Allese Thomson Baker
Katie Holten
Katie Holten discusses her latest installation
July 2012
Katie Holten is an Irish-born, New York–based multimedia artist whose work explores the relationship between human beings and the natural environment. She represented Ireland at the 2003 Venice Biennale and in 2009 created Tree Museum, a … READ ON
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Jackie Saccoccio
Eleven Rivington
April 2012
Jackie Saccoccio’s latest solo show is flush with color. Aquamarines and dirty browns; pale purples and rusty yellows; neon greens and ruddy reds; petal pinks and mandarin oranges—all are swept over enormous linen canvases, creating … READ ON
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Haegue Yang
Greene Naftali Gallery
March 2012
Haegue Yang’s fixation with absence and displacement—the increasing erasure of localized communities and dislodgment of the individual by transient lifestyles—persists in “Multi Faith Room,” her solo debut at Greene Naftali. Three… READ ON
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Shady El Noshokaty
Shady El Noshokaty talks about Stammer
March 2012
Stammer, an ongoing project by the Egyptian artist and professor Shady El Noshokaty, began as a teaching demonstration for students at the American University in Cairo, and is on view until March 17 in “Histories of Now: Six Artists from … READ ON
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Wayne Koestenbaum
Wayne Koestenbaum talks about The Anatomy of Harpo Marx
February 2012
Wayne Koestenbaum is a poet and cultural critic and a distinguished professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His previous books include The Queen’s Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of … READ ON
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Paula Scher
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
February 2012
As maps seem wildly alive today, endlessly radiating from smartphones while adapting to the pace of our very footsteps, graphic designer Paula Scher’s sprawling depictions of cities, countries, and continents painted in Technicolor hues on… READ ON
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Carsten Höller
Carsten Höller discusses his show at the New Museum
October 2011
Carsten Höller’s first survey exhibition in New York, “Experience,” consists of merry-go-rounds, giant slides, sensory deprivation tanks, and spinning mobiles, among other experiential artworks. Here, the former scientist discusses … READ ON
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Katie Grinnan
October 2011
To look at Brainwaves, 2011, one of the three sculptures in Katie Grinnan’s solo exhibition, is to witness the way environment shapes perception and vice versa—which, for Grinnan, is where individual subjectivity emerges. Brainwaves is … READ ON
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Charles Mayton
October 2011
Charles Mayton’s first solo show in New York begins with a doormat placed directly outside the gallery entrance proclaiming the title of the exhibition: “THE DIFFICULT CROSSING.” The door is propped open to reveal two vivacious, brushy… READ ON
