Julian Opie’s works—die-cut colored vinyl shapes reading as interactions between painting and sculpture, video works of pictographic reductions, and landscapes imbued with nominal, almost anodyne forms—have often been described as generic and benign fabrications. On an initial reading, anonymity, neutrality, and synthesized systems are Opie’s elements.
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The DeCordova Annual Exhibition
Lincoln, Massachusetts Technological art showed a new face…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Un Intervista con Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled, 2004. Mixed media, life-size. Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, NY Andrea Bellini: Maurizio, intervistarti non è la cosa più facile al mondo.. Maurizio Cattelan: E allora non farlo. Potremmo andare a prendere un caffé. AB: Si, magari più tardi.
Rodney Graham
Vancouver, Canada Rodney Graham’s mid-career retrospective…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Nancy Graves
New York Nancy Graves’s sculptural vocabulary combines…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Sarah Lucas
New York Capitalizing on witty juxtapositions of common…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Cristos Gianakos
New York Following the wave of global protests that…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
