Odd Street Sculpture in Williamsburg
Ever since we published Luna Park’s lovely photo essay on New York’s sculptural street art, I’ve been looking more closely at work that projects out into public space. Yesterday, I spotted one of the oddest works of street art I’ve yet encounter (and there has been quite a bit). It reminded me of the work of NE […]
Chatting with #class Co-curator Jennifer Dalton About Ethics
I spoke to artist Jennifer Dalton about the #class exhibition at the Ed Winkleman Gallery in New York and specifically about the issue of ethics. As the co-curator of the show, William Powhida was the other half of that curatorial team, I really wanted to know her take on an exhibition that seemed to swallow […]
Some People Aren’t Happy With New York’s MTA
Good find by Luna Park
Lesley Vance, “Untitled (21)” (2009)
I was very impressed with the paintings by Lesley Vance at this year’s Whitney Biennial. Vance is able to pack so much into her small jewel-like canvases. Some artists resort to larger formats, which can help mask their artistic shortcoming by using scale to produce a wow effect (though that doesn’t always work, think Julian […]