By John Aasp on August 13, 2012
After visiting James Surls and two outdoor fairs (one local and one commercially organized) in part 1, it was time to hit the big wig affair at the Aspen Ice Garden — the third annual Art Aspen preview party. Organized by the Hamptons Expo Group (which also does ArtHamptons and the new Houston Fine Art [...]
Posted in Blog, John AƤsp, The Open Blog | Tagged Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Art Aspen, ed ruscha, james surls, richard prince |
By Bill Davenport on July 18, 2012
Joining John Baldessari, Catherine Opie and Barbara Kruger in a rush to the exit, Ed Ruscha, the last artist on LA MOCA’s board, resigned Monday. The troubled museum, pulled out of a financial hole by Eli Broad and resolutely headed towards a party-filled populist future, ousted noted curator Paul Schimmel a few weeks ago, starting [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged barbara kruger, ed ruscha, john baldessari, la moca, paul schimmel |
By Bill Davenport on November 7, 2011
Ex-Texas artist Jacinda Russell, now teaching at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana recently had a portfolio of her work Nine Fake Cakes and Nine Bodies of Water published in Afterimage. The statement says that the symbolic floating pastries reflect sad episodes in her life, but her blog reports her on a road trio through [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged ed ruscha, jacinda russell, muncie indiana, nine fake cakes |
By Margaret Meehan on June 8, 2011
Officially the first day of summer is not until June 21st, but according to my thermostat and our electric bill it’s already too hot. Similar but Different #18: Cold as Ice is a wish list for an Arctic chill and freezing ice. I’ll start with a few Texas references and then throw in some notables [...]
Posted in Melba Toast | Tagged amy revier, barnaby hosking, Ben Ruggiero, DMA, ed ruscha, eric zimmerman, erick swenson, fort worth modern, fredric church, miranda july, pierre huyghe, sigrid sandstrom, testsite, tobias Wolff, tom lauerman |