C.A.N. Condensed
May 19th, 2010
BAK, basis actuele voor kunst presents, Rabih Mroue, a Lebanese theater director, actor, playwright and visual artist. Mroue's work mixes "methods and cultural cannons, by complicating the distinctions between fiction and reality, and by blending past "facts" with speculation about the current moment." The show starts this weekend and runs through August 1, 2010. Read about the exhibit on E-Flux.com. - The Fondazione Nicola Trussardi in Italy presents Pig Island by Paul McCarthy. The installation is a"contemporary Raft of the Medusa... [a] carnivalesque amusement park in which human beings behave like pigs." The exhibit also includes some of McCarthy's works from 1970 to the present. Read more here.
- "Modern does not equal radical." Jonathan Jones of Guardian.co.uk writes of his experience with the Tate Modern's birthday celebration. For his critique click here. Waldemar Januszcsak of TimesOnline.co.uk also comments about the Tate's talent with audience participation. But is it good? Check it out here.
- Sharon Butler, a writer, blogger, academic and artist, created a TV channel on Vimeo dedicated to art. Two Coats of Paint is up and running, and Butler has encouraged "painters to make videos about their process/practice and submit them." Read about it here.
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A urinal is a urinal is a urinal." HyperAllergic.com's Hrag Vartanian writes about Marcell Duchamps Fountainand its many imitations. Read more on HyperAllergic.com.
- The Tate St Ives will exhibit the colorful, almost child-like work of Dutch artist Lily van der Stokker. Van der Stokker's work "plays on stereotypical femininity, engaging with the legacies of Feminism, and exploring ideas that seem to be forbidden in art, especially decorative" art. Check it out on ArtKnowledgeNews.com.
