C: International Contemporary Art articles from June 2004

C: International Contemporary Art archives from June 2004

Pro-Canadianism.(Editorial)
June 22, 2004... In response to last issue's editorial, which taunted Americans as "hapless conformists" Aaron Brewer, an American, told me he wanted to write an anti-Canadian column for this issue. I was very pleased. Canada needs anti-Canadianism. Being...

Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia.(Slant)
June 22, 2004... When Jack Goldstein died a year ago, in San Bernadino, after three or four previous suicide attempts, he had already finished work on Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia, the book that would become his posthumous collaborative autobiography....

Jew baiting the new world order: Hanna Arendt origins of totalitarianism.(The Shover)
June 22, 2004... The fact that racism is the main ideological weapon of imperialistic politics is so obvious that it seems as though many students prefer to avoid the beaten track of truism. Instead, an old misconception of racism as a kind of exaggerated...

Suzy Lake's cult of the Idol.
June 22, 2004... On the stage is a magic circle or, rather, ellipse. A small spotlighted space, a bit like centre-ice for the opening face-off on Hockey Night in Canada, benched players in the background. Then again, the bright lights, lurid shadows, and all...

Nestor Kruger in theory and practice.
June 22, 2004... Early last year, I received a mailer from Goodwater Gallery in Toronto announcing Nestor Kruger's upcoming exhibition. The printed invite, a glossy white 11 by 17 inch one-sided poster, had all the logistical information (when, where, what)...

Long music and the short now: on Rodney Graham's music.
June 22, 2004... I have a mere three days to write about an artwork that is thirty-nine billion years long. I was asked to interview Rodney Graham about his band and their new recording Rock is Hard, but my own bad time-management skills and inability to look...

Turning the corner on the world stage of architecture: Frank Gehry's designs on Toronto.
June 22, 2004... Back in 1987, the (then) new Power Plant reinforced its floors to accommodate its second ever exhibition, The Architecture of Frank Gehry. At the time, many questioned the logic in rebuilding something that had just been completed, but there...

21st century werewolf aesthetics--an interview with David Altmejd.
June 22, 2004... ISTANBUL SEPTEMBER 2003 Montreal-born sculptor David Altmejd was the only Canadian artist at the 8th International Istanbul Biennial, curated by the New Museum's Dan Cameron. Since graduating with an MFA from Columbia University in New...

Confidence, Contemporary Art from Vancouver.
June 22, 2004... CONFIDENCE, CONTEMPORARY ART FROM VANCOUVER TIM LEE, DEREK ROOT, KATHY SLADE, MAURA DOYLE, SARAH EDMONDS, SHANNON OKSANEN. CURATED BY SYDNEY HERMANT PASSAGEN, CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, LINKOPING, SWEDEN A work of art is like an...

Kirsten Stoltman, Let's Get It On/Paul Lloyd Sargent, White Blight Manifesto.
June 22, 2004... KIRSTEN STOLTMAN, LET'S GET IT ON/PAUL LLOYD SARGENT, WHITE BLIGHT MANIFESTO CHICAGO In the urban centers of the mid-western US, one cannot speak the language of cool without speaking about race--specifically, African American (and...

Bernie Miller.
June 22, 2004... BERNIE MILLER CENTRE CULTURAL CANADIEN, PARIS Upon entering the Centre Cultural Canadien in Paris for Bernie Miller's show, I do a double take: I see a washing machine at the foot of a graceful 18th century Parisian staircase. Has...

Johannes Wohnseifer, Enklave/Exklave.
June 22, 2004... JOHANNES WOHNSEIFER, ENKLAVE/EXKLAVE GALERIE NICOLAS KRUPP, BASEL Even though the letters "DB" have been removed, the red rectangle above the entrance of Erlenstrasse 15 in Basel still retains the recognizable colour and shape of the...

Scope.
June 22, 2004... SCOPE NEW YORK Started three years ago, Scope is a roving art fair, editions of which have been presented in Miami, London and Los Angeles, in addition to New York. As it is the upstart in an already crowded domain, emerging galleries...

Memoirs of water.
June 22, 2004... MEMOIRS OF WATER STATION, HOUSTON Since its founding in 2002, Station has emerged as one of the most exciting non-profit galleries in the southern US. In April 2004, the gallery mounted Memoirs of Water by Edgar Moreno for Houston's...

Jay Isaac, Maritime Frazetta.
June 22, 2004... JAY ISAAC, MARITIME FRAZETTA GREENER PASTURES, TORONTO A nod to fantasy legend Frank Frazetta, Maritime Frazetta shows us the groaning shipwrecks and broken harbours of some abandoned Maritime setting in the speculative near-future....

Ed Pien, Imaginary Beings.
June 22, 2004... ED PIEN, IMAGINARY BEINGS PRUSS & OCHS, BERLIN Every February, Berlin hums with all things computer-mediated. Whether visiting the Transmediale media art festival and its sound-art extension, Club Transmediale, catching some of the...