Dennis Oppenheim, 1938-2011

Dennis Oppenheim, 1938-2011

Dennis Oppenheim died of liver cancer over the weekend, Charlie Finch of Artnet has reported. Read Finch’s memorium to Oppenheim on Artnet here, and Artforum’s obit here (the NYT has not published theirs yet). Oppenheim’s “Attempt to Raise...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (1/21 – 1/23)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (1/21 – 1/23)

1. Subtitles 1: Doves and Crocodiles at Threewalls Edgar Allan Poe inspired work by Robert Ladislas Derr, Jac Jemc, Ryan Dunn and Joseph Kramer. Threewalls is located at 119 N. Peoria St., #2C. Reception is Friday from 6-9pm. 2. Matt Siber at Johalla Projects...

You Down With OPP?: A Primer on Artist Websites

** A response to this post can be found here. Enjoy!** A few weeks ago I asked the Chicago Art Community (#chiart) for a moratorium on OtherPeoplesPixels websites. One too many poorly worded artist statements had greeted me on the homepage. I’d inadvertently...
BATTLE OF THE BRUSH in NYC THURSDAY NIGHT!

BATTLE OF THE BRUSH in NYC THURSDAY NIGHT!

This event looks like a lot of fun. Those of you in the NYC-area should definitely check it out! Bad at Sports’ own Tom Sanford has a painting entered in the fray, which is reason enough to brave the chill. THE BATTLE OF THE BRUSH is  a group show of paintings...