Jeff D. Taylor

So sad to miss this, but the line’s too long for a work...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0500

So sad to miss this, but the line’s too long for a work day visit.

Doug Wheeler, David Zwirner Gallery

View of the amazing installation up at David Zwirner until February 25th, which is the first time Wheeler has created an “infinity environment” in New York.

The Art Newspaper reports that nonprofit organization Word Above...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:32:21 -0500

The Art Newspaper reports that nonprofit organization Word Above the Street has signed up a bevy of artists for a 12-week project to transform 300 of New York’s water towers into public artworks. Ed Ruscha, Lawrence Weiner, Marilyn Minter, E.V. Day, Tony Conrad, Andy Goldsworthy and Tony Oursler, as well as musicians Jay-Z and Thom Yorke are just some of the artists on board with the aptly named Water Tank Project, an effort to increase public awareness of the need to conserve water.

There’s a call for artists too. Seems like a great opportunity for Artists on Tumblr to make their impact on the city’s architecture.

Though the full roster of artists is quite impressive, the project is not only open to established artists. The website has posted an open call to “all artists regardless of age, experience, sex, race, color, or national origin” and plans a school competition so some young artists will get the chance to express themselves across New York City’s skyline.

Anh Duong, Urgency of the Worst, Oil on canvas, 2009 “To...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0500

Anh Duong, Urgency of the Worst, Oil on canvas, 2009

“To me it’s more about dressing up than the fashion. The fantasy.”

Mark Grotjahn, Aspen Snowmass installation, 2012. In Aspen...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0500

Mark Grotjahn, Aspen Snowmass installation, 2012.

In Aspen Grotjahn will move beyond museum walls with a sculptural invasion spread across the four peaks of Snowmass Mountain.

A limited-edition ski pass bearing images of Grotjahn’s mask sculptures will sell from Aspen resorts this weekend, where skiers and riders can enjoy the public sculptures that have been erected around the mountain. Grotjahn’s ability to walk the line between representation and abstractions is something that really comes through in this sculptural series. More images.

Photographer Simon Byrne was one of the lucky few given the...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:06 -0500

Photographer Simon Byrne was one of the lucky few given the secret location of this site. Even getting a permit to look for the spectacular Navaho sandstone formation known as ‘the Wave’ is a lottery. And then you have to ﬁnd your own route through the Arizona desert

newyorker: Members of the British Empire The work of the...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:39:50 -0500

newyorker:

Members of the British Empire

The work of the British-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE is preoccupied with the decline of empires, and in particular with Horatio Nelson, the figurehead of the British Empire at the height of its power. It was a delicious irony, then, when Shonibare was awarded the title of Member of the British Empire, in 2005, and he’s attached the honorific to his name ever since. Shonibare’s latest exhibition, “Addio del Passato,” which opens today at James Cohan Gallery, in Chelsea, dresses Lord Nelson in African wax prints and situates him in five famous death scenes from classical painting.

For more, visit our Photo Booth blog: http://nyr.kr/xYbg2s

Above: Fake Death Picture (The Suicide—Leonardo Alenza), 2011

Yuken Teruya Notice Forest 2009 (detail)Tiffany & Co bag...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:36:23 -0500

Yuken Teruya

Notice Forest 2009 (detail)
Tiffany & Co bag 20.5 x 21.5 x 10 cm

See also: Paul Smith, Tory Burch, Laduree, Dior, Fendi, and, McDonald’s or as an installation at Jose Bienvenu Gallery.

Emerging Art, At Home and Abroad - Whitney Biennial and New Museum Triennial

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:38:00 -0500

Emerging Art, At Home and Abroad - Whitney Biennial and New Museum Triennial: The New Museum has...

More art in the Hudson Valley. I’m into...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:25:04 -0500

More art in the Hudson Valley. I’m into it.

architizer:

Art and architecture fans rejoice! Rem Koolhaas will be designing Marina Abramovic’s Center for the Preservation of Performance Art in Hudson, NY. Now they just need $8 million.

