James and I took a walk in the lovely humid air this afternoon, and spotted this, from the “Riot” series, in our wanderings. The photo is by him. Visit Joy’s home page and blog for more about her.
Related: The website for the show we curated last year that included three paintings by Joy.
Larry Bamburg, Untitled Variable, 2007
Ceiling fans, plexiglass, monofiliament, masking tape, wire, fishing line, plastic beads, rubber bands, metal clamps, screw driver, wood, lead, band aid, and cricket
This is one of several great pieces in Stubborn Materials at Peter Blum. It’s up for 2 more hours on 29th Street. Go!
Related: A post on a show at Esso Gallery that included his work in 2006
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I like the cube floating in an asteroid belt look, and the math rock meets vocal distortion music. The drummer, John Stanier was part of Helmet. Why is the quality of this so good? I guess record labels have a better “in” on not having their videos badly compressed by YouTube. Via Scott Heim.
I love 303 Gallery and its program, but given the fact that we’ve been told not to take photographs in the gallery, I find it funny that founder Lisa Spellman is quoted in The Art Dealers saying,
As a student I had been immediately been touched by the generation of appropriationist art and by the intensity of political discussions centering on the new notions of Postmodernism.
The show in question was Mary Heilman’s exhibition in 2005. At the time, there were only work images on the website, and no installation views. How can you write about a Mary Heilman show without talking about how the various works relate to each other in the space?
I just listened to this excellent mashup podcast. It’s quite political, and an appropriate soundtrack to my earlier post on American politics. Check it out.
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Speaking of Guantánamo, Amnesty International just launched a new website for its campaign to get the camp shut down, called Tear It Down. James and I owned the domain name (purchased for a potential web project), and donated it to them after they contacted us about using it.
