C.A.N. Condensed
May 31st, 2010
• Artist Louise Bourgeois died today in Manhattan at 98 years old. Born in Paris in 1911, she “gained fame only late in a long career,” with the recent sculptural spider Maman being among her best-known work. For more information go to the New York Times website.
• Experimental film is the subject of the exhibition “Celluloid. Cameraless Film” at the Schirn museum in Frankfurt. 21 artists explore techniques of direct image creation on film stock, using processes like painting, scratching, and chemical manipulation to create colorfully abstract animations (see picture). Visit e-flux to read more.
• The Whitney Museum of American Art was open for 24 hours a day last week from Wednesday until Friday at 11:59 pm. Conceptual artist Michael Asher designed the all-night collection of tours, performance art and museum going. Click here for the article.
• A retrospective of 16 works by American artist Alice Neel from 1940 to 1978 is now on display at the L.A. Louver gallery in Venice, California. Neel’s striking portraiture and bohemian acquaintances earned her a spot on a FBI watch list in the 1950s. Read the full review of the show here.
• Kurt Jackson’s expressionist paintings of England’s Glastonbury music festival are being auctioned in an original fund-raising effort for Greenpeace. Jackson is the festival’s artist-in-residence, and his pictures include both landscapes and performances by Glastonbury acts like Radiohead. Check out Art Knowledge News to learn more.