Supply and Demand, by Skewville at Factory Fresh. (Image courtesy of Factory Fresh.)
- The Art Industrial Average seems to be showing signs of life — at least when it comes to the old school stuff. Plus: Sotheby’s returns to profitability. (Arts Journal.)
- On the New Museum controversy, “art collector, heir” Adam Lindemann takes to the Observer to announce: Get over it whiners, it’s a rich person’s world — and y’all just live in it. A coupla things: One, Lindemann forgets to inquire how the Joannou show fits in with the New Museum’s mission of ‘new art, new ideas.’ (As far as I can tell the only thing ‘new’ in the show is the paint job on the museum’s walls.) Secondly, he says that as long as “the public gets a great show” then that’s all that matters. Um, except the show isn’t great. It’s kind of a hot mess. Top floor reminds me of standing in line at Universal Islands of Adventure…except I don’t get the joy of riding the Hulk roller coaster when it’s over. (@hragv.)
- ¡Celebrity Curator Smackdown! Jeff Koons versus Shaquille O’Neal. Thank you, Ben Davis.
- Marina Abramovic, the minimalist. Holland Cotter at the NYT reviews the show here.
- In related news: Jerry Saltz makes “genital contact.”
- Harry Benson totally annoyed to see one of his pix “appropriated” by Whitney Biennial artist.
- A profile of Christophe de Menil in W — aka Dash Snow’s grandma.
- Booby-trapped art work. (@KnightLAT.)
- Plus, in NYC: Sculptures that look as if they are about to leap to their death.
- Man Bartlett’s balloon pile.
- Abstract expressionist stamps.
- Create your own Chiquita Banana’s stickers.
- Photo Essay: Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta.
- Welcome to Your Parents New York. (Flaming Pablum.)
- Today’s Street Art: Stinkfish in Bogotá.
- RIP Bruce Graham, the architect who designed the Sears Tower in Chicago.
- Sorry Wallpaper, you have it wrong: This is not the world’s first artificial floating island. These have been around for hundreds of years.
- The Big Lebowski morality continuum.
Jim Avignon, The Big Bailout Burlesque at Factory Fresh. (Image Courtesy Factory Fresh.)
- In NYC: Factory Fresh hosts live music and performances, including Larry’s Fake-Tattoo Performance, the one-man band Neoangin and Kim Boekbinder of Vermillion Lies, Friday at 8pm.
- In NYC: The Breaking Point, Eric Ayotte, Melody Boone and Ryan O’Connor at Work, opens Saturday at 6pm. Includes BBQ and dancing.
- In NYC: 1(212): A Summer Wasted, with Marissa Bluestone & Peter Feigen baum, opens today.
- In SF: Color Between the Lines, Erik Parra and Danny Neece, at Artillery, opens today.
Mundano’s painted recycling carts. (Photos by C-M.)
Paintings that spin, Brazilian street carts laden with scraps and drippy canvases that document São Paulo’s organically-expanding cityscape. That’s what’s currently on show at Factory Fresh in the intriguing group exhibit Lichen, which is showing the work of artists Apolo Torres, Loro Verz and Mundano, all of whom hail from São Paulo. Especially interesting: Torres’s urban landscapes, which celebrate a city in permanent contact with calamity.
Lichen is up through July 26.
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Coextensia, by Apolo Torres. (Image courtesy of Factory Fresh.)
- In NYC: Lichen, Loro Verz, Apolo Torres & Mundano, straight from São Paulo at Factory Fresh, opens this Friday at 7pm.
- In NYC: Slavic Soul Party!, as part of Summer Nights at the Jewish Museum, next Thursday July 16th, at 7:30 p.m.
- In Beacon: We Are Familia, a salon, at Open Space in Beacon, opens this Saturday.
- In Miami: Balls in the Air at Locust Projects, be part of an interactive performance, this Saturday at 7:00pm.
- In Omaha: A Century of Retablos at the Joslyn Art Museum, through Oct. 4. (Art Newspaper.)
- In Austin: 60WRD/MIN ART CRITIC, a performance by Lori Waxman in which she receives artists and writes reviews of their work — and then signs, publishes and frames them; at the ArtHouse at Jones Center, from Friday through Sunday. (Why didn’t I think of this?)
- In Vancouver: Andreas Gursky at the Vancouver Art Gallery, through Sept. 20. (eyecurious.)
- In S.F.: Becca, Mike Maxwell & Paul Chatem at White Walls, opens Saturday.
- In L.A.: The West Coast premiere of Captured: 30 Years of the Lower East Side of New York tonight at ALIFE at 7:00pm.
- In L.A.: The Buff Monster Summer Party at Japan LA tonight at 7pm.
- In L.A.: Family Books and Aaron Rose present Three films about Sister Corita at CineFamily, this Sunday at 8pm.
- In L.A.: An exhibit and book signing for Jim and Karla Murray’s Miami Graffiti at Mid-City Arts, opens Saturday at 7 p.m.
- In L.A.: Urban Myth, with Pure Evil, Zeus and many others, at Cerasoli Gallery, opens Saturday.
- In L.A.: A Public Art Party, with lots of Yayoi Kusama, in Beverly Hills, this Saturday at noon. With box lunch by Porta Via.
- In Santa Ana, Calif.: R. Crumb at the GCAC Gallery, opens Saturday.
Hard at work. (Photo courtesy of Factory Fresh.)
Illustrators Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon have been busily collaborating in the deep, dark recesses of the Factory Fresh basement on a series of works that will go on display this Thursday, Feb. 12 in a show called Anxiety Room. If you’re in Brooklyn, check ‘em out! The show will be up through March 15.
Through the looking glass: The bubble mirrors on the ceiling made for fun photographing. (Photos by C-M.)
Disorienting times call for disorienting art. Factory Fresh, in Brooklyn, has a gallery-sized maze that leads viewers around bends and into dead-ends, all covered in various layers of sensory-overload paint. A collaboration between Celso, infinity, former Keith Haring collaborator LA2 and the mysterious Stikman, the maze takes the concept of the graffiti-covered alleyway and turns it into a total funhouse. (Full disclosure: Celso is my partner-in-crime, romantic and otherwise.) One of my favorite touches was the ceiling, where the artists installed bubble mirrors that delivered a warped viewing experience of the entire scenario.
The show is up through Dec. 2nd.
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UFO 907, by Luna Park. (All images courtesy of Factory Fresh and Luna Park.)
Sam Horine, Jake Dobkin, Street Stars and the super awesome Luna Park are havin’ a show at Factory Fresh, in Brooklyn, and it kicks off tonight. I can’t be there because I’m currently battling the giant burritos of Southern California. But I nonetheless managed to lay my hands on a few of their photographs in advance of their opening tonight. Here’s a preview from the exhibit, Quality of Life. Break a leg, guys!
The show opens tonight at 6pm and is up until October 31st.
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