C.A.N. Condensed

April 23rd, 2010

Simon Hantaï, known for developing pliage a process where the artist folds the canvas, paints exposed sections, and unfolds it to reveal the finished work, is on display at the Paul Kasmin Gallery through April 24. This process has kept his work interesting and fresh precisely because the artist may not know the actual outcome ahead of time, in fact Art Fag City picked one of his pieces for a weekly highlight.
"And then it was my turn [...] I had been seated for something like half a minute when she lifted her head and looked at me [...] She was looking at me and at me only." Colm Toibin of the New York Review of Books shares his experience with Marina Abromavic at her show at the MoMA. Read it here.
L.A. street artist David Choe has grown from a "petty criminal" to a internationally renowned artist. His show "Nothing to Declare" opens this weekend in L.A. Read Choe's story on LATimes.com.
Brent Green will exhibit his films and kinetic sculptures at U.C. Berkley in a show called "Perpetual and Furious Refrain." One of Green's pieces on display includes "a monolithic 13-voice sound machine based on Thomas Edison's early wax cylinder recorders." Check it out here.
The Walther Collection in Germany presents "Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity" opening June 2010. The show combines the work of three generations of African artists and photographers with modern and contemporary German photography. Read the full story on E-Flux.com.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is set to exhibit "Utopia Matters" May 1-July 25, 2010. The show involves work about "Brotherhoods to Bauhaus" from different artistic movements up to the present. Check out the article on E-Flux.com.
The Sydney Biennale of 2010 has announced its program for this year. The Biennale runs from May 12-August 1, 2010 and is set to have over 50 artists' talks. All events are free, but reservations are required. For more info visit the 17th Sydney Biennale's website.