Archive for July, 2009
Catherine Taft On Justin Lieberman
Justin Lieberman’s 2007 installation ‘Kurt Russell: RE-GENESIS’ is a thorough assessment of the actor’s hodgepodge of roles and slow move towards “cult” status. The series consists of 12 paintings, each incorporating a movie poster from a Kurt Russell film. Collaging, painting and defacing their surfaces, Lieberman worked each poster into an assemblage that was aesthetically guided by the respective movie’s plot or poster design. 
Justine Shanti Wins July Saatchi Online Studio Competition
Justine Shanti JULY 2009 WINNER SELECTED BY CHRIS MOORE The winner of the July Saatchi Online Studio competition is Justine Shanti. Saatchi Online's China correspondent, Chris Moore, comments: 'The...
Julian Stallabrass: Fetishism, Youth And Violence In The Work Of Tom Sachs
'I Don't Think I'm a Fetishist'1 'I used to think you were insane, but now I can see your nuts' - Austin Powers That old joke encapsulates a number of...
Ruben Ochoa At Site Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ruben Ochoa, 'hummin'... comin' at cha...', 2009 Concrete slab, rebar, dirt SITE Santa Fe Commission Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Los Angeles artist Ruben Ochoa investigