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"Free Concert on the High Line / Chelsea Now"
06/29/11 – Age-old protest songs are made new again — at a free public concert by El Club de Protesta (The Protest Club). Noted New York performance artist Pablo Helguera, composer and violinist Carlo Nicolau, singer Eleanor Dubinsky and guitarist Sebastian Cruz will perform popular protest songs of the 20th century, updated for the present… Read more
"The High Line With Strings (Image) / WSJ"
The Wandering Band.
"Art Fourteen Again / The Villager"
The Chelsea Art Museum and the nonprofit organization More Art have teamed up to present this group exhibition. Bearing the ominous, nostalgic title “Fourteen Again,” the event features collaborative works between creative types and “ordinary” citizens. Each participating artist conducted workshops with students from Clinton Middle School and Liberty High School. The resulting artwork tackles themes such as adolescence and the fleeting reality of meaning. We’re not sure they’ve stumbled upon the meaning of life, but that’s OK. Good art is more about contemplative journeys than satisfying conclusions. See for yourself now through June 19th. At the Chelsea Art Museum (556 W. 22nd St.). Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tues. through Sat. On Thursdays, admission is free and the museum stays open until 8 p.m. (otherwise, it’s $8 general admission, $4 for students/seniors). Visit www.chelseaartmuseum.org and www.moreart.org.
"The Art of Destruction / ArtNews"
It looked like a giant fish tank, a Plexiglas receptacle holding some 2,000 pieces of unwanted art. Michael Landy created the Art Bin at a London gallery as “a monument to creative failure,” and he invited fellow artists to come fill it. His friend Damien Hirst sent over two prints of a bejeweled skull. Gary… Read more
"Artifacts | Pillow Talk / The New York Times"
For the performance artist Marina Abramović, the staff of life is endurance. Her appearances, which have involved fasting, cutting her belly with a razor, kissing till she faints, and staring into the eyes of a stranger over extended periods of time until she — and her audience — experience a cathartic levitation of the spirit… Read more
"Memories of His First Psychedelic Lamp / The New York Times"
In the 1960s, many people were mesmerized by the undulating effects of the lava lamp. Not Tony Oursler, the video artist, who is now 52 and lives in Manhattan; he was fixated on the motion lamp.
“It was two sheets of acetate cylinders,” he said. “I was 11 years old, and it was my first psychedelic… Read more
"Public Images Unlimited / The GQ Eye"
There’s plenty of art—of both the street and gallery varieties—to be found around New York, but the two forms have merged this fall in More ART’s community works program, the Chelsea Project. To wit: Italian-born artist Nicola Verlato’s sculpture Sleeping Monster Produced by Reason (pictured) is located outside the Meatpacking District’s Apple store. (Spoiler alert:… Read more
"Bartolini e le Vertigini della Mente / Oggi Magazine"
Lo scorso sabato, la galleria D’Amelio Terras (525 W 22nd st) ha inaugurato Concert Room with Voices, prima importante personale dell’artista italiano Massimo Bartolini a New York. Una tenda scura divide la sua video installazione dal resto; il pubblico l’attraversa e immediatemente viene trasportato in un’altra dimensione, uno non spazio dove il tempo si rarefa… Read more
"Going Public / Visual Arts Briefs"
Art enthusiasts in NYC don’t necessarily have to go to the city’s galleries and museums to see innovative work by contemporary artists, as members of the SVA community are presenting public-art works on the New York streets. The non-profit arts organization More Art, founded and directed by SVA faculty member Micaela Martegani, is presenting “The… Read more
