January 2009 Archives
Wednesday Morning Discussion Group - February 4
http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-28-new-york
245 Fifth Ave between 27th and 28th
We'll be on the upper level.
We had a great "no content" Wednesday this week, chatting and discussing each other's work. This week we're back to articles. I handed out this one:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-01-07/art/what-crisis-some-promising...
I'd like to use it to spend a little time talking about the role of art criticism, and maybe some dreaming about what good criticism is.
I also handed this out (PDF download):
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/additional/Obama_FactSheet_Arts...
This is our new president's official platform on the arts and culture, and I thought it behooved each of us to be informed about the details. (By the way, I read in the Times that there was substantial funding for the NEA included in the House version of the bailout bill, but it hadn't made it into the Senate version yet. We'll see what happens.)
All Things Project Opening Night TONIGHT
ELECTION DECISION: Works from a Private Collection
Rex Hausmann- Party Time, the History of Us and Them (Detail)
All Things Project inaugurates 2009 with an exhibition that addresses parallel and inevitably intertwining tracks between art and politics. While the nation writes history with a new President, much in contemporary art beckons us to contemplate ambivalence about many existing issues and what the future holds. Culled by the curator from his own collection, the works are by artists who hail from California, Texas, New York City, and Beijing-- works made during the Eisenhower years to the close of the George W. era.
January 7, 2009 – February 20, 2009
OPENING NIGHT EVENT THIS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 7-9 PM
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