The transformation of the Fresh Kills landfill, on the south coast of Staten Island, to Freshkills Park, has seemed, for years, primarily a figment of my imagination—until recently, when it was announced that the 24-acre North Park will open in Spring 2021. The world’s largest landfill, at 2,200 acres, has already attracted several bird species never before seen in New York City. The island’s … Read the full Story >>
Seymour Chwast is often referred to as “the legendary graphic designer and co-founder of Push Pin Studios.” But how many legends can you think of who are known by a single name? Shakespeare, Caruso, Elvis, Cher, Madonna, Bono, Jesus...The list goes on, of course, and in the world of art and design it includes Leonardo, Daumier, Hopper, Warhol, Milton, Crumb...and Seymour. Subversive. Personal. Obsessive. Radical. … Read the full Story >>
Former North Vietnamese Army Lieutenant and photographer, Doan Cong Tinh, 72, grins widely as he describes using his boots as ad hoc developing tanks while processing film in tunnels dug by fellow troops during the war. Speaking through a translator in Vietnamese, he further explains that “the officer’s boots were called ‘Buffalo Boots’, were leather and Russian-made, and thus superior to the Chinese … Read the full Story >>
The Bread Book by Kenneth Josephson (1973) is a small booklet of twenty pages printed in offset. Starting with the front cover, which shows, besides the title, the cap of a loaf of bread. Each sheet progressively shows the front and back of all ten slices of a small loaf of bread. The back cover therefore shows the other end of the loaf. Josephson … Read the full Story >>
Suburban malaise has proven to be rich fodder in contemporary literature--in Rick Moody’s Ice Storm, Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road, and Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, to name a few. Rarely has an artist taken up the theme to the extent that Ian Strange has. For his ongoing series, “Suburban,” the Brooklyn based Australian artist spent two years traveling the United States. In Ohio, … Read the full Story >>
April 23-27: AIPAD | The Photography Show at The Armory The Association of International Photography Art Dealers [AIPAD] was organized in 1979. With members in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe and Japan, the Association has become a unifying force in the field of photography. AIPAD is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying, and selling photographic … Read the full Story >>
If you ever wondered why you never hear Carrie Bradshaw utter the deadly "D" word when referring to her own slender self, the reason becomes clear in The Heartbreak Diet, a new book by Thorina Rose. Bradshaw, as personified by the wafer-thin Sarah Jessica Parker, regularly had her heart broken on Sex in the City. But she remained amazingly slim - and … Read the full Story >>
Strange Paradise traverses an ambiguous territory between the peculiar and the familiar as Charlie Rubin creates unexpected combinations with idiosyncratic logic. Taking perception as his waypoint, the Brooklyn-based artist presents a multifaceted body of work that explores the convergence of the actual and the artificial. He examines perception and the process by which people take in information thorough highly manipulated photographs that question … Read the full Story >>
The peripatetic Ivan Vartanian, of GOLIGA, Tokyo, recently remained at home in order to produce his latest project, “a mega-size poster book on Alec Soth,” which was announced yesterday on Facebook. If you’re not in Tokyo, you can purchase the limited edition poster-book here. If you are in Tokyo, you can participate in a series of events that started Tuesday with The Cave, photo … Read the full Story >>
With the buzz already audible regarding the October opening of Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at The Met, a major exhibition on two mid-century titans that also promises to bring new perspective on the ways in which outstanding woman artists have been disappeared by the art world at large, this is a good time to focus on a painter who will likely … Read the full Story >>
There is hardly a more recognizable cultural icon than the Victorian house in Alfred Hitchcock’s genre-bending horror film, Psycho. Known as the Bates Mansion, it stands, along with the film’s shocking 45-second shower scene, as a symbol of a new American phenomenon, the slasher film. Fast-forward 56 years to The Met’s seasonal installation on the roof garden, where British sculptor Cornelia Parker has created … Read the full Story >>
The fourth annual New York Photo Festival (NYPH), which lures photography professionals and creative people from across the globe to the waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO, opens this Wednesday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 15th. According to the organizers, it will display over 3,000 photographs, attract over 14,000 attendees, and present over 40 events across 11 venues. This year’s main exhibitions, PHOTOGRAPHY NOW: … Read the full Story >>
Lynn Pauley, a longtime DART subscriber, is having a Pennsylvania moment, with an exhibition of her paintings opening Friday, in Scranton. So I took a moment to catch up. Here is what she wrote: Q: A Pennsylvania native, you recently moved back, to Scranton. What is the draw of your home state? A: I think that is the phrase," draw the home state." I … Read the full Story >>
Unfolding political events and breaking news are not generally thought of as subject matter for photographs meant to be seen on gallery walls rather than in the news media. But Simon Roberts, whose background includes university studies in human geography, has pushed the limits of his medium to do just that. The implicit theme of Simon’s work over the last ten years has been … Read the full Story >>
This weekend the Clayton Brothers, Rob and Christian, will open a show of their new work at Patrick Painter's Bergamot Station gallery. Although they have achieved an almost cult hero status in Los Angeles, and their work has been recently shown in New York and Beijing, this will be their first show on native turf in more than five years. Jumbo Fruit … Read the full Story >>
It is week six of Covid-19 lockdown and the cracks are beginning to show, over here at least. So instead of going back to bed, I will focus on some of the bright spots of the week so far. Sher Katz, an artist and friend in Montpellier, FR, has been posting videos for at-home dance inspirations on Instagram. Words fail. Look in. It’s … Read the full Story >>
DART picks from shows that opened last week: Eugene Richards: War Is Personal, photographs on view through mid-February at 401 Gallery, 401 West Street (between West 10th and Charles Streets), NY, NY. Stuart Hawkins: Broken Welcome, photographs on view through February 19th at Zach Feuer Gallery, 548 West 22nd Street, NY, NY. Marina Abramovic: Volcano Flambee at the Park Avenue Armory, through … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, October 29 Film screenings, 8 pm and 9 pm: Invader | Art4Space. Landmark Theater Sunshine Cinema, 143 East Houston Street, NY, NY.Free/Information. Please arrive 30 minutes prior. Wednesday, October 30 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Greg Kwiatek | Recent Works. Lynch Tham, 175 Rivington Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Shirazeh Houshiary | The Eye Fell in Love with the Ear. Lehmann Maupin, … Read the full Story >>
The 2015 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbooks, continues with Gayle Kabaker, who lives and works in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. She found her sketchbook chops on a vacation in Bali (above) I have always tried to be a sketchbook artist. I’ve taken my sketchbook on vacations and it stayed in my suitcase. It just always felt like another thing I SHOULD do. Scanning … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, November 14 · 7 - 11pm at Angel Orensanz Foundation The year's most anticipated networking schmooze-fest celebrating the American Photography 40 and American Illustration 43 winners is just 20 days away—get your tickets here! Once again AI-AP brings the art, photo and design communities together in a one-of-a-kind, trifecta gathering of photographers / illustrators / and creatives to launch the new AP40 … Read the full Story >>
