Ventilation Sculpture

The Dia Art Foundation announced that it acquired 155 sculptural pieces by Minimalist artist Charlotte Posenske. Her art is unique for being produced through democratic means. She sells them to the art market at the piece’s material cost. Art that replicates her own work is authorized as to be known as the same piece rather…

Table Talk

Chris Marker released the film The Owl’s Legacy in 1989, and it is now screening at the Metrograph in its recently restored version. It was commissioned by the Onassis Foundation to promote Greek culture. The documentary is part of a 13 part series on ancient Greece made for public access television. Each twenty minute episode…

Carving Art into City Walls

Alexandre Farto uses drills and jackhammers to create elaborate portraits on the sides of buildings. He also does small-scale pieces with which he uses a block of layered posters and paints to etch his image into. He enjoys the fact that his work will forever be preserved. Each piece is continuously developing and reveals a…

The Clock by Christian Marclay

The Clock is a 24-hour long installation montage that edits together thousands of footage of clocks together to tell the time. It tells of cinematic history and combines excerpts from films of various genres and time periods. The intent is for the video to flow in real time, and for viewers to experience a vast…

JEFF KOONS SCULPTURE TO TAKE ROOT OUTSIDE PETIT PALAIS, PARIS

Jeff Koon’s latest installation is Bouquet of Tulips, a memorial sculpture meant to honor the victims of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan theater attacks. The announcement came as a surprise since due to the two year long controversy over its cost and design. The piece costs the state an estimated 3.9 million. The piece…

Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018

During fall break, I got a chance to see this exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City. The exhibit contains art pieces from the past fifty years that all contain and discuss programming as a set of instructions, rules, or code. It attempts to show us how rules and instructions in art have…

War of the Girls

This performance piece tells the story of young fencer Athena and her friend Mary Wallace as they duel in preparation for a pivotal match in their careers. Their conversations are convincingly teen like yet intellectual. They quickly realize they are foils of each other, with both opposing views and personalities. The play touches on feminism…

Panacea

A new line of paintings by Benjamin Garcia depicts his subjects in a state of transformation. They consist of facial or full body profiles with overlaying images to represent the conflicting impulses that form one’s persona. They range from images that are slightly distorted to completely incomprehensible. Some have a surrealist touch, containing plants and…

Wavelength: Reset

In Shanghai, a number of art museums have opened in succession within the past year.  The Powerlong Museum was opened with the intent of showcasing Chinese art. Its new hit show Wavelength: Reset seems to contradict this agenda with its modern and outside-the-box approach. The collection has become viral on social media, garnering worldwide attention….

The Penn Emblem

I’m a big fan of Penn’s aesthetic. Its blue and red theme, the college green, the old pretty buildings… but what brings them all together is the Penn emblem. It’s eye-catching, simple and easily recognizable. Its imbued with history but still feels somewhat timeless. I find it awesome how the emblem has certain distinct features that…