Basel Kunsthalle The Kunsthalle is, arguably, Basel’s emptiest exhibition space-and that means something in this capital of minimal art. The admission charge is more than that of the Kunstmuseum (medieval to modern) and Museum fur Gegenwartskunst (contemporary) combined, but a visit to the Kunsthalle generally lasts less than an hour.
Bamboo Masterworks
Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection New York The Asia Society ln this unique and handsomely installed exhibition, the Asia Society presented a selection of 80 superbly crafted and beautifully formed bamboo baskets borrowed from a collection of about 900 works assembled by Lloyd Cotsen, a retired American corporate executive who recognized their singular
Marina Paris
Rome Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti On the wall opposite the entrance to Marina Paris’s exhibition, “Taglia Unica,” hung 20 items of children’s clothing, at regular intervals. All painted in the same blue, the garments were plumped and contoured, as if recently worn; paint was irregularly applied; fat drops leaking from the texture of the
Tim Hawkinson
New York Ace Gallery Critical appraisals of Tim Hawkinson usually revolve around his image as a bizarro California inventor dude, puttering away on his strange thingamabobs. There’s no doubt that Hawkinson is often dazzlingly inventive; his ambitious work over the last decade has rightly earned him a reputation as a singular tinkerer.
The Artist in the Museum: Infiltrating the Collection
Recent exhibitions have continued the distinguished history of artist’s interventions within the realm of the museological….see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Gabriel Orozco
New York Marian Goodman “What l’m after is the liquidity of things”-so begins a brief article about his films by the Mexican conceptual artist Gabriel Orozco, who likes to improvise with objects off the street. His ironic, casually subversive sensibility was available to the viewer in his second solo show at Marian Goodman, titled“Free Market
Steven Brower
New York Lombard/Freid Gallery Steven Brower, Steam Plant (Boiler and Steam Engine), 1999. Aluminum, brass, copper, and steel, 16.5 x 4.5 x 11 in. and 6.25 x 15 x 15 in. The information kiosk at the entrance to the Lombard/Freid Gallery is the tip-off.
Julie Speidel
Seattle Foster/White The 12 sculptures Julie Speidel assembled for her seventh solo exhibition in Seattle since 1987 affirmed a growing power over a variety of materials but, more importantly, indicated a conquest over all three dimensions that was not always present in her earlier work.
