13 - 12:11 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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Lavoro - nastri segnaletici 2008-2011
trave di ferro 2008-2011
recent mirror paintings by michelangelo pistoletto.
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posted by matt olson
Paolo, dunque,ci racconta ‘a sensazione’ il naufragio di un’utopia. L’artista scopre l’ingegnere Giorgio Rosa, fondatore di un isola artificiale, chiamata Repubblica Esperantista dell’Isola delle Rose, che si auto reggeva con proprie regole, una propria m
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Wednesday, 06 February 13 - 02:39 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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these images keep coming up. paolo gonzato. i think i first saw this work here.
"Focusing on failed utopias in a temporary state of rigor and chaos where the produced voltage is the only possible equilibrium." - paolo gonzato
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posted by matt olson
the authenticity of this place is the most important aspect of the exhibition, which is accompanied with objects that illuminate that very quality of this place. At the same time, the work seems to appear out of an accumulation of thoughts about 'metaphor
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Monday, 04 February 13 - 08:05 AM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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have been loving haegue yang recently. these images are from a 2006 installation called sadong 3o.
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posted by matt olson
Softside, a solo exhibition of new work by Minneapolis-based artist Joe Smith. The exhibition is a combination of three distinct, yet interconnected, bodies of work that includes painting, photography and sculpture that continues the artist's exploration
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Tuesday, 29 January 13 - 01:52 PM (GMT -06:00) By ro / lu in art |
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softside - joe smith
softside - joe smith
posted by matt olson
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