Reviews
For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba’s 2001 underwater film Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam is a haunting & poetic meditation on Vietnam’s journey into an unknown future.
Future (Im)Perfect
[The Future as Disruption] considers a global perspective on technological advancement and its impact on issues ranging from race and gender to economic exchange, but it is also relevant to the more localized anxieties of its New York audience.
Bourgeois Looms Large at the Guggenheim
The spiral is a crucial metaphor for Bourgeois, who incorporates the symbol into much of her work as a representation of control and freedom, of space and movement.
A Collective Silence at Andrew Kreps Gallery
Left to their own devices, the objects in Standard Sizes can be uninteresting and even bewildering in their presentation as art.
Emerging Art in Bushwick
The Bushwick art scene is still squirreled away in warehouse-turned-studios and lofts above the streets of this industrial neighborhood. Not yet stylish and pricey like Williamsburg, Bushwick still supports a developing young community of artists.
Both Naughty & Nice at Fanny Bostrom’s Picnic
Picnic, Bostrom’s first solo exhibition on display at 31Grand, allows the viewer to step into her whimsical, summer-camp world.
Tom Sachs: Kitties and Miffies and Melodies, Oh My!
Tom Sachs’ Animals at Sperone Westwater is filled with jarring perceptual flips, and an outright weirdness executed with skill and craft.
Maritime Music at the End of an Island: David Byrne’s “Playing the Building”
Byrne mines the rusty hull of the Maritime building for far-flung sounds just as he once explored the Amazon and Sahara for beats and hooks in his days as front man for the Talking Heads.
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson
With dual shows at MoMA and PS1, Icelandic artist Eliasson continues his work on awareness and perception, creating installations that play on viewers’ senses. He uses water, light, mirrors and glass boxes in “Take Your Time” to a masterful effect.
Imploding Landscapes
Painter Ted Zourntos creates new territory with “Outward is Inward” at Sloan Fine Art
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