una boluda en brooklyn

exasperated-viewer-on-air:

Alfredo Jaar - September 15, 2009

digital ink jet print in clasp envelope

22.9 x 30.5 cm (envelope), 21.6 x 27.9 cm (print)

bruce nauman; one hundred fish fountain, 2005 at gagosian madison ave gallery

this is truly sad. i had the pleasure of meeting this woman and hearing her speak, and share her ideas and wishes to investigate the prison industrial complex and sanitation systems, which largely remain a mystery to those with no contact with it in spite of contributing taxes to support them. she was a marvelous thinker and artist, and i am deeply saddened to hear of her passing.

hijaktaffairs:

denyse thomasos

arc, 2009

hyperallergic: painter denyse thomasos, 47, dies unexpectedly

meesoohl:

London-based artist Claire Brewster uses discarded and out of date maps and atlases to produce these delicate paper cutouts of nature. Each final artwork is pinned directly to the wall and the light that shines through gives each piece a three-dimensional quality.

richard avedon at gagosian gallery (522 w 21 st, new york) open thru july 27, 2012

a truly incredible exhibit. avedon was a brilliant and thoughtful man who produced work that always leaves me without words. although there’s only a glimpse of this on the gagosian site (but beautifully displayed in the actual exhibit), avedon spent some time in vietnam during the war, and had so many tragically beautiful photos of vietnamese napalm and tiger-cage victims. they are devastating but so compelling, i had difficulty tearing myself away from them. alongside these photos are all the decorated soldiers as well as the ruthless scumbag politicians that created the senseless horror that was the vietnam war.

this exhibit did an exquisite job of collapsing the time separating the impact of these icons, and creating a cohesive narrative of the turbulent political culture of the sixties/early seventies.

http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2002/irichard-avedon-portraitsi-opening-at-metropolitan-museum-on-september-26-captures-creative-genius-of-a-generation

in high school (2002/3) i saw a retrospective of avedon’s work at the metropolitan museum of art (photo of marilyn monroe courtesy met archives), that in essence shattered my tiny little sixteen year old brain. i left gagosian today feeling a very similar sensation in my head.

(Source: gagosian.com)

museumoflatinamericanart:

Gabriel Orozco (Mexico, b. 1962)

Sala de espera / Waiting Room, 1998

C-print, 16 x 20 in.

Gary and Tracy Mezzatesta Collection, Los Angeles

mondonoir:

Cy Twombly, Rotalla, Gaeta, 1986, wood, metal, cloth, nails and paint

last day at moma’s diego rivera exhibit!

(Source: moma.org)

Wood/Cut/Figures - Terry Winters

Silent Auction for BOMB Magazine

(Source: bombsite.com)

nprradiopictures:

Photo Courtesy of Alex Wein and Rob Brulinski

Sigrid Lauren, 25: Sitting in the brightly painted kitchen. Lauren is a performance artist and actor of plays held within the Copy Cat building.

Peek Inside The Copy Cat Building: Where Baltimore Artists Work - And Live

Residents are free to design their loft spaces as they choose. In any given room you might find a skate ramp, a band rehearsing, a photo studio, a sculpture in progress. But also beds and couches and fridges. For the past few decades, artists have hosted gallery openings and parties, played music and performed plays there, among other happenings.

(Source: cromeyellow.com)

(Source: digital--purgatory)

jenny saville at the met

despierta corazon dormido!