TORONTO Allen Lambert Galleria It was there for 10 days, and then it was gone—a site-specific piece for the Luminato Festival that expanded and enhanced an already spectacular locale, recalculating traditional notions of both art and architecture.
March 2012
Working with the Wind: A Conversation with Tim Prentice
Tim Prentice is a kinetic sculptor whose works can be seen in many public buildings and corporate collections, including American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup, Mobil, AT&T, and Hewlett-Packard. He received a master’s degree in architecture from Yale in 1960 and founded the award-winning architectural firm of Prentice and Chan in 1965.
Dispatch: 12th Istanbul Biennial
The 12th Istanbul Biennial focused on artists from the Middle East and Latin America. According to “Untitled” co-curator Jens Hoffman, “We were looking for artworks that are formally innovative as well as politically outspoken and that relate to the general themes of the exhibition such as migration, violence, identity, and politics.”
Andrew Mowbray: Weird Science and Aesthetics
Andrew Mowbray makes objects that, in the spirit of his hero Marcel Duchamp, upend elitist notions about the artist, the art object, and its place in the traditional white-box gallery. His finely tooled works—frequently carved out of ivory polyurethane—are often used in video performances sited outside or staged within gallery walls.