“Relax Sisyphus, I’m doing this.” by Jayson...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:25:00 -0500

“Relax Sisyphus, I’m doing this.”

by Jayson Musson (aka Hennessy Youngman)

Philosophically Inquisitive Gym Socks by Marc Johns

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:42:36 -0500

Philosophically Inquisitive Gym Socks by Marc Johns

Apparently, edible Helium balloons are all the rage at Michelin...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:44:00 -0500

Apparently, edible Helium balloons are all the rage at Michelin 3-starred restaurants these days.

Band of Outsiders (Scott Sternberg) on working with Ed Ruscha...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0500

Band of Outsiders (Scott Sternberg) on working with Ed Ruscha and their Fall/Winter 2012 Collection

ZooBorns (dot) com! #InternetPresent

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:11:00 -0500

ZooBorns (dot) com! #InternetPresent

Spotted. eringoldberger: fashion week… at DIA via me

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:55:05 -0500

Spotted.

eringoldberger:

fashion week… at DIA

via me

In a city with thousands of water towers, Rachel...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0500

In a city with thousands of water towers, Rachel Whiteread’s ornamental addition to Museum of Modern Art’s roof is absolutely perfect.

To see the Public Art Fund’s original location for the artwork, check this out.

Rachel Whiteread, Watertower, 1998.

(British, born 1963). Translucent resin and painted steel, 12’ 2” (370.8 cm) high x 9’ (274.3 cm) in diameter. Gift of the Freedman Family in memory of Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman.

(Photo via: MaÃ¯a Cybelle)

Very cool! Nice use of Pinterest, a natural fit for art editions...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:37:30 -0500

Very cool! Nice use of Pinterest, a natural fit for art editions site 20x200. Could they be making better use of the gift category though?

jenbekmanprojects:

The 20x200 Valentine’s Giveaway!

Being a few days away from Valentine’s Day, we can’t help but think about how much we love our collectors. To that end, we’re going to give away two $100 gift certificates!

Here’s what you need to do to win one of the gift certificates:

Create a Facebook photo album or Pinterest board and call it “A 20x200 Valentine”

Add to the album or board 8 items that would make great gifts for your significant other (at least 4 of the items must be 20x200 art)

Let us know about the album or board (send us the link, or post it on our wall)

We need to hear about your album or board by 2/13. On Valentine’s Day itself, we’ll announce the two winners on Facebook!

Good luck, and we’re looking forward to seeing your collections!

"Jackson Pollock pissed people off. Then Warhol pissed off all the people that liked Jackson Pollock,..."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0500

“Jackson Pollock pissed people off. Then Warhol pissed off all the people that liked Jackson...

German newspaper replaces ALL photos with Ellsworth Kelly...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:00 -0500

German newspaper replaces ALL photos with Ellsworth Kelly shapes!

(via Paul Smelzer)

The culture editor, Cornelius Tittel, convinced the newspaper to run Kelly shapes in place of all photographs. It’s genius, brave, and uncompromising. How do you convince a newspaper to swap the soccer image with an Ellsworth shape? Unbelievable and wonderful. This reminded me that I started as a designer to make incredible things, challenge others, and myself, not to make nice, listen to banal strategy, and trade remarkable for benign. There is a reason this blog is named burning settlers cabin, not the quiet settlers cabin. Light the house on fire. Fuck safe.

Very cool! cheatsheet: uprisingsintranslation: Peoples’...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:21:43 -0500

Very cool!

cheatsheet:

uprisingsintranslation:

Peoples’ Ambulance

On a wall encircling the American University in Cairo’s downtown campus on Mohammed Mahmoud Street. Throughout clashes in Tahrir Square and surrounding streets, people on motorcycles have delivered wounded protesters to field hospitals for treatment.

This Tumblr translates and explains graffiti and other protest art found in Egypt. Cool! (h/t @zoeschlanger, @annie_werner)