Artist Katrin Korfmann grew up in Berlin, but has lived and worked in Amsterdam since beginning her studies at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 1995. Her work in photography reveals a new perspective on social dynamics, presenting an abstraction of human interaction framed by the grid of everyday life. This week, Kopeikin Gallery of Los Angeles is presenting her newest work, Back Stages, at Volta/New … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Los Angeles, what are some of your favorite things about living and working there? A: I was born in Los Angeles and have lived here all my life. I like everything about L.A., its short weird history, its architecture, the influence of movies on its culture, the freeways, the odd neighborhoods and the way everything is always changing. Some people move here and … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Your ink/wash drawings are so expressive. Where did you first notice this medium and when did you take it up yourself? Paul Alex: I’ve been drawing with Chinese brushes and ink wash for about three years now; before that I mostly used technical pens. I can’t recall specifically where I first noticed the technique although I have been a life-long admirer of … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, December 5 Emmet Gowin | Mariposos Nocturnas, book signing, 6-8 pm. Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, NY, NY Info IDS Lecture Series presents Burak Ariakan: Data Asymmetries, 7 pm. The Frederick P. Rose Auditorium at Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square at 7th Street, NY, NY Info 24:7 | ZAZ 10 TS Video Billboard. 10 … Read the full Story >>
Labor Day is so late this year that this summer wind-up could begin and end in different seasons. So I was thrilled to see that the Upstate Art Weekend is on once again this year. Organized by Helen Toomer of Stoneleaf Retreat (above), the three-day event, which runs from August 27th to 29th, brings together dozens of art and cultural spaces, outdoors and indoors, for … Read the full Story >>
One hundred years ago in Zürich, a group of artists turned a former dairy into a club they named Cabaret Voltaire, and called for revolutionary actions that would dissolve the boundaries separating life from art. The group included Tristan Tzara, Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, Marcel Janco, Sophie Taeuber and Richard Huelsenbeck. "Dada," as they named the movement, was the new normal—hypermodern, international, provacative, inventive. It became code for a … Read the full Story >>
Described as an object-based quarterly publication by its creators, THE THING seems to have caught on. The affordable art by subscription, now in its third installment with a work by the German-born artist Koto Ezawa, is the brainchild of Bay Area artists Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan. The two came up with the idea while they were grad students at UC Berkeley. Interested in … Read the full Story >>
Cold weather has finally arrived, just in time for an opening reception sure to warm things up. The Center for Photography at Woodstock launches its winter shows with a champagne and chocolate reception on Saturday, January 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Kiss & Tell presents work by eight artists from the US and abroad who explore intimacy through photography. The title, inspired by … Read the full Story >>
When Daniel Peacock's announcement for his upcoming exhibition, Sweet Spot, arrived, I thought, "this looks like summer fun." Sweet Spot (the announcement reads): Noun, origin unknown. 1. a place of dizzying delights, whimsical wonders, and unexpected revelations. One canvas at a time (the announcement continues), Daniel Peacock creates a universe founded solely on the logic of visual delight. His paintings surprise, amuse, occasionally … Read the full Story >>
It’s a well-known fact in real estate that when artists make art in low-rent neighborhoods, the area changes dramatically—for the good. Less well known are the real estate developers who exhibit art in their lobby spaces—for the good of their employees and the area. Time Equities, Inc. has been a leader in presenting major art installations by emerging and mid-career in their buildings for … Read the full Story >>
There’s still time to enter Latin American Fotografía TR3S and Latin American Ilustración TR3S: The deadline is Monday, June 16, Midnight EST. Information. The winning Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración TR3S collection will be included in the following:• Presented at AI-AP's BIG TALK Symposium in New York City, November 5, 2014• Exhibited at The Party in New York City, November 6, celebrating the launch of American Photography 30 and American Illustration … Read the full Story >>
Today Apple turns 40—a moment to celebrate the tech and design innovations launched by Steve Jobs and his team that have changed the way we work and live. Apple invented key concepts that we now take for granted, even if some of the acronyms are part of history: user-friendly; discoverability; UGI; WSYWYG; OS. But few who are aware of the “1984” hammer throw commercial … Read the full Story >>
June 25, 28, 29 Summer Art Book Pop-Up Shop. Petzel Editions, including recent volumes on Asger Jorn, Nicola Tyson, Seth Price, Walead Beshty, Sean Landers, and more. Petzel, 456 West 18th Street, NY, NY. Saturday, June 25, 8 pm; Sunday, June 26, 6 & 8 pm The Nouveau Classical Project presents Mysterium Novum,an immersive art installation and concert experience inspired by synesthesia, a neurological phenomenon where stimulation of one sense involuntarily triggers another. Mysterium Novum is … Read the full Story >>
One of the cultural highlights of Clermont- l'Hérault, in Languedoc, France, is La Vache qui Lit—a secondhand bookstore operated by Eric Simard. Specializing in BD—bande dessinée, or comics—Simard named the shop after the Laughing Cow character invented for the cheese brand "La Vache qui Rit", in 1924, by Benjamin Rabier. On a visit to the store earlier this month, Eric showed me copy of … Read the full Story >>
Live hard. Die young. Leave enough lurid evidence for novelistic retellings of a life cut short at age 28 by the influenza pandemic that swept Europe at the close of WWI. Le Bohème, in this case, is Egon Schiele [1890–1918]. Best known for his emaciated, erotic nudes and self-portraits, he is now the subject of an exhibition of the landscape paintings made throughout his … Read the full Story >>
The continuing deep freeze here in NYC offers another chance to revisit another great library. Stay tuned for new issues in this department! Here we visit designer and artist Paul Buckley, former Senior VP/Executive Creative Director at Penguin Random House and a longtime AI-AP contributor. Peggy Roalf: When did you realize that your career was meant to be in the world of books? paul buckley: … Read the full Story >>
The landscape remains an alluring subject for photographers - and the approaches that emerge are as diverse as the natural and human history they encounter along the way. This month, Jem Southam presents a new series at Robert Mann Gallery in New York while simultaneously opening a reprise of his acclaimed Upton Pyne project at the Davis Museum in Wellesley, MA. Human encroachment on … Read the full Story >>
In a flurry of emails about climate change and the abysmal tone of the presidential campaign, Peter Kuper sent over some drawings from his archive about the malevolent effect Trump was exercising on Our Fair City--back in 1989! So as you can imagine he's still at it, and when begged, sent over some recent ones as well. In the spirit of Art Beyond Reason, Peter … Read the full Story >>
There has probably never been a better time to envision peace through the understanding of different cultures and belief systems. This Saturday, the Rubin Museum of Art offers that opportunity to children ages five through nine, along with their adult companions. After a tour of the exhibition, The Missing Peace: Artists and the Dalai Lama, there will be art conversations and sketching, followed by … Read the full Story >>
Call for Entries Deadline: June 10, 20142015 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Fashion is accepting applications from foreign-born fashion professionals age 38 and under. Eligible applicants include fashion designers, stylists, hair/makeup artists, writers, curators, photographers, filmmakers and illustrators. Three winners will be awarded a $50,000 cash prize. Categories include illustration and photography as well as fashion design. Information. Call for Entries Deadline extended: … Read the full Story >>
