C.A.N. Condensed

May 10th, 2010

French artist Christian Boltanski's piece "No Man's Land" opens this Friday. The piece was commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory and aims to inspire questions of mortality. Thirty tons of used clothes, a giant crane and a soundtrack of thousands of human heartbeats fill the drill hall through June 11, 2010. Read more on NYTimes.com.
A new contemporary art space, ARTER, opened in Istanbul last weekend. The space contains 160 works from 87 international and local artists. ARTER aims to encourage production of contemporary artworks both nationally and internationally, which will in turn provide a platform of visibility for artistic practices, especially in Turkey. The current show runs through September 18, 2010. Read more on E-Flux.com.
Public Art Norway (KORO) is extending a call for artists for pre-qualification for two commissions in "one of Norway's most prominent political contexts." If you're interested find out more here.
The Festival of Regions is also looking for artists, specifically site specific or installation pieces. Read more here.
Mark Bradford is the featured artist at the Wexner Center through August 15, 2010. Bradford is known for creating contemporary abstract paintings with many different materials. Read about his exhibit here, or an interview with the Art Newspaper here.
MUSEION of modern and contemporary art Bolzano opens two contemporary shows in June. Gabriel Kuri presents Soft Information in Your Hard Facts and Nico Vascellari presents a monolith bronze cast piece that acts as a resonance chamber for percussion instruments he plays. For more about the exhibit click here.
Recently the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art asked the question "Is Photography Over?" One artist stated that it is crucial to include all imaging technologies under the umbrella of photography, including snapshots from an iPhone to MRI scanning. A panel discussed if photography is indeed over, or if it is a part of photography that is over. Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle.