Doin’ it in Public
Feminism and Art at the Woman’s Building
Up until the 28th at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design
Lately, I seem to get to shows only days before they close. This exhibition is on view until the 28th, so you only have 4 days left to see it in person. It’s shameful to admit that the impetus for my attendance was an assignment for one of my classes. However, I was so taken by Terri Wolverton’s book about the Women’s Building, Insurgent Muse, that I was incredibly excited to visit the show. I found that I was emotionally invested in each of the hanging pieces. I searched for Terri in every photo, and I was even thrilled to find Terri’s original, handwritten acceptance letter to the Woman’s Building among the archival items in the show; something spurred only by the chummy feelings a personal narrative can deliver.
{Suzanne Lacy’s Three Weeks in May, 1977, had me captivated. Lacy documented every reported rape that took place during three weeks in May 1977. Each rape was stamped on a map of Los Angeles with a scarlet red ink. Lacy even spray-painted figure outlines in the very places the rapes happened in the streets to make pedestrians more aware of the abuse being suffered by women. The artist is currently documenting rapes again, now, in Los Angeles. The piece is displayed on an exterior wall of the Los Angeles Police Department. Learn more about it here.}
Lacy’s current installation.
As of late.
Happy New Year! I’ve been running around the country for the past month with no room for my fancy camera gear. So I’m sharing just a few of the goodies I’ve seen since the season began.
{Odilon Redon at the Dallas Museum of Art}
{Donald Judd at the Fort Worth Modern}
{I think this is SAM}
{Cai Guo Qiang’s Inopportune Stage One. Car explosions at SAM.}
{Rothko at SAM}
{My best buddy and I standing on my 8th Carl Andre tiled piece.}
{Do Ho Suh, Some One, SAM.This minimalist Kimono structure is comprised of over 30,000 silver dog tags, each representing an individual solider.}
{Adrian Paci, Home to Go, SAM}
{New find! Belgian born Cris Brodahl has the Belgian branch of Surrealism well and alive in her hands.}
{The Freemont Troll}
Angela Hall, Love, Chuck Close, LA, 2011
Saatchi Gallery London- August 2011
{John Baldessari‘s Beethoven’s Trumpet with Ear}
{Berlinde De Bruyckere‘s K36, Polyurethane Foam and Horse Hide}
{David Altmejd}
{David Altmejd}
{Dirk Skreber}
{Matthew Brannon}
{Folkert de Jong}
{Folkert de Jong}
{Folkert de Jong}
{Martin Honert}
{Anselm Reyle}
{Richard Wilson, aka The Man}
Pomona PST
{Tom Eatherton’s ‘Rise’ from 1970 at the Pomona Museum of Art}
{Lloyd Hamrol’s Situation Construction for Pomona College from 1969}
James Turrell‘s Light and Space piece on the Pomona Campus.
The piece is designed to play with the light from the sky, changing your perception of the sheet of sky cut out from the ceiling of the sky space.
Wear a bright red dress and take pictures.
Street Art — Paris
Someday when Space Invader works are considered bona-fide Cultural Heritage, Paris is going to be sad they painted this one tan!
Baby Space Invader.
How darling is this?
It has been scientifically proven that we as a society behave better when we know someone is watching… These were everywhere, and I have never seen such well-mannered people.
I LOVE how this artist used the pavement’s existing elements as a functional aspect in his work. Notice the street grating creates the illusion of rib bones.
Sorry this one is so blurry. My auto focus broke while in Paris. Catastrophe! This was so funny though…”OMG You are FREAKING me out.”
So this J.R. piece was technically not on the street per se, it was in the Pompidou Center, but still J.R. is a street artist so there. Logic prevails.
