AltWeeklies Wire
The Light and the Darknew
Meet Jacob Warner, a Native artist who found salvation behind bars.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
11-15-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
A 'Carefree' Era for D.C. Taggers Comes to an Endnew
Besides ubiquitous security cameras monitoring the streets, gentrification and its accomplices are beating down the District's graffiti culture.
Washington City Paper |
Ruth Samuelson |
11-08-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Cuban Painters and Fugitivesnew
Luis Posada Carriles and Jose Dionisio Suarez Esquivel show their stuff and tell their stories.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
11-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Photographer Theresa Kereakes Focues on Punk Deathsnew
Kereakes's new show turns a critical eye on "live fast, die young" L.A. musicians such as Germs frontman Darby Crash, who died of a drug overdose in 1980; AIDS casualties such as Black Randy (who founded West Coast art-punk group Metrosquad) and Lance Loud; and Jeffrey Lee Pierce, who died of a brain hemorrhage at 37.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andria Lisle |
11-02-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
John Dugdale Speaks About AIDS & His Take on His Craftnew
The New York photographer hasn't let blindness get in the way of his art.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Strange Drawings of Brian Brooksnew
The artist behind Emily the Strange attempts to exorcise his creation from his art.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Virella |
10-31-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Youngblood at Heartnew
Seven years after leaving the industry that made him a star, former comic book wunderkind Rob Liefeld is ready for his heroes to be reborn.
Tags: visual arts
Art Attacknew
A new report says Philly arts generate revenue and jobs.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Gwen Shaffer |
10-15-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Second Rate? Or Second City Syndrome?new
Local artists and musicians wonder why Chicago is barely represented in the Museum of Contemporary Art's big show about art and rock.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
10-15-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Shriiimp on the Barbienew
Shriiimp, an Allston, Mass., and Montreal-based website and graffiti-artists' collective, encourages taggers to abandon traditional targets and decorate nude women.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin Curran |
10-10-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Inner Focusnew
Sheila Pree Bright tends to her own secrets while her images expose the inner lives of her subjects. She's one reason this month that Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-04-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Nuit Blanche Turns Toronto into One Masive Art Crawlnew
All free, all night, the second Nuit Blanche kicks off September 29 with over 190 exhibitions of contemporary art. But these are not your regular shows. Many are interactive or actually change as the night wears on, demonstrating the power of art and its refusal to remain static.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
09-28-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Writing on the Wallnew
It's the last hurrah for an iconic North Philly graffiti spot that's soon to be reclaimed by gentrification.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeff Deeney |
09-25-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
'Offensive' Collage May Land Artist in a Turkish Prisonnew
British-born artist Michael Dickinson is being prosecuted for creating two collages depicting the Turkish Prime Minister as a dog led around by George W. Bush. The charge is "public denigration of Turkishness," and carries with it a penalty of as much as three years in prison.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Ausmus |
09-24-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Top Cow, Underdognew
The small comics publisher survives and thrives in the shadow of DC and Marvel.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Edwards |
09-21-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
