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Adrián Villar Rojas, Today We Reboot The Planet, Serpentine Sackler GalleryGowri Balasegaram | Oct 1, 2013
The inaugural exhibition at the newly launched Serpentine Sackler Gallery had much to live up to. Its elder sibling, The Serpentine Gallery, is a major destination for contemporary art and culture, having so well …
Werner Herzog at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesCatherine Nueva España | Sep 30, 2013
This immersive and multi-layered new work by filmmaker Werner Herzog was created for the 2012 Whitney Biennal and is his first video art installation. As with Mr. Herzog’s other work, this has a strong musical …
Rock Garden Rocks My WorldJoel Hagen | Sep 25, 2013
Private symbols are always a tricky thing when dealing with art. Poet William Butler Yeats is perhaps best known for using private symbols in his work and still managing the incredible task of having the …
Displacement ReactionsVincenzo Estremo | Sep 24, 2013
Displacement Reactions is a group show curated by Eugenia Delfini (Sottobosco) for DI.ST.URB (District of Urban Studies and Relations/ In Times of Crisis ) Scafati (Sa). The exhibition project focuses on visions investigating identity dynamics in borderlands. Many …
Video Ergo Sum at Spazio Gerra, Reggio EmiliaDroste Effect | Sep 17, 2013
Video installations and paintings have the leading role in Video Ergo Sum, a project held by Spazio Gerra and Reggio Emilia nel Mondo. Videos, or, better, multilayer video-installations, are the result of a process in …
Droste Effect magazine launch in New York CityDroste Effect | Sep 16, 2013
Droste Effect is pleased to present its magazine for the first time in New York. The Bolognese-based magazine founded in 2013 in Italy focuses its research on independent and original artistic practices. The magazine features …
Richard Diebenkorn at the deYoung, San FranciscoCatherine Nueva España | Sep 15, 2013
During Diebenkorn’s Berkeley years, the Bay Area was the place for artistic discovery and social and political awakening. His contemporaries, which included the writers Joan Didion and Allen Ginsburg and the artists Jay DeFeo, David …
Ed Ruscha at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesCatherine Nueva España | Sep 12, 2013
Ed Ruscha was raised in Oklahoma City, saw Los Angeles for the first time at 14, returned as a student, and today is still one of the best chroniclers of American/Los Angeles life. Much of …
Ali Naschke-Messing. Collaborating with One’s EnvironmentKatherine Pulido | Sep 11, 2013
During my recent trip to view Ali Naschke-Messing’s work at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, CA, I was struck by the perceptible collaboration of the artist with the environment to produce her work. Whether allowing …
Interval/Habitat at Human Resources, Los AngelesAstra Price | Sep 9, 2013
Los Angeles has been a buzz with performance during the summer of 2013. Perform Chinatown and Confusion is Sex #3 were full of activity, providing an open space for finding small gems amongst a sea …
Augustine Kofie at White Walls, San FranciscoCatherine Nueva España | Sep 6, 2013
The prolific Augustine Kofie’s work is wide-ranging, including murals, assemblage, film, public art, and watercolor, but this show focuses on a series of acrylic and ink works produced earlier this year. These works concerning “sound …
Zarouhie Abdalian at Berkeley Art MuseumEvan Reiser | Sep 4, 2013
Hammers and bells, sometimes invisible or inaudible, are at the crux of Zarouhie Abdalian’s exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum. In a work titled “As a demonstration,” a small hammer strikes a bronze-colored bell. The …
