AltWeeklies Wire
Art, Danger, and Democracynew
Burning Man's populist rebellion moves unsteadily from primal scream to the tough work of governing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
02-09-2005 |
Art
Wheelin' and Dealin'new
As the borders blur between the Bay Area's street art scene and the museum world, a critic considers the ollies popped and champagne sloshed for skater-artists such as Neck Face and Simon Evans.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Glen Helfand |
02-02-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
For Seamstress, Home is Where the AIDS Memorial Quilt isnew
Gert McMullin, the unofficial caretaker of the 54-ton AIDS memorial quilt, tends not just the quilt, but the people who make the panels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-21-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Brad Bird, Painter of Light...and Bea Arthur
Painter Brad Bird's website squats on Thomas Kinkade's nickname, giving accidental Googlers an eyeful of bizarre paintings of Christopher Walken's robot workshop and Rod Stewart dressed as a clone trooper.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
01-18-2005 |
Art
Burning Womennew
The guys make a lot of noise – but women are increasingly making Burning Man happen.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
01-07-2005 |
Art
Jim Warren Meets Vampirellanew
He built a multimillion dollar empire out of monster magazines, plastic skulls and dirt from Count Dracula's estate, only to lose it to real-life terrors. But now, Jim Warren is ready to rise again, along with the woman who inspired it all.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
01-06-2005 |
Art
Artist Digs Into Thai Art of Fruit Carvingnew
Joe Montanino carves fruits and vegetables in Ka-Sae-Luk, a 700-year old Thai art form. The food sculptures he creates become too pretty to eat.
San Antonio Current |
Susan Pagani |
01-05-2005 |
Art
The Art of Investing in Artnew
An art investment firm backed by Wall Street analysts pays more attention to sale prices than the meaning of particular pieces.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
01-03-2005 |
Art
State of the Artnew
As Burning Man approaches its 20th year of celebrating free expression in the Nevada desert, hundreds of artists are staging a revolt that goes to the soul of the mega-event.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
12-08-2004 |
Art
Charles Nelson's Meditations on Race, Identity and Public Spacenew
Atlanta-based artist Charles Nelson is like some great below-the-radar indie band: beloved by a few, unknown to many.
Part of the reason he's below the radar, and also why his work feels like such a shot of adrenaline on the Atlanta art scene, is because Nelson is not in the business of pleasing anyone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-11-2004 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
A Blue Statenew
Young artists from San Francisco and Los Angeles are well represented at the Orange County Museum's California Biennial. A thematically related traveling exhibit, "Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art," encompasses an even broader geographic and psychological range.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Glen Helfand |
11-10-2004 |
Art
No Virgins, No Velvet: Latin Art Is Being Redefinednew
This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opened "Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America." The exhibit has been called the most important event for Latin American art in the history of the United States.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
11-08-2004 |
Art
Looted Picasso Seized by Feds During Ownership Disputenew
The epic custody battle over the $10 million Picasso painting Femme en Blanc has taken an unexpected twist: The Lady in White is now under house arrest.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
11-08-2004 |
Art
Art Exhibit Watered Down to Appear Nonpartisannew
After word got out that an exhibit at the Arizona State University Art Museum,"Democracy in America," had some anti-Dubya, anti-war art, art considered anti-Bush was cut and work considered anti-Kerry was put in.
Phoenix New Times |
Rick Barrs |
10-13-2004 |
Art
Rent-a-Renoir: Oberlin Students Borrow Masterpiecesnew
Every year since 1940, Oberlin College students have been able to take home one or two of the campus museum's rentable paintings for a semester. All that's required is a five-dollar bill, a student ID and a lot of tenacity.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-27-2004 |
Art
