Last Halloween, new tenants—multi-limbed, vermin-like aliens with transparent bodies—moved into the 1783 Old Façade Building of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The three-story administration building, its windows aglow with swarming creatures, provided the setting for Infestation, an installation by New York artist Ted Victoria.
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The Work is Space and Energy: A Conversation with Marco Gastini
Marco Gastini’s work induces an emotional state comparable to what you feel in front of the sea—engrossed by a mysterious, silent, slow dynamism, overwhelmed by its energy. This concept comes from Rudi Fuchs, and it is so precise that I want to borrow it to introduce Gastini’s work.
Objects, But Only Just: A Conversation with Karla Black
Naomi Wolf tells us in The Beauty Myth that “women’s identity must be premised upon our ‘beauty’ so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.”
Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival
Taipei “Sculpture must withstand typhoons” was one of the more interesting…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Tatiana Trouvé
Zurich Walking into Tatiana Trouvé’s recent exhibition of wall drawings…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Nathan Coley
Bergen, Norway Most of us, if not all, are familiar with proper…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Liao Yibai
New York Before studying at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Danielle Julian-Norton
Cleveland Danielle Julian-Norton’s installation ln Between consists of a series…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Jaume Plensa
New York For some time now, Jaume Plensa has been making…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Tobias Putrih and MOS
Cambridge, Massachusetts ln one corner of the List’s main gallery, a stack of…see the full review in June’s magazine.