A champion of pioneering Bay Area conceptualists.
Vik Muniz @ Rena Bransten
Photographic sleight-of-hand reframes modernist mannerisms. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Andrew Schoultz @ Hosfelt
A master painter’s works chart the tumult of overheated times. Glen Helfand reports.
Theda’s Island Chapter 9: Konrad’s Village Wood
Our final excerpt of Mark Van Proyen’s novel-in-progress. Theda takes to the dance floor. Nerves fray.
Mark Van Proyen’s ‘Theda’s Island’: The Gas Colossi
University administrator’s link to the leader of an EST-like cult is revealed.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 6: Chris Eckert
The artist put fear and worry to work. At first making masks. Then, a machine that simulated breathing.
Mark Van Proyen’s Theda’s Island: The Road Home
A shared ride home takes some very strange turns.
Ramekon O’Arwisters’ Ministry of Mending
An excerpt from Maria Porges’ forthcoming book about artists who employ mending.
Theda’s Island Chapter 6: Propositions in Space
Novel-in-progress examines the absurd side of academia.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 5: Artists Speak
Sculptor Gyöngy Laky offers an optimistic forecast based on what science says about art.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 4: Artists Speak
Amy Trachtenberg on forced Isolation, sublime solitude and the tangle of uncertainties.
Mark Van Proyen’s ‘Theda’s Island’: Chapter 5
Academics discover the dark underbelly of an art world gathering.
Renny Pritikin Remembers: Part 5
Fighting the culture wars at New Langton; the lingering smell of Albert Einstein’s tobacco.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 3: Artists Speak
Amy Ellingson and Brad Brown take us inside their studios.
Mark Van Proyen’s ‘Theda’s Island’: Chapter 4
Theda, in full reptilian mode, shows her colors.
Renny Pritikin Remembers: Part 4
George Lucas and Star Wars at YBCA.