C: International Contemporary Art articles from June 2007

C: International Contemporary Art archives from June 2007

Art=real life.(Editorial)(Editorial)
June 22, 2007... This summer, as everyone knows, the biggest planets in the art stratosphere are lining up. The prospect of the once-a-decade convergence of the Venice Biennale, the Munster Sculpture Project and documenta, all kicking off in June, and...

Adventures in ironic activism: feminism, politics, pop, theory and play: Jacob Wren on Italian artist duo Goldiechiari.(Views)
June 22, 2007... IT IS RARE that I find myself physically aroused while looking at a work of contemporary art. However, that is exactly what happened when I first logged on to the Italian art duo Goldiechiari's website and watched the QuickTime version of...

She, her and me: Chris Kraus finds the very definition of glamour in the work of Iris Klein.(Views)
June 22, 2007... THE FIRST THING that strikes me about Iris Klein's beautiful photographic series She, Her and Me is how her work evokes the emotional atmosphere of surrealism, its sluggish and mildly electrified languor, without ever critically referencing it...

A theory of emergence: Tony Conrad discovers more than just kitsch in the exuberant trash art of Laura Kikauka.(Interview)
June 22, 2007... I remember very clearly that this lady was clad in velvet and fur... She took me by the hand and we passed through several rooms; then she opened the door of a chamber where an extraordinary and truly fairylike spectacle meet my gaze. The...

Artist centrefold.
June 22, 2007... Jon Sasaki Snakes and Ladders (2007) A traditional board game, suitable for all ages. With the addition of a die and playing pieces, (coins, bottle caps, etc,) C Magazine readers are invited play this game of chance with up to six people,...

Loitering in cyberspace: Cheryl Sourkes' takes snapshots of the web's digital citizenry.
June 22, 2007... Flaneur of the cybersphere, botanist on the information highway. Cheryl Sourkes has spent a lot of time over the past few years lingering among the digital citizenry, observing and taking pictures of the online crowd. More precisely, the artist...

Long distance haul: Leah Sandals interviews New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz.(Interview)
June 22, 2007... The best lesson I ever had in art criticism-prior to encountering the writings of Jerry Saltz--just happened to be my first-ever lesson in art. It was in a small photo class at a general-ed. state university. The teacher's day-one assignment...

Notes on the second Moscow biennale of contemporary art, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the rubble (not the ruble ... or the bomb).
June 22, 2007... If you went shopping at TSUM this March, which, as a member of Moscow's nouveau riche you would be obliged to do, or, if you just went to browse and contemplate the abstractions that constitute the prices of Gucci and Dolce, Miu Miu and Mugler...

Katja Host: The Lonely Crowd.
June 22, 2007... Katja Host: The Lonely Crowd Articule, Montreal TATIANA MELLEMA For Oslo-based artist Katja Host, the subtleties of a glance or gesture tell all. Working in photography and video, Host captures moments of human interactions, revealing...

Lucy Pullen: New Knowledge.
June 22, 2007... Lucy Pullen: New Knowledge Republic Gallery, Vancouver CANDICE HOPKINS You never know quite what to expect with Lucy Pullen's work. Her practice is driven more by ideas than by specific media and she has created work in many:...

Rodney LaTourelle: In the Absence of Unambiguous Criteria.
June 22, 2007... Rodney LaTourelle: In the Absence of Unambiguous Criteria Program, Berlin PATRICIA REED Rodney LaTourelle's latest exhibition, an immersive, site-specific installation titled In the Absence of Unambiguous Criteria (2007), takes the...

Material Overtures.
June 22, 2007... Material Overtures Anne Fauteux, Corwyn Lund, Sandy Plotnikoff, James Wright, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, curated by Kim Simon CATHERINE SICOT This year is the year of craft in Canada. Harbourfront Centre, a well-respected centre for...

Jillian Pritchard.
June 22, 2007... Jillian, Pritchard Artspeak, Vancouver ELI BORNOWSKY The ubiquity of video technology has been a detriment to its careful use and understanding. In the gallery, we are used to seeing video prove its ability to emulate television and...

The Idea of North.
June 22, 2007... The Idea of North Allison Hrabluik, Zin Taylor, Ron Terada, curated by Dieter Roelstraete, Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin DOREEN MENDE Since her first exhibition in September 2004 (a solo show of the Slovenian conceptual artist...

In the Blink of an Eye.
June 22, 2007... In the Blink of an Eye Curated by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg STACEY ABRAMSON Intimacy is a vital part of the cinematic and artistic experience. To feel as if you are part of what is hap pening on...

Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005.
June 22, 2007... Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York ROSA JH BERLAND The 125 works in this show demonstrate Kiki Smith's considerable craftsmanship and her unique, encyclopedic visual mythology. Oscillating...