by laurenvallone | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog
I feel better already, or at least I think I do is Austin Eddy’s first solo show which opened at GOLDEN gallery a few weeks ago. The exhibition consists of 11 paintings and one installation of (when I saw them) dying tiger lilies in a hand-made clay vase perched...
by laurenvallone | Nov 12, 2009 | Blog
I honestly can say that I never thought I would find a comic (graphic novel? whatever) that felt so close to my own life. Nate Powell’s book, Please Release, is a collection of four stories created between 2002 and 2005 in Arkansas, Rhode Island, Florida and...
by laurenvallone | Oct 29, 2009 | Blog
Man, I love when the name of a gallery references where it is located. I mean, how convenient? Noble and Superior Projects had their first opening this past weekend with their show DOUBLE FANTASY featuring the work of Ivan Lozano and Kate Brock. The brand spanking new...
by laurenvallone | Oct 22, 2009 | Blog
Presented by the Department of Film Video and New Media at SAIC, the Video Data Bank and the Gene Siskel Film Center, as part of their Conversations at the Edge series, Mark is a video portrait of Mark Karbusicky, created after his suicide in 2007. Director Mike...
by laurenvallone | Oct 15, 2009 | Blog
I forget that sporadically posting for an awesome blog can be construed as arts journalism, and this pays off in many ways. One of these payoffs I got recently was being able to see a media preview of the MCA’s two new shows: Liam Gillick: Three perspectives and...