Friday, February 26, 2010
"Museum attendance up, income down, survey says"
Read the whole story via the Los Angeles Times here.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Detroit Institute of Art Opens New Islamic Art Gallery
Mary Stryker from the Detroit Free Press talks to Heather Ecker, curator of Islamic art at the Detroit Institute of Art about the project.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Review: Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
In a.k.a, Roni Horn pairs portraits of herself from over the years producing feelings of intrigued surprise. A photograph of the artist as a young girl in a yellow dress with her red hair carefully placed is displayed next to a portrait of the artist as an androgynous adult in a man’s button down work shirt with her salt and pepper hair clipped close to her head. The often startling effect that is the passage of time is a theme that can be felt throughout Roni Horn aka Roni Horn on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston until June 13.
Originally organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Tate Modern, aka is the most comprehensive survey of the artist’s work to date. Educated at the Rhode Island Institute of Art and Yale, Horn moves effortlessly through disciplines, using photography, sculpture and painting as mediums. She lives and works in New York and Reykjavik – the landscape and eco-diversity of Iceland is an inspiration felt in many of her works. “Iceland is always becoming what it will be, and what it will be is not a fixed thing either,” writes Horn. In Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) Horn is able to capture the elusive nature of water in a series of photographs. She then dots the photos with footnotes that examine the complexity of fluid emotions and thoughts both associated and unrelated to the water’s surface.
100 photographs of the same woman’s face are hung around a gallery like a horizon line in You are the Weather documenting the fleeting existence and uniqueness of expressions. In sharp contrast to the small amount of time examined in You are the Weather Horns five-ton pink glass cube Pink Ton’s is a testament to how long things take to come to fruition. I can’t even begin to fathom how long it took for the cube to come into existence: from Horn’s first notion of the cube to its installation.
Roni Horn, "You are the Weather" (detail), 1995. Image via the ICA Web site, courtesy of Hauser and Wirth, Zurich and London.
Although The Boston Globe panned the ICA for its decision to host the show, I believe that the exhibition was a positive strategic move by the museum. Boston is not a town known for its contemporary art scene and this show is both approachable and thought provoking. As an institution, the ICA has to exhibit ground breaking pieces from the contemporary art world, but at the same time it needs to develop shows that appeal to the general public. The ICA is creating a market for itself by cultivating a community of patrons interested in contemporary art by slowly introducing the work of today’s more provocative artists.
The works included in aka details Horn’s diverse talents as an artist and shows how an aesthetic can both change and stay the same over time. After seeing Roni Horn aka Roni Horn you will examine moments both big and small in your world with a renewed sense of interest and appreciation.
Roni Horn aka Roni Horn is on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston until June 13. For more information visit the ICA’s Web site.
Editorial Disclaimer: The author of this post received discounted or complementary admission to the above mentioned exhibition, courtesy of the host institution, organization or gallery.
Originally organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Tate Modern, aka is the most comprehensive survey of the artist’s work to date. Educated at the Rhode Island Institute of Art and Yale, Horn moves effortlessly through disciplines, using photography, sculpture and painting as mediums. She lives and works in New York and Reykjavik – the landscape and eco-diversity of Iceland is an inspiration felt in many of her works. “Iceland is always becoming what it will be, and what it will be is not a fixed thing either,” writes Horn. In Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) Horn is able to capture the elusive nature of water in a series of photographs. She then dots the photos with footnotes that examine the complexity of fluid emotions and thoughts both associated and unrelated to the water’s surface.
100 photographs of the same woman’s face are hung around a gallery like a horizon line in You are the Weather documenting the fleeting existence and uniqueness of expressions. In sharp contrast to the small amount of time examined in You are the Weather Horns five-ton pink glass cube Pink Ton’s is a testament to how long things take to come to fruition. I can’t even begin to fathom how long it took for the cube to come into existence: from Horn’s first notion of the cube to its installation.
Roni Horn, "You are the Weather" (detail), 1995. Image via the ICA Web site, courtesy of Hauser and Wirth, Zurich and London.
Although The Boston Globe panned the ICA for its decision to host the show, I believe that the exhibition was a positive strategic move by the museum. Boston is not a town known for its contemporary art scene and this show is both approachable and thought provoking. As an institution, the ICA has to exhibit ground breaking pieces from the contemporary art world, but at the same time it needs to develop shows that appeal to the general public. The ICA is creating a market for itself by cultivating a community of patrons interested in contemporary art by slowly introducing the work of today’s more provocative artists.
The works included in aka details Horn’s diverse talents as an artist and shows how an aesthetic can both change and stay the same over time. After seeing Roni Horn aka Roni Horn you will examine moments both big and small in your world with a renewed sense of interest and appreciation.
Roni Horn aka Roni Horn is on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston until June 13. For more information visit the ICA’s Web site.
Editorial Disclaimer: The author of this post received discounted or complementary admission to the above mentioned exhibition, courtesy of the host institution, organization or gallery.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Marc Jacobs: RTW Fall 2010
Women's Wear Daily reviews Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 ready to wear line which was shown Monday night as part of NY fashion week.
Friday, February 12, 2010
"I feel that I am on the cusp of something new in my life. I just don’t know what it is right now."
Christiane Amanpour talks to the New York Times Magazine about here home and her work.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Alexander McQueen Commits Suicide
The Daily Mail is reporting that fashion designer Alexander McQueen has committed suicide.
A $150 Cynthia Rowley Label: Sew It Anywhere
As fashion week commences in New York, Eric Wilson from the New York Times talks to Cynthia Rowley and investigates how the designer is hoping to satisfy the ever growing “now now now” needs of consumers.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
"It's as if you are carrying the suffering of the people you have photographed."
A retrospective of British photojournalist Don McCullin's work opens at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.
Watch a video slideshow with commentary from Don McCullin at Economist.com
Watch a video slideshow with commentary from Don McCullin at Economist.com
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
"The album is very close to me"
An interview with Charlotte Gainsbourg on her latest album, "IRM" (which I've had on repeat for the past week) and her interesting past in Time Magazine.
Monday, February 1, 2010
"All about personality, because the tasks the leads perform...are so mundane."
"Kell On Earth" premieres tonight on Bravo. Read a review from the New York Times here.
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