Reviews

For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards

Kristen Hewitt 2008-07-02

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.

0 comments

Future (Im)Perfect

Rob Sgobbo 2008-06-30

[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.

0 comments

Bourgeois Looms Large at the Guggenheim

Anna Rosencranz 2008-06-27

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.

3 comments

A Collective Silence at Andrew Kreps Gallery

Rajesh Barua 2008-06-24

Left to their own devices, the objects in Standard Sizes can be uninteresting and even bewildering in their presentation as art.

0 comments

Emerging Art in Bushwick

Alex Callender 2008-06-19

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.

1 comment

Both Naughty & Nice at Fanny Bostrom’s Picnic

Kristen Hewitt 2008-06-13

Picnic, Bostrom’s first solo exhibition on display at 31Grand, allows the viewer to step into her whimsical, summer-camp world.

0 comments

Tom Sachs: Kitties and Miffies and Melodies, Oh My!

Rajesh Barua 2008-06-09

Tom Sachs’ Animals at Sperone Westwater is filled with jarring perceptual flips, and an outright weirdness executed with skill and craft.

0 comments

Maritime Music at the End of an Island: David Byrne’s “Playing the Building”

Samuel Holleran 2008-06-08

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.

0 comments

Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson

Heather Christensen 2008-06-06

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.

0 comments

Imploding Landscapes

Alyssa Tang 2008-06-05

Painter Ted Zourntos creates new territory with “Outward is Inward” at Sloan Fine Art

0 comments

About NYABlog

NYABlog's writers and video reporters deliver regular reviews, features and interviews to stimulate discussion about all sides of New York's creative scene.

All content on this site is © their respective owner(s).
New York Art Beat (2008) - About - Contact - Privacy - Terms of Use