"I believe tablet displays such as the iPad should not be considered a threat for other media--books, comics, movies--let alone a substitute," says Rafa Alvarez, who completed his MFA in illustration at New York's School of Visual Arts last year. For his thesis project, Alvarez created an interactive e-book for the iPad that takes viewers inside a story by allowing them to interact with … Read the full Story >>
Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Vegetable Weapon-Mutton Hot Pot/Beijing, 2002, Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo. This just in from United Photo Industries: There's a New Town in Town. Wednesday, May 16 Book signing and reception, 5:30-7:30 pm. Henly on Safari | Julie Muszynski. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57th Street, NY, NY. Information. Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Under the Influence | The Art of Power … Read the full Story >>
Jungyeon Roh is a Manhattan-based illustrator whose bold, dynamic drawings have been published in The New York Times, Eight By Eight, Newsweek and other publications. She grew up in South Korea and moved to New York City in 2006 to work and go to SVA. Roh's energetic and graphic work is created with pencil and ink and colored in Photoshop. Her advice to young … Read the full Story >>
In the days surrounding AI-AP’s special events next week, Big Talk and The Party, New York opens its doors to artists and creative from all over with a number of talks and presentations designed to throw some fun on the work of being an artist. For Illustration Week 2016, here’s a sampling of what’s up: On Saturday, October 29, from noon to 7 … Read the full Story >>
SVA’s MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Thesis Show opens Saturday, with a reception next Tuesday, April 30. The program, founded and chaired by Marshall Arisman is now in its 34thyear. This year’s show, curated by faculty member David Sandlin, is a tsunami of visual languages, contained only by grid plan that David has imposed on the riotous content. In his words: Illustration is the … Read the full Story >>
The annual exhibition of work created for the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at School of Visual Arts celebrates the work of 19 students with an opening reception tonight. David Sandlin, the curator of this year's installment, gave me a tour of the show last week during the installation. As curator, David explained, his role began early in the year, as he … Read the full Story >>
This is the second in a series of reports on sources for illustrated holidays books. Yesterday afternoon, I felt the need for a jolt of eye candy so I headed to Printed Matter, Inc. My timing was perfect. The sign on the door read, "Holiday Exhibition Sale. Giftland VIII: the Revenge of Giftland." Inside, the walls were hung with hundreds of printed multiples, from … Read the full Story >>
When a reminder came in that the exhibition on William Blake (1757-1827) at The Morgan Library & Museum was closing soon, I emailed David Sandlin, an artist and illustrator who works in the narrative mode: would he join me for a walk-through and dialogue on this fascinating artist? We met this morning and a discussion immediately began as to why the subject of … Read the full Story >>
Continuing: Cecily Brown | Death and the Maid at The Met For more than twenty-five years, Cecily Brown (b. 1969) has transfixed viewers with sumptuous color, bravura brushwork, and complex narratives that relate to some of Western art history’s grandest and oldest themes. After moving to New York from London in the 1990s, she revived painting for a new generation alongside a handful of … Read the full Story >>
American Girl in Italy, Florence, 1951. Copyright © Estate of Ruth Orkin / Courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery Wednesday, August 10 Screening, 6-8 pm: Chain directed by Jem Cohen (2004, USA, 99 minutes). BMW Guggenheim Lab, Houston Street at Second Avenue, NY, NY. Free. Information. Lecture, 7 pm: Cory Arcangel’s Title TK meets Danny Goldberg at the Whitney. Free with registration … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Seoul, Korea, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York? A: I love New York’s Upper East Side for living and working because it’s famously safe, charming and classic NYC. Central Park and renowned museums never made me bored living here, and I love the yoga studio a few blocks away from my home. I … Read the full Story >>
Over the years, Marshall Arisman's name has become synonymous with the Illustration as Visual Essay program at the School of Visual Arts. The celebrated artist and illustrator organized the MFA program in 1984 and today remains its chair. Among the artists of the day who found their voice through this intense two-year program are Nathan Fox, Douglas Fraser, Eddie Guy, John Hendrix, Paul Hoppe, … Read the full Story >>
Original art from the new edition of Blab! makes its debut this weekend in Santa Monica - and signals the fall rush of narrative art exhibitions. From contagiously cute to edgy to lowbrow to classic, there's something for everyone this month in the galleries. Please check websites for details. Hellish fun from the Devilish Greetings show at Copro/Nason Gallery, left to right: Pene Testa … Read the full Story >>
As a new decade approaches - and not a moment too soon - I'd like to feature the exhibitions and events of 2009 that were memorable, signifiers of something new, or just plain fun to cover. Here in reverse date order is my list of favorites, some of which are still on view. Be sure to check links for holiday schedules. Tim Burton at … Read the full Story >>
One of the highlights of the New York gallery scene is the city's other art fair, an annual showing of student work. The exhibitions and open studios present work in all media, often some yet to be named. While the exhibitions are sometimes a hodge-podge of style and substance, they offer risk-taking work that won't be a bore. Second-rate artists rarely make it through … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, October 12: Rirkrit Tiravanija | A Lot of People at MoMA PS1 For over four decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has created artworks that aim to "make less things, but more useful relationships." This week the artist invites visitors to play ping-pong, eat pad thai, and record music when you experience some of Tiravanija's most iconic participatory works, presented on a rotating schedule. The exhibition, his first major … Read the full Story >>
The fall season opens with outstanding variety as always - from political art at Museum of the City of New York and Society of Illustrators to dragon subjugation dances hosted by the Rubin Museum of Art to a full-fledged BLAB! retrospective at Kansas State University's Beach Museum of Art. Roberts + Tilton reopens in LA with a new free-standing building designed to accommodate … Read the full Story >>
In the fiercely competitive world of illustration today, one of the best tools an artist can have is the experience offered by School of Visual Art’s MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program. Yesterday artist David Sandlin, a member of the faculty, gave me a guided tour of this year’s Thesis show, which he once again curated. Work by 21 artists in the program … Read the full Story >>
Photographs by Lori Grinker from Distant Relations. Left: Former Jewish village of Seda, Mazeikiai, Lithuania. Right: Anthony Grinker’s memorabilia, Luxmi, Kwa Zulu, Natal, South Africa. Copyright and courtesy the artist. Tuesday, November 29 Author talk, 7-9 pm: The Roebling Legacy by Clifford W. Zink, in conversation with Kriss Roebling. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP. Free. Opening reception, … Read the full Story >>
According to the wall text in the exhibition R. Crumb: Lines Drawn on Paper, at Society of Illustrators, Robert Crumb’s mother told him that reading comic books would addle his brain, or words to that effect. He might have taken this as a metaphor for life; after drawing his way through and out of childhood, through and beyond a job creating cute cards … Read the full Story >>
