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It has been a big week for sure! I’ve spent the last few days in Portland, at the Open Engagement Conference and many of my posts have covered that. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start from the beginning. The week began with some real T courtesy of Bad at Sports’ official Gossip Columnist, Dana Bassett, including E-Dogz upcoming,  ”Twends”  spotted at the SAIC Fashion Show this year, an architectural study of the Bachman House, a WHO WORE IT BETTER and some sketch gifs by Elisa Haw... [more]

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Media Farzin on Farideh Lashai (1944–2013) [more]

Robert C. Morgan, at Creon Gallery. Closing Reception, May 22, 7-9pm.Robert Morgan Jeffrey Collins - he's been making a documentary of artist interviews, posting clips on his fb... it is looking really good. [more]

After the contemporary art overload at the fairs, galleries and auction houses the last couple weeks, it was a bit of fresh air to enjoy the Frick Collection's small but important Piero della Francesca exhibition. More images Piero della Francesca Artist Piero della Francesca was a painter of the Early Renaissance. As testified by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists, to contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. Wikipedia Born: 1415, U... [more]

James and I visited Pam Butler’s studio in early May during the Marie Walsh Sharpe open studios. I’m a big fan of her recent installations and paintings. She’s now exploring works related to Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Here is a short statement on the current work: I have of late been thinking a lot about what it means to be a female artist inside of not just a very male tradition but one where the depiction of the female is among the most prominent subject matters in the... [more]

What happens when citizens around the world take control and ownership of an artist's creative vision?  JR, a good friend of the Wooster Collective, explores these questions as part of his ongoing Inside Out project, now the subject of "Inside Out: The People's Art Project", a fantastic new documentary premiering this Monday night on HBO. JR first conceptualized Inside Out as he began to post his now iconic portraits in locations such as the West Bank barrier wall, which gave these an... [more]

Liberace and his piano-shaped pool.  Sherman Oaks, CA.  1954.  Valley Times Collection, LAPL Photo Archives.Everyone here at the office is gearing up for the premiere (May 26th) of "Behind the Candelabra," the HBO movie based on the autobiographical novel and the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson.  The movie stars Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Thorson.  Debbie Reynolds is cast as Liberace's mother!Liberace had many homes here in L... [more]

[General] Carpenter snapped up his intercom. "Send me a poet," he said.He waited, and waited...and waited...while America sorted feverishly through its two hundred and ninety millions of hardened and sharpened experts, its specialized tools to defend the American Dream of beauty and poetry and the Better Things in Life. He waited for them to find a poet, not understanding the endless delay, the fruitless search, not understanding why Bradley Scrim laughed and laughed and laughed at this final, fat... [more]

[General] Carpenter snapped up his intercom. "Send me a poet," he said.He waited, and waited...and waited...while America sorted feverishly through its two hundred and ninety millions of hardened and sharpened experts, its specialized tools to defend the American Dream of beauty and poetry and the Better Things in Life. He waited for them to find a poet, not understanding the endless delay, the fruitless search, not understanding why Bradley Scrim laughed and laughed and laughed at this final, fat... [more]

On May 19th, composer and pianist Andrew E. Simpson will perform his original score for the 1928 silent film The Wind at a special afternoon screening at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Lillian Gish, the "First Lady of American Cinema", plays an innocent girl who moves from her Virginia home to the western prairies and is haunted by the ever-present wind. Joint Programs Coordinator Alli Jessing spoke to composer Andrew Simpson about his process for connecting his... [more]

Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento responds to my post yesterday on his latest post on Prince-Cariou.I wasn't really disagreeing with him.  It's hard to say whether things were better or worse pre-Prince.  Sergio says we're left now with a fair use clusterfark, which is true.  But we had a fair use clusterfark before Prince.  You'd need a very finely tuned clusterfark detector to be able to measure the difference. [more]

A visit to MoMA PS1 comes with a guarantee of seeing great art. This museum never disappoints and often helps us to discover artists we aren’t familiar with. But this time we left EXPO 1: New York, the exhibition currently on display, with an even stronger feeling. This show has the potential to become a cultural landmark, something people will still talk about in ten years, just like Altermodern or Sensations.   EXPO 1: New York brings together different narratives that deal with some of the big ... [more]

Start Date:  5/21 6:06pm - 9:09pm Hours:  6:00PM-9:00PM Cost:  $25.00 Venue:  Eyebeam ... [more]

One year ago, in March of 2012, A1one was kidnapped on the streets of Tehran, Iran by the civilian police from the “Intelligent Service of Islamic republic”. For nearly two weeks, he was kept in a hidden prison, blindfolded and lonely. Accusing him to receive money from Israel to promote graffiti and resistance against the Islamic Government of Ahmadinejad. They also accused him to have received training in a military camp in Jordan, aiming to go back to Iran and promote graffiti and hip hop... [more]

