Hrag Vartanian

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The Very Public Life of Street Art

May 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

My article was originally printed in the Brooklyn Rail (May 2008)

Judith Supine Dirt Mansion English Kills April 12 – June 8, 2008
Pink & Aiko The Brick Ladies of NYC Ad Hoc March 21 – April 20, 2008
Super Combo Chashama ABC Gallery April 4 – April 25, 2008
Everyone dreams about having it both ways and street […]

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Tags: American · Brooklyn · New York · art · art criticism · art news · pop culture

Facebook Book Launch, Chat with Author Jeffrey Feldman

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Jeffrey Feldman (aka Frameshop) came up with an inventive way to launch his new book:
Frameshop: NEW BOOK LAUNCHES TODAY!!

Today is the big day!
My new book Outright Barbarous launches today, May 1. Rather than just have it appear on Amazon with an imperceptible “blip,” we are having an online book launch party over at […]

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Tags: American · internet · literary · pop culture

From Prostitute to Post-Impressionist: China’s Modern Art Ambassador

April 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today we have a guest, Jennifer Cody Epstein, whose new book, The Painter from Shanghai, is a fascinating fictionalized account of the life and times Pan Yuliang, a prostitute who became one of the first truly modern artists in China.

The ultimate underdog, Xiuquing was orphaned at a young age and later sold into prostitution by […]

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Tags: American · art · art news · literary · writing

American Election Logic

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

This was too good not to share:
Things I have learned during this campaign season:

In a race that includes a former First Lady of the United States and a multimillionaire Republican senator rumored to share up to eight residences with his wife, the black guy from Chicago is unforgivably elitist.
Racism in America is caused primarily by […]

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Paul Feeley Knows Jack, Does Jeff Koons Know Feeley?

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve been a fan of Paul Feeley since I first encountered his work during my Clement Greenberg Collection catalogue research for the Portland Art Museum. A renowned teacher at Bennington College (during its heady days of high Modernism), Feeley has long languished in the shadows of obscurity and he isn’t poised for a revival any […]

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Tags: American · art · art criticism