I first encountered Daniel Spoerri’s work through one of his “snare-paintings.” This object (actually, a set of objects) consisted of a wall-mounted tabletop onto which the remains of a meal had been fixed: drinking glasses, cigarette butts, an ashtray, cutlery, dishes, and some residual food all clung to the wooden surface, sealed within transparent glue.
PhD Studio Programs
Artists create their own credentials. Art schools and universities offer an array of degrees and certificates, and various artist societies allow members to tag on some initials after their names, but artists are esteemed based on the quality of their work, its influence on other artists, and where it has been shown and collected.
Why I Love Damien’s Skull
Perhaps I’ve confused some readers with this introduction. So, let me start out by stating: I love Damien Hirst’s skull, otherwise titled For the love of God (2007). Why, you might be asking? Because this work designed by Hirst and his team brilliantly fuses the media/communications potential of an artwork with its artistic expression.
Olafur Eliasson: Impresario of the Senses
“Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson” opened on an auspicious morning at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the sun rising as a huge red ball in a hazy sky. The fierce glow, which resulted from wildfires around the Bay Area, bore an uncanny resemblance to Eliasson’s 2003 breakout work at the Tate Modern, The Weather
Gordon Matta-Clark
New York “You Are the Measure,” the Gordon Matta-Clark…see the full review in December’s magazine.
The Age of Abstraction: A Conversation with Frank Stella
Frank Stella has championed abstraction for about 50 years. From his two solo exhibitions at MoMA early in his career, in 1970 and 1987, through his recent solo shows—two at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York City, Galerie Ficher Rohr in Basel, Galerie Haas & Fuchs in Berlin,
Paula Winokur
Glenside, Pennsylvania One of the first pieces on view in…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Situations in Space: A Conversation with Karina Peisajovich
Karina Peisajovich was born in Buenos Aires in 1966. Her approach to art theory and practice began at the National School of Fine Arts Prilidiano Pueyrredón in 1984. Three trips have been crucial in her career.
Peter Blizzard: Venerating the Earth Through Sculpture
For a young artist, a meteoritic rise to fame can sometimes be followed by a painful decline—or at best, a long stationary period on a plateau. Conversely, an arduous uphill climb may be frustratingly slow, but the subsequent rewards tend to be lasting.
“Newark Between Us”
Newark, New Jersey Bringing “big” to New Jersey, curator Rupert…see the full review in December’s magazine.