Richard Serra: Double RiftsThrough June 1stGagosian Gallery Poet Ted Kooser writes in “After Years” about seeing a woman he used to love and relates the encounter to both the vast and tiny tectonics of the world: “Without a sound/the glittering face of a glacier/slid into the sea,” he writes, “An ancient oak / fell in the Cumberlands, holding only/ a handful of leaves.” The poem then turns on a sort of hinge, elegantly pivoting away from the large and anonymous into the small and specific: “An old woman/scattering corn to her chickens looked up/ for an instant.” It feels like... [more]

The Atelier LaRose classes are on hold as I put more time and energy into making some paintings.  I just created an electronic commerce website for selling my pieces.  Steven LaRose Fine Art is up and running.  [more]

"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment...you had to live in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinised." - George Orwell, 1984 In 1787, Jeremy and Samuel Bentham came up with an idea of a circular prison with a central tower where guards could monitor inmates housed in cells around the inner circumference of the structure. Jeremy Bentham saw this as an opportunity both for more effect... [more]

View of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Spoonbridge and Cherry (1985–1988) in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of Frederick R. Weisman in honor of his parents, William and Mary Weisman, 1988 Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota House of Representatives have recommended that the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden receive $7 million for a much-needed renovation, and now we need to make certain that all legislators strongly support a bonding bi... [more]

2 Humans, 1 Paper (2013, 10MB, 3:38 min) I first stumbled across Osvaldo Cibils and his marvellously eclectic and well..simply marvellous work on Flickr but he seems to have all sorts of things going. So simple but so, so telling. Kind of Buster Keaton meets Bruce Nauman meets something hard to pin down but lyrical, grotesque and smart all at once. My kind of artist. +++ 2 humans 1 paper video art/soundart. performance with plotter paper 200 x 107 centimeters. performers: fiorella alberti architect and osvaldo cibils a... [more]

A student took old candid photographs of a Latina teen and jizzed on them.The student shot photos of the jizzed-on pictures.And now those photos are hanging in the hallway where my office is.Just part of the student work on display around the school for the site visit of the accreditation committee which will determine if we are still allowed to grant art degrees. This is a common practice or fetish in the amateur, selfie world of porn and porn fandom. It's called a "tribute." You take a picture... [more]

details from the private collection of Miles Johnson and Viktor Sandberg (Levi's) exhibited at the new vintage store Harvest & Co. [more]

Dorit Chrysler at Chez André at the Standard, East Village, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. [more]

It is finally the time! After some years in the making, the room-filling painting-installation based on my PhD dissertation is opening at Jedlitschka Gallery in Zurich. You are cordially invited to the opening, I'd love to see you there. -------- Mark Staff Brandl My Metaphor(m), Painting-Installation 28 Feb. - 18 April, 2013 Opening Reception: 28 Februar, 5 pm - 9 pm the artist will be present (as well as on Saturday, 2 March) Laudatio/Opening Speech: 28 February 7 pm Dr Philip Ursprung,... [more]

Early this morning David Bowie celebrated his 66th Birthday with the release of his first single in a decade. This song Where Are We Now?, taken from Bowie's forthcoming album The Next Day, is accompanied by an artful video directed by the contemporary artist Tony Oursler. Set in a black and white Berlin of memory and dream, Oursler's video combines with Bowie's voice and lyrics to question the themes of human bondage, release, freedom,  doubt, ageing, and death.  The video opens with a... [more]

Sugarloaf, Timberline Chair, 2012, oil on canvas, 42 x 32 inches, private collection. It has been a while since I have posted any news or a new painting here recently. I am happy to send this painting off to a new home in Calgary to live on the walls of a skiing family. Last March I posted an image of the study for this painting. The painting took quite a few turns along the way and I finally finished it a few weeks ago. [more]

Sugarloaf, Timberline Chair, 2012, oil on canvas, 42 x 32 inches, private collection. It has been a while since I have posted any news or a new painting here recently. I am happy to send this painting off to a new home in Calgary to live on the walls of a skiing family. Last March I posted an image of the study for this painting. The painting took quite a few turns along the way and I finally finished it a few weeks ago. [more]

The US government spends much on ways to treat depression, as reported by Reuters. However, certain antidepressants have been indicted for causing adverse effects such as Zoloft birth defects. Legal observers says “the increase in spending is believed to be caused mainly by the prolific increase in prescriptions written for antidepressants like Zoloft.” According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “mental health spending per patient rose from $2,802 t0 $3,610 during the time perio... [more]

The US government spends much on ways to treat depression, as reported by Reuters. However, certain antidepressants have been indicted for causing adverse effects such as Zoloft birth defects. Legal observers says “the increase in spending is believed to be caused mainly by the prolific increase in prescriptions written for antidepressants like Zoloft.” According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “mental health spending per patient rose from $2,802 t0 $3,610 during the time perio... [more]

