Conceptual to Renaissance Art
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Not only do I love reading about huge projects that come to fruition decades after conception (coz that means some of my really big stuff has a chance!) This is such a cool project. I love New York.
Thirty years ago, artist Robert Smithson developed the concept of
Floating Island, a barge landscaped as an island, complete with earth,
rocks and trees, destined to travel around Manhattan Island. Finally
the project has been realized and this is the last weekend to see the
barge in action, towed by a tugboat. More
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James Patten and Mariliana Arvelo bring us Tactile Photography, a
series of photographic prints laser etched onto maple, an effect which
produces a photographic relief. Viewers are encouraged to touch the
art, and as time goes on, the surface of the wood becomes worn. more
This is fantastic it’s in effect creating a photographic sculpture and making a photo permanent.
Boiling water, making rain all inside an apartment Eric Deis’s Apartment I love it!
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Spellbound
Judith Mackrell on ballet’s enduring obsession with spooky, inaccessible and ultimately unreal women : Great article about the historical context and technological advances that created the most enduring images of women who dance in the air.
* I have always been fascinated by the relationships of these two philosophers and writers. another book proves that they really weren’t very healthy and the romance was far more beautiful in theory than practice.
US Dealers Fight China’s Wish for an Import ban: China fights to put clothes into Europe but keep Chinese Antiques out of the US.
Gos on London: Why do Radical Muslim’s get special treatment?: Tate Cancels Display For Fear Of Offending Muslims I have never liked the Tate….. I found it disappointing and now I find it cowardice. They put "offensive" art there all the time. Chris Ofili is The National’s New Artist-In-Residence he’s the one who Major Guliani did a bit of a flip over his elephant dung Madonna, the Tate would never not put that in because it offended catholics. Professor Objects To Mandela Statue In Trafalgar Square because it’s ugly… Note to Professor: ALL the art in Trafalgar square is ugly. And if not it gets covered by pigeon poo. (Glass box on a podium anyone? I don’t get it either.)
Yan Sham-Shackleton Online 