by Alicia | Sep 25, 2012 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, News, Writing
Writer Alicia Eler profiles Chicago artists Dawoud Bey, Jeanne Dunning, Aay Preston-Myint and Doug Ischar for the top 50 list. Number 8: Dawoud Bey One of Dawoud Bey’s earliest photographic memories is a book called “The Movement,” which his family brought home after...
by Alicia | Mar 17, 2009 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, News, Writing
Taxidermy is big business—and high art. A March 6 New York Times article reported taxidermy sightings at this year’s Armory Art Fair, including Carolyn Salas and Adam Parker Smith’s buckhead whose abnormally huge antlers twist into the air like overgrown tree...
by Alicia | Dec 8, 2008 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, Writing
Art Fairing in a new economy, Chicago blows through the 2008 Miami art fairs Overall murmurs of low attendance aside, Art Basel Miami Beach reported more registered collectors and cultural institutions than any previous year. The Miami Herald said that almost half of...
by Alicia | Dec 8, 2008 | Newcity Newspaper, News, Writing
Problems in video art curation, evolving technologies and copyright laws Omer Fast, “Looking Pretty for God (after G.W.),” 2008 It’s still hard to justify the expenses of technology—and the necessary viewer attention—needed for displaying video art,...
by Alicia | Dec 7, 2008 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, Writing
Light Luv and Happiness When one starts seeing the same neon lights on flashy hotel signs in Miami Beach as they do in art fair booths, always remember that arguments about the separation between pop culture and the art world are useless. Tracey Emin’s heart-shaped...
by Alicia | Dec 5, 2008 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, News, Writing
Identity-freezing photographs There’s so much to see in Miami that you either have to create your own lens or look through a camera’s. Photos caught my eye at the art fairs this year, perhaps because in a sea of constantly moving people and new art around every booth...
