Back to the future

Back to the future

In an article written in early 2012 for Frieze, Lars Bang Larsen wonders if the problem with social practice, or any art that bases itself in or on “the social,” as it were, is its contemporaneity. For Larsen, it is—or at least was, three years ago—the...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (7/17-7/19)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (7/17-7/19)

1. Hot Slice at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Curated by Liz Nielsen and Carolina Wheat, with work by Aaron Johnson, Alyse Ronayne, Angelina Gualdoni, Annie Ewaskio, April Childers, Brian Andrew Whiteley, Christian Sampson, Clive Murphy, Jeremy Couillard, Justin Davis...
A World of Pain

A World of Pain

Guest post by Lise Haller Baggesen. The Doris Salcedo show, recently on view at the MCA, was a hard one to watch. Not because it was a bad show; numerous reviews pointed out it is an extremely well curated, beautifully executed, and timely show of the monumental...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (7/10-7/12)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (7/10-7/12)

1. Three the Hard Way at Logan Center for the Arts Work by Ayana Contreras, James T. Green and David Leggett. Logan Center for the Arts is located at 915 E. 60th St. Reception Friday, 6-9pm. 2. ANX/XV at Roots and Culture Work by Joshua Johnson, Adrienne Miller, Allen...

Artist Residencies: Are They Worth It? (Part 1 of 2)

I’m sitting in my studio at the Vermont Studio Center, an artist residency program located in Johnson, Vermont. I’m at a desk strewn with small lengths of hardwood flooring, which I’m using as panels for a series of paintings I’m working on...
Safe House Co: the store that is anything but

Safe House Co: the store that is anything but

Perhaps the future of UK art looks like this: budget music videos, cutting edge t-shirt labels, and an online platform that fosters discovery of said product as the country’s most creative young people endeavour to make their voices heard and to make ends meet. Safe...