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Kohei Nawa – Crystal Beads and Taxidermy
I’m quite impressed by the body of work of young Japanese artist Kohei Nawa. His PixCell series of sculptures consists on covering objects in glass beads. The technique both fragments and enhances what’s underneath. I’m particularly intrigued by his work on taxidermy, but he ...
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Traffic Colour Jam
“Painting Reality” installation in Rosenthaler Platz, Berlin This happened months ago, but only today I found about it here. The video is self explanatory. It’s great to see the spirit of Improv Everywhere reaching the arts and taking the streets. -
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Weaving Colour: The Art of Megan Geckler
Straddle the line, in discord and rhyme (2009) Oh, my! Los Angeles artist Megan Gecklerhas weaved her web in many museums and galleries throughout California and other parts. Using flagging tape she embraces spaces with colour and shadows. Geckler also works in smaller sizes, works ...
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Vancouver Art Gallery – New Acquisitions
At this rate the VAG will need the so-talked-about new building pronto. The Gallery acquired 156 new works in 2011, including some of my favourite local artists: Angela Grossmann, Brian Jungen, Rodney Graham and Gathie Falk, and many others. Ken Lum’s Documenta 11 installation, Mirror ...
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Gauguin is Coming to Seattle
I am officially excited. An extensive exhibition goes deep into the influence Polynesian art and culture had on Gauguin’s work. Over 50 works by the artist will be shown at the Seattle Art Museumfrom February 9, alongside other 60 works from the Pacific. Seattle will ...
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Jeff Wall – Recent Works at Marian Goodman NY
Our very own Jeff Wall is showing at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York through January 21. This is the same gallery that shows some of my old heroes (John Baldessari) and new ones (Tacita Dean and Gerard Richter, both of whom I got more ...
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Helen Frankenthaler, 1928–2011
Helen Frankenthaler died just a few days ago, at 83. The New York Times posted a comprehensive and sensitive obituary, including a fun anecdote: “Ms. Frankenthaler’s passion for dancing was more than fulfilled in 1985 when, at a White House dinner to honor the Prince ...
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My Christmas Gift – Leonard Cohen
I must have been a very good girl because my Christmas gift was an ink print by Leonard Cohen! Since I moved to Canada in 2008, Leonard Cohen became one of my gateways into Canadian culture. A country that produces poetry and music like that ...
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Michael Johansson – Getting Your S*** Together
Swedish artist Michael Joahansson has a body of work that really appeals to my domestic side. I am always trying to get my things in order but it feels like there is more mess around me than I can handle. This is also inspiring art ...
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Synchronized Art – human billboards from North Korea
This is impressive in an almost creepy sort of way. How can 30,000 kids be so precise and disciplined? The Mass Games in North Korea is a tradition born in the 19th century. The images are composed by coloured pages of a book that each ...