On April 18th, 2008, a pipe near the corner of 2nd Ave and east 9th Street poured pixelated water onto the pavement in what looks to be the work of an anonymous urban installation artist (though I suppose it’s possible that someone simply forgot to shut off the city’s 8-bit water supply.) The brevity of […]
April 24th, 2008
Categories: East Village, Installation, Sculpture . Author: alex k. . Comments: No Comments
From January 17-February 16, Cueto Project presents the work of Brooklyn-based artist Fritz Welch.
Welch’s solo show, entitled “Under Your Wet Blanket,”:
deals with two ongoing conceptual themes for the artist: Revolution Blues and Vampire Blues. The former refers to a fundamental interest in activist occupation of space and direct political action. The latter is concerned with […]
January 17th, 2008
Categories: Installation, Chelsea, Solo Show, Sculpture, Opening, New York, Painting . Author: lynette c . Comments: No Comments
Opening this weekend in the Lever House (Park Avenue and 54th Street) lobby is Damien Hirst’s latest, and quite ambitious, piece titled School: The Archaeology of Lost Desires, Comprehending Infinity, and the Search for Knowledge. The $10 million installation was purchased by the owner of Lever House, Aby Rosen, (who also owns the Seagram Building […]
November 9th, 2007
Categories: Solo Show, Installation, British, Power players, Art Star, New York, Business, Private showing, Opening . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
Today marks the closing of British artist Mike Nelson’s A Psychic Vacuum, the sprawling installation in the old Essex Street Market space on Delancey Street on the Lower East Side. It’s an ambitious project that manages an eeriness and subtle care and respect for the otherworldly and absolutely mundane in the daily lives of residents […]
October 28th, 2007
Categories: Closing, British, Lower East Side, Installation, Architecture, New York . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
I’ve been meaning to check out the assume vivid astro focus show at John Connelly Presents for quite some time, and what better time to attend than tomorrow night — Tristan Perich will be performing 1-bit music in the installation.
tristan perich: 1-bit music
live in an installation by
assume video astro focus
john connelly presents, 625 w. […]
June 4th, 2007
Categories: Collective, Music, Installation, New York . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments