C: International Contemporary Art articles from December 2004

C: International Contemporary Art archives from December 2004

Your information is wrong.(Editorial)
December 22, 2004... Your information is wrong is the first premise of art and always has been. To vastly generalize, the entire project of 20th century art has attempted to make the gap between the real and its representation recognizable--whether in the effort to...

Terriblisma and the work of Candice Lin and Alice Catteno: the Renaissance Italians had a term, 'terriblisma', by which they meant the strange, gratified awe one feels when beholding dreadful disasters and acts of God from afar.(Slant)
December 22, 2004... When I am asked why I make art, my answer is invariably "Because the world is not enough." If asked the same question, Candice Lin might have a similar answer. However, the worlds she makes in art are a little more than enough. Lin's...

War consolations.(The Shover)
December 22, 2004... I have consistent nightmares about September 11th. Beginning with a dream of disaster, usually the towers collapsing, smoke, the smell, then the East River floods up to the 5th floor window of my apartment and I escape, but this part is...

Distortion on demand.(Shining-TV)
December 22, 2004... From a studio on a side street behind the Moscow Zoo, a former engineer is doing his best to upset the balance between information makers and consumers in the electronic age. For the past two years--using twisted television pictures,...

False Platitudes.(Oona Stern)
December 22, 2004... "Oh. So she's a sculptor who wants to be an architect." This was my first thought when looking at artist Oona Stem's work--according to her, a common reaction. After all, her materials are those of the built environment, sheet rock, carpet,...

Precision Gesamtkunstwerk: this is a universe an interview with Michael Snow.
December 22, 2004... ARIANE BEYN: What was your impression of Berlin this time? MICHAEL SNOW: I think the fact that Berlin is building itself, it's becoming something.... Of course there is a past of great complexity--tragedy and also a lot of achievement. But...

Rock, paper, scissors the sculptures of James Carl.
December 22, 2004... My introduction to James Carl's sculpture was Public Works, cardboard only (1993) (1), a full scale cardboard replica of a steel garbage dumpster. I remember its flimsy cardboard body in contrast to the heavy steel garbage dumpster in the alley...

Utopia problem: Bruce Mau design's massive change project.
December 22, 2004... "Our world now faces profound challenges, many brought on by innovation itself," he declares in the book's introduction. "Although optimism runs counter to the mood of the times, there are extraordinary new forces aligning themselves around...

Eddo Stern.
December 22, 2004... EDDO STERN ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, TORONTO Not long ago, the world of computer games seemed simple. Arcades and Atari-connected rec rooms offered games that pitted a single player (good) against alien invaders (bad). Home computers...

Fabulation.
December 22, 2004... FABULATION VOX CONTEMPORARY IMAGE, MONTREAL JANIETA EYRE, JESPER JUST, SCOTT MCFARLAND, CARLOS AND JASON SANCHEZ CURATED BY MARIE FRASER Borrowed from the French philosopher Henri Bergson, the idea of tabulation, as defined by curator Marie...

Artefact 2004 Urban Sculpture.
December 22, 2004... ARTEFACT 2004 URBAN SCULPTURE DANIEL OLSON, DOYON-RIVEST, RAYMOND GERVAIS, NEVA-GOTTHILF, AND OTHERS. CURATED BY GILLES DAIGNEAULT, ORGANIZED BY CENTRE D'ART PUBLIC PARC DU MONT-ROYAL, MONTREAL During the summer of 1964, North America's...

Adrian Blackwell.
December 22, 2004... ADRIAN BLACKWELL CAR COLLECTIVE MODERN FUEL AND THE UNION GALLERY KINGSTON, CANADA Car Collective (2004) was part of a summer-long project mounted by Modern Fuel Artist-Run Center and the Union Gallery. Brainchild of MFARC's Julie Fiala,...

Lee Bontocoud.
December 22, 2004... LEE BONTECOU MoMA NEW YORK In its self-generated depth and grandeur, the work of Lee Bontecou offers yet another argument against the widely held belief that an artist must live in a major metropolitan area and be ahead of all contemporary...

Shrinking cities.
December 22, 2004... SHRINKING CITIES INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE GERMAN FEDERAL CULTURAL FOUNDATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE GALLERY FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS LEIPZIG, BAUHAUS DESSAU, AND ARCH+ MAGAZINE, BERLIN CURATED BY PHILIP OSWALT KUNSTWERKE...

The cave and the island.
December 22, 2004... THE CAVE AND THE ISLAND DAVID ARMSTRONG SIX, KAREN AZOULAY, GLN (MAURA DOYLE & TONY ROMANO), MASSIMO GUERRERA, JAY ISAAC, DAMIAN MOPPETT AND JENNIFER MURPHY CURATED BY XANDRA EDEN KUNSTBURO GALLERY, VIENNA As children our parents would...

T&T (Tyler Brett and Tony Romano).
December 22, 2004... T&T (TYLER BRETT AND TONY ROMANO) OVERSEA/UNDERGROUND NEON GALLERY, BROSARP AND ARRIVAL, KULTURHUSET, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN It could be a scene from a Mad Max movie. Through a burnt and deserted landscape, on his way to what seems to be a...