Dance Capsules: Walker Art Center acquires Merce Cunningham Dance Company Collection
Robert Rauschenberg, set piece for “Minutiae,” 1954.Photo by Herb Migdall, 1976.Courtesy Cunningham Dance Foundation. Minneapolis. I think I might be able to do it. I could live there if I could work or study at the Walker, with their AMAZING collection to keep me intellectually stimulated. That city isn’t bad, from what I recall. This... [ Read More → ]
Janet. and her uncanny obsession with her breasts
For a long while, I have been trying to find a beat up “Janet.” tour shirt. My ebay search for such a 90s relic is what generated this post. Although it probably started earlier in her career, Janet Jackson’s 1993 album “Janet.”, released under the Virgin label really propelled her into a full-fledged sex-symbol, and... [ Read More → ]
The Andy Monument
The New York Public Art Fund will present a tribute to Andy Warhol in Union Square this spring, a short distance from where the Factory once stood from 1968 until the artist’s death in 1987. The second Factory (the White Factory as opposed to the Silver Factory, which was located in midtown from 1962-1968) was... [ Read More → ]
Takahiko Iimura
Pretty stoked to check this out, and I have been hearing good stuff about this new space. I didn’t make it to the opening, which appropriately happened during the “supermoon,” but this guy did and blogged about it. I was introduced to Iimura’s work through my research on an exhibition and publication with Electronic Arts... [ Read More → ]
Maria Lassing "Films" at Friedrich Petzel
Known mainly for her paintings, (specifically, her ‘Body Awareness Paintings’) Chelsea’s Friedrich Petzel Gallery has organized an exhibition of the Viennese artist Maria Lassing’s videos. These lesser known works were created in New York, where the artist resided for 12 years until 1980. During her stint with the city, it makes sense that she became... [ Read More → ]