Archive | August, 2009
ArT nEwS bLoG iS 5 YeArS oLd!
Art News Blog is FIVE years old. That must make me some kind of blogger or arts writer or something. I’m most comfortable with the “something” label though. Someone called me an art critic recently and I didn’t know how to react. He said it in a way th…
Back soon & One Foot In the Grove trailer
Have a look at this more than impressive artist line up for ‘One Foot In the Grove’ where Mutate Britain moves to a West London location – coming soon so keep an eye on the behindtheshutters blog.
watch the One Foot In the Grove artist trailer here:
Artofthestate is currently ‘out of the office’ – well, he would be if there was an office . Back soon.
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Modest Progress with the Spindle Series
I’ve shown the likes of these previously. The going has been slow as I have had to sort through a lot of possibilities and pick up some skills. One thing remains unchanged as I am still stacking balanced elements on a common axis.
The summer a year ago I had stepped …
In A Dream – The Story of Isaiah Zagar
The New York Times recently ran a fascinating article about Isaiah Zagar, an artist whos has created elaborate mosaics that cover many buildings in South Philadelphia.
Isaiah is now the subject of, In A Dream, an award winning documentary by his son Jeremiah.
You can read the NY Times article here. The DVD of the film will be released in the States on September 29th, 2009.
Digital Hinterlands Exhibition
Digital Hinterlands features a diverse range of work by some of the best recent architecture graduates from London’s Architectural Association, Bartlett, Royal College of Art, and University of Westminster. Organised by Ruairi Glynn and curated in consultation with Arup, this exhibition reveals how the latest computational design and rapid manufacturing processes are providing new ways [...]
Michael DeFeo Goes Big in East Harlem
The piece above was done for this weekend’s Hacia Afuera Festival
You can see more of Michael’s work here.