"Thus it is manifest that the best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class, and that those states are likely to be well-administered in which the middle class is large, and stronger if possible than both the other classes, or at any rate than either singly; for the addition of the middle class turns the scale, and prevents either of the extremes from being dominant. Great then is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient proper... [more]

 The Blot is five years old this week.  The Wolf is one year old this week. Wanna help me unpack some of these boxes?  [more]

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The painting Green Forest hung. [more]

“The deceased, as you know, have the inconvenient habit of cooling off too slowly; they’re burning hot. So they are turned into aspics by pouring memories over them–the best form of gelatin. And since deceased greats are also too large, they are cut down. The nose, say, is served separately, or the tongue. You need less gelatin that way. And that’s how you get yesterday’s classic as freshly cooked tongue in aspic. With a side dish of hoofs, from the horse he used to ride. I’m trying... [more]

“The deceased, as you know, have the inconvenient habit of cooling off too slowly; they’re burning hot. So they are turned into aspics by pouring memories over them–the best form of gelatin. And since deceased greats are also too large, they are cut down. The nose, say, is served separately, or the tongue. You need less gelatin that way. And that’s how you get yesterday’s classic as freshly cooked tongue in aspic. With a side dish of hoofs, from the horse he used to ride. I’m trying... [more]

Folly For A Flyover | Londonist On Friday, a temporary structure nestled beneath a concrete flyover in Hackney Wick opened its doors to the public. Part of the Create11 Festival, Folly For a Flyover is the work of Assemble, the gang of amibitious young architects and designers who built the Cineroleum in Clerkenwell last year. Those who filled up at the Cineroleum will feel right at home here: each weekend evening until late July the Folly will hold a series of musical performances and film scr... [more]

May 1, 2013 Call for Art MTA –Artists Unite Subway Elevator Poster Project CALL FOR ARTWORK: Phase 4 Northern Manhattan Artists Deadline: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Midnight Administrative Fee: $10 Dear Artists, Friends and Community Members, The MTA-Artists Unite Subway Elevator Poster Project, a long standing effort by the community is happy to announce this fourth call for artwork to be placed in the subway elevators at the A-Line 184h St (181st. Subway Stop) & 190th St. Subway Stations. This col... [more]

It's been over a year, and I suppose the good thing is that the activity in the space hasn't left me time to concentrate on the blog. And Facebook apparently still remains the main mode of mass communication despite the patchy issues with FB in Vietnam. Anyhow, I've prepared a little pdf to provide a glimpse of some of the activities over the past year, which you can download below. + Scribd. Dia/Projects.pdf + Facebook. Dia/Projects (new open group format) [more]

  Have you heard? We moved! Come visit us! www.ocartblog.com [more]

Yet another way that regulation chokes Washington: The height restriction on buildings prevents investors (including the city) from realizing the immense market value of public parks. In Manhattan, where growth is profound, density is high, and regulation is light, the... [more]

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Transart Institute offers an international MFA program for working artists to develop a sustainable creative praxis with three summer residencies in Berlin; two winter residencies in New York City and individual advisement during two school years - wherever students work and live. The low-residency program leads to a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Practice. Students are free to pursue work in any art-related genre and to create their own course of study, working independently and with the... [more]

A short documentary on this great Brazilian artist whose work is currently showing at the San Jose based Anno Domini. [more]

I am writing to you as I am researching content for the constitution of a film and reading library which will be permanently installed in the reading area (which is presently being set up) at Gasworks, London, and will be available as far as possible, as an online linked bibliography or resource. This initiative stems from Disclosures, “http://gasworks.org.uk/exhibitions/detail.php?id=344“, a project exploring the extent to which Open Source methodologies find applications in fields of cultural production outside of the Internet. We have started constituting a library durin... [more]

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PEACE OUT I've grown a pair of handsom wings and it's time to jet on outta here. The truth is I'm having miserable separation anxiety about ending ABCN. It was fun gamboling about the ether to find Team Shredder and the Norf*ckneasters, and here's a final salute to Boadweeblog. It's been swell having a daily writing practice, lame though it may be. I'll try to keep that up through my free verse poetry, quatrains and of course poison ink letters to various evil concerns. Right now I am a broken crown of s... [more]

The weekend's photos are really starting to backup up in here. I've only just now had the chance to upload my pics from Thursday night's Bridge Art Fair preview (selections posted below). Not yet posted: more photos from Art Chicago,... [more]

Olav Westphalen, Extremely site-unspecific sculpture, 2000Image via: Public Art FundIf you're reading this message, chances are you haven't updated my new RSS feed to your newsreader. To do so just follow this link, and in about two seconds you'll be set up! Those who have missed a few of the latests posts will be sore indeed: From the loins of youtube, Making Vindaloo, a soft core bollywood music video, and my the latest Reviewing the Reviews, whidh discusses the New York Times piece Selling Himself and Prin... [more]