A Look Back, Dash Snow
For those of you unfamiliar with the work of the recently deceased Dash Snow, here is a gigantic look back at some of his Polaroid work.
18 Jul 09 / Art / No Comments / Zachary Hayes
Dash Snow, Dead at 27
I’m a little late with this, but I just found out that Dash Snow died of a heroin overdose earlier this week. I am confounded by his death because although its tragic, it was almost too predictable to even be bothered by. The art world fueled his death with praise and recognition for living a lifestyle they deemed worthy of a true artistic genius (note: he wasn’t), and in the end got exactly what they wanted, another very young and very dead artist to auction off.
Hard-living, cop-dodging New York collage artist, photographer, and graffiti writer Dash Snow has [...]
The Big Picture: The 2009 Venice Biennale
Boston.com has another great installment of their Big Picture series, this time highlighting one of this years biggest art exhibits, the 2009 Venicle Biennale.
Since 1895, the Venice Biennale, a contemporary art exhibition, has been held in Venice, Italy every two years (with a few breaks). This year Venice is hosting the 53rd Biennale, which includes an international art exhibition, an architecture exhibition and festivals of contemporary music, dance, and theater – as well as the Venice Film Festival. The 53rd International Art Exhibition titled “Making Worlds”, opened to the public on June [...]
10 Jul 09 / Art / No Comments / Zachary Hayes
Zevs In Hong Kong
French street artist Zevs is having a solo show at the Art Statements Gallery in Hong Kong (5 Mee Lun Street, Central, Hong Kong), opening on July 16. Go check it out if you’re in the area, should be pretty special!
09 Jul 09 / Art / No Comments / Zachary Hayes
Artist Spotlight: Pablo González-Trejo
Love the work of Cuban born Pablo González-Trejo.
If what we are is based on the experiences we have lived, and the memories of these experiences mutate with time, then we are no more than just a metaphor of ourselves. – Pablo González-Trejo
30 Jun 09 / Art / 1 Comment / Zachary Hayes
Barging In To The Venice Biennale, On Garbage
Rather entertaining story from NY Magazine on some Brooklyn artists who built rafts out of New York city garbage in hopes of floating into this years Biennale di Venezia contemporary art exhibition.
The Brooklyn artist Swoon and her merry band of anarchists from deepest Bushwick are invading the Venice Biennale this week—on boats built from garbage. New York City garbage. …
Swoon and her group are emissaries from a specific underground culture: the bike-riding, Dumpster-diving, anarchist street-art movement that has flourished in Bushwick, Greenpoint, and areas near the Gowanus Canal over the past decade.
Full article here. More images after the [...]
19 Jun 09 / Art / 3 Comments / Zachary Hayes
Art Basel Switzerland Video Walk Through
Vernissage TV has put up a great walk through video of Art Basel Switzerland.
In this part, there are the works of Gabriele di Matteo, Li Dafang, Willem Boshoff, David Shrigley, Marcel van Eeden, Mel Bochner, Anthony McCall, Sigmar Polke, Steven Shearer, Lawrence Weiner, Goran Petercol, Aernout Mik, Stephan Balkenhol, Tatjana Doll, Chen Zhen, Natalie Djurberg, Sarah Oppenheimer, Bharti Kher, Falke Pisano, Clegg & Guttmann, Banks Violette, and Hans op de Beeck.
Check out the first video walk through after the jump.
17 Jun 09 / Art / No Comments / Zachary Hayes
Art Basel Switzerland Launch
Arrested Motion has provided some great photographs from the launch of one of this year’s biggest art events, Art Basel Switzerland.
Art 41 Basel takes place June 16 – 20, 2010.
The world’s premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars, are represented in the show’s multiple sections. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, [...]
