Contemporary woodcuts reflect the turbulence of Korea in the 1980s.
Archives for April 2014
Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel @ Stephen Wirtz
Their collaboration yielded some of the strangest most provocative conceptual art to emerge from the Bay Area.
Matt Lipps @ Jessica Silverman
Matt Lipps’ photos — appropriated from distant sources and fashioned into theatrically lit wunderkammers — remind us how strange a photo inherently is.
“Working on It” @ Royal Nonesuch & Martina}{Johnston
The art world creates and attracts polymaths. If you’re one of them, chances are you’ll be interested in this show. It probes the lives of two groups of artists whose practices intermingle.
Virtual and Real Shake Hands @ Silicon Valley Contemporary
SVC, with a mix of new and old media, scores a hit. Herein, some highlights.
Renny Pritikin Appointed Chief Curator @ CJM
Lori Starr: “Renny is, quite simply, the ideal candidate.” (We couldn’t agree more!)
Silicon Valley Contemporary: April 10 – 13
Can the tech crowd be enticed to collect? Galleries place their bets. Above: A still from Marina Abramovic’s video “Mutual Wave Machine” which makes its U.S. debut at SVC.
John Millei @ George Lawson
A painter of emphatic confidence and supreme skill, Millei delivers a bravura performance, but takes few risks. Julia Couzens reports.
Marco Casentini @ Brian Gross
His hard-edged geometric abstractions call up big swaths of art history. Close inspection reveals a unique voice.