Art in America articles from August 2008

Art in America archives from August 2008

Museum preview 2008/2009.
August 1, 2008... Summer Buckminster Fuller Best-known as the inventor of the geodesic dome, R. Buckminster Fuller was a 20th-century visionary whose proposals incorporated art, architecture, literature, mathematics, biology and other disparate fields....

Art in Ohio 2008/2009.(Calendar)
August 1, 2008... ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM Oberlin College 87 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074 Phone: 440 775 8665 Fax: 440 775 6841 www.oberlin.edu/allenart Modern and Contemporary Art from the AMAM Collection July 22, 2008 June...

Auction highlights.(2007 IN REVIEW)
August 1, 2008... Listed below are highlights of the spring and fall 2007 auction seasons, featuring works of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art from five of New York's most prominent auction houses. Each entry provides the artist's name and the works's...

Auction house directory.(Directory)
August 1, 2008... CALIFORNIA Bonhams & Butterfields San Francisco: 220 San Bruno Avenue, CA 94103 415-861W500 * Fax: 415-861-8951 Los Angeles: 7601 Sunset Boulevard, CA 90046 323-850-7500 * Fax: 323-850-5843 info.us@bonhams.com *...

Metropolitan Museum.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Philippe de Monte-bello, director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum for 30 years, announced his retirement.

Walker Art Center.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Olga Viso was named director of the Walker Art Center. She had been head of the Hirshhorn Museum since 2005.

Robert Herbert.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Robert Herbert, art historian and Mt. Holyoke professor, won the CAA award for lifetime achievement in art writing.

Ellen Stewart.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ellen Stewart, founder and artistic director of NYC's La Mama Experimental Theater Club, won a $125,000 Praemium Imperiale.

Contemporary Arts Center.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Raphaela Platow, chief curator of the Rose Art Museum, became head of the Contemporary Arts Center; Cincinnati.

MOMA.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kathy Halbreich, head of the Walker Art Center for 16 years, became associate director of MOMA in New York.

Guggenheim Foundation.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thomas Krens, director of the Guggenheim Foundation for 20 years, resigned his post. He will continue as senior advisor:

Laurie Anderson.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Laurie Anderson, experimental performance artist and musician, won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

Joan Snyder.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joan Snyder, painter of bold, gestural canvases, received a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

Chris Kraus.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chris Kraus, writer, filmmaker and editor, won the Mather Award for art criticism from the College Art Association.

Whitfield Lovell.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whitfield Lovell, whose installations explore African-American history, received a $500,000 MacArthur fellowship.

Jessica Stockholder.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jessica Stockholder, assemblage artist, won the $25,000 Lucelia Award from the Smithsonian's American Art Museum.

Morgan Library & Museum.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William Griswold, head of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, became director of NYC's Morgan Library & Museum.

Edgar Arceneaux.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edgar Arceneaux, L.A. artist, received a United States Artists grant for $50,000 and won the $25,000 William H. Johnson Prize.

Tony Cragg.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tony Cragg, sculptor of striking organic forms in wood, stone, bronze and steel, won a $125,000 Praemium Imperiale.

Contemporary Art Center.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dan Cameron became director of visual arts at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans and launched the Prospect.1 biennial.

Richard Rogers.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Richard Rogers, designer of Tower 3, in progress, at the World Trade Center site, won the $100,000 Pritzker Prize.

MCA.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Madeleine Grynsztejn, senior curator of painting and sculpture at SFMOMA, was named director of the MCA in Chicago.

Milwaukee Art Museum.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Daniel Keegan, executive director of the San Jose Museum of Art, became head of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Sylvia Sleigh.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sylvia Sleigh, feminist pioneer known for her nude portraits, won the College Art Association award for lifetime achievement in art.

Yoko Ono.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yoko Ono, early Fluxus member and conceptual artist, won the College Art Association award for a distinguished body of work.

Daniel Buren.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Daniel Buren, known for his large-scale stripe installations, received a $125,000 Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association.

Franklin Sirmans.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Franklin Sirmans, modern and contemporary curator at the Menil, won the $25,000 Driskell Prize from the High Museum.

Herzog & de Meuron.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Herzog & de Meuron, co-designers with artist Ai Weiwei of Beijing's Olympic stadium, won a $125,000 Praemium Imperiale.

Walid Raad.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Walid Raad, maker of politically engaged works under the name The Atlas Group, won the $75,000 Aipert Award from CalArts.

1 Roxy Paine: Conjoined.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 1 Roxy Paine Conjoined. Two 45-foot-tall stainless-steel trees joined by their branches, one of three sculptures on view for eight months, a project of the Madison Square Park Conservancy. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

2 Sol LeWitt: Bars of Color within Squares.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 2 Sol LeWitt Bars of Color within Squares. A terrazzo floor comprising 15 boldly colored sections of geometric patterns, at MIT's physics and engineering building, commissioned by the university's percent-for-art program. [ILLUSTRATION...

3 Sarah Lucas: Perceval.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 3 Sarah Lucas Perceval. A 7 1/2-foot-tall painted bronze draft horse, named for King Arthur's knight, hitched to a cart filled with two cement squash, a six-month project by the Public Art Fund at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street. ...

4 James Turrell: Sky Garden.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 4 James Turrell Sky Garden. Gradually changing colored LEDs outline and extend from a recessed space in San Francisco's new 18-story Morphosis-designed Federal Office Building, funded by the U.S. General Services Administration. ...

5 Alice Aycock: Ghost Ballet.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 5 Alice Aycock Ghost Ballet. Atop a crane once used for bridge-building, a neon-and-metal structure sits on the east bank of the Cumberland River, the first percent-for-art project of the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission. ...

6 Yayoi Kusama: Hymn of Life: Tulips.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 6 Yayoi Kusama Hymn of Life: Tulips. Three 10-foot-tall painted fiberglass, steel and ceramic flowers in a park at Rodeo Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard, funded by Beverly Hills's public art program. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

7 Ellen Harvey: Carpet.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 7 Ellen Harvey Carpet. A 54-by-6-foot marble-and-glass mosaic sidewalk modeled after an Oriental carpet, commissioned by the Chicago Transit Authority for the Francisco station. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

8 Christina Ulke: The Hall of Shadows--Amigo Studios Revisited.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 8 Christina Ulke The Hall of Shadows--Amigo Studios Revisited. Colorful images inspired by album covers from the '60s and '70s are projected onto 20 circular screens in the Hows Market parking garage, commissioned by L.A.'s Community...

9 Donald Lipski with Jim Green: The Doors.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 9 Donald Lipski with Jim Green The Doors. Lipski's three 28-foot-tall leaning wood doors lined with stainless-steel mirrors and LEDs create a walk-in kaleidoscope in Scottsdale's Arizona Canal district, accompanied by Green's audio piece of...

10 Stephen Hendee: Monument to the Simulacrum.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 10 Stephen Hendee Monument to the Simulacrum. A "snow-capped" stainless-steel mountain dedicated to Jean Baudrillard (d. 2007) marks the site of time capsules installed in Centennial Plaza in 2005 to commerate Las Vegas's 100th anniverary, a...

11 R.M. Fischer: Langley Observatory Clock.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 11 R.M. Fischer Langley Observatory Clock. Inspired by Samuel P. Langley's 1870 creation of a train timing system, Fischer's 21-foot-tall steel sculpture for North Shore Riverfront Park includes blue and yellow lanterns and a red clock,...

12 Dennis Oppenheim: Wave Forms.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 12 Dennis Oppenheim Wave Forms. Referencing the Liberty Bell, six aluminum and mesh bells, each 22 feet tall, occupy a 20,000-square-foot apartment courtyard, commissioned by Philadelphia's Redevelopment Authority. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

13 Phillip Smith: Infinity Column.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 13 Phillip Smith Infinity Column. A 15-foot-tall tower made from 45 rusted steel pieces stacked in shapes from a circle through a series of polygons to a triangle, a Palm Desert city commission. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

14 Lynne Yamamoto: Of Memory.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 14 Lynne Yamamoto Of Memory. A memorial to the near-obsolete card catalogue, cast in white result from a set of discarded files and installed in the Seattle Public Library, a city commission. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

15 Perri Lynch: Straight Shot.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 15 Perri Lynch Straight Shot. Twelve 6-foot-high lime- 1 stone slabs, each drilled with two holes, sited along a 1-kilometer distance-calibration baseline, a city commission for the Seattle Public Utilities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

16 Alison Saar: Swing Low.
August 1, 2008... 16 Alison Saar Swing Low. A 13-foot-tall, bronze-and-granite monument to Harriet Tubman in Harlem, commissioned by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

17 Jun Kaneko: Water Plaza.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 17 Jun Kaneko Water Plaza. Seven ceramic sculptures--five spotted, oblong forms and two striped heads--sit on the striated plaza of the Bartle Hall Convention Center, a Kansas City commission. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

18 Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter: Persistence of Vision.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 18 Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter Persistence of Vision. Over 3,000 hanging pewter heads controlled by motors that, over a week, shift the tiny sculptures into one of 14 giant portraits, commissioned by the nonprofit Arts and Science...

19 Tom Otterness: Large Covered Wagon.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 19 Tom Otterness Large Covered Wagon. A pioneer woman drives a 15 1/2-foot-long bronze wagon pulled by a bull, sited in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn through January 2009, a joint commission of the Walentas Foundation, Two Trees Management and...

20 Al Held: Untitled.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 20 Al Held Untitled. A posthumously completed installation of six abstract stained-glass windows at the George C. Young Courthouse, commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

21 Howard Meehan: Circles of Time.(Photograph)
August 1, 2008... 21 Howard Meehan Circles of Time. Three vintage gas pumps, ah adobe home and five glass discs bearing images documenting local history, a Glendale city commission. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Obituaries.(2007 IN REVIEW)(Obituary)(List)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sol LeWitt, 78, artist known for his abstract wall drawings and minimalist sculptures. His first survey was held at MOMA in 1978-79. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kitty Carlisle Hart, 96, entertainer and arts...

2008 guide: galleries museums & artists.(Mississippi-New York: ALBANY-MALTA)(Directory)
August 1, 2008... Mississippi HATTIESBURG 2971. Rush Lennon Gallery 119 E Front St 39401 (601) 544-2000, fax (601) 544-2001 Tue-Sat by appt Dir: Rush Lennon 20th-century paintings and photography; modern and contemporary D ...