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Portraits that Feel Like Chance Encounters and Hazy Recollections

Nathaniel Quinn’s first museum solo show features work which suggests that reality might best be recognized by its disjunctions rather than by single-point perspective.

The post Portraits that Feel Like Chance Encounters and Hazy Recollections appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-13
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, Collage, Madison, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Portraiture, WI

In a Perplexing Pairing, Michelangelo Overwhelms Bill Viola

While Michelangelo’s sketches are, like human existence, full of contradictions, Viola’s work relies primarily on empty spectacles.

The post In a Perplexing Pairing, Michelangelo Overwhelms Bill Viola appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-13
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, Bill Viola, london, Michelangelo, Royal Academy of Arts

Stitching an Image of the Human Cost of Crossing the US Border

The Migrant Quilt project began when Jody Ipsen learned that a record 282 people died when trying to cross the border in the Tucson Sector between 2004 and 2005.

The post Stitching an Image of the Human Cost of Crossing the US Border appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-12
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, immigration, Jody Ipsen, Migrant Quilt Project, Peggy Hazard, quilts as activism, Tucson Sector

Craving Spring? Head to the 163rd Street Subway Stop in Washington Heights

A newly installed artwork at the 163rd Street MTA station vividly depicts flora from the Northeast and the Caribbean.

The post Craving Spring? Head to the 163rd Street Subway Stop in Washington Heights appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-12
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, Firelei Báez, MTA Arts for Transit, Reviews

A Show on Minimalism Lacks Its Self-Assured Presence

Strangely, of the three works visitors are most likely to bump into first after entering the National Gallery Singapore to view its show on Minimalism, none of them feel explicitly Minimalist.

The post A Show on Minimalism Lacks Its Self-Assured Presence appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-11
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, minimalism, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore, Southeast Asia

Brenda Goodman Moves into New Territory

Between 1994 and 2011, Goodman painted a series of self-portraits that constitute one of the most powerful and disturbing achievements of portraiture in modern art.

The post Brenda Goodman Moves into New Territory appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-10
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, Brenda Goodman, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Weekend

Ancient Tools for a New Way of Seeing

This is what very good artists are supposed to do: use the past to bring about the present — in David Rabinowitch’s case, a visionary one.

The post Ancient Tools for a New Way of Seeing appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-09
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, David Rabinowitch, New York City, Peter Blum Gallery, Weekend

Lo-Fi Art for the Internet Age

Noh Sangho asks if the terms of eye-catching, short-lived virality were not so different in the 16th century as they are now.

The post Lo-Fi Art for the Internet Age appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-09
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arario Museum in Space, art, Noh Sangho, Seoul, Weekend

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Explores Psychological Depths

The painter’s introspective subjects can make the viewer feel uncomfortably voyeuristic.

The post Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Explores Psychological Depths appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-09
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, Jack Shainman Gallery, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, New York City, Weekend

Jim Osman’s Off-Kilter Arcadia

Osman’s suite of new sculptures might look like buildings, or the things within buildings: furniture, toyish tools, and strange-ified objects of interior design.

The post Jim Osman’s Off-Kilter Arcadia appeared first on Hyperallergic.

Published 2019-02-09
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged art, Jim Osman, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York City, Weekend

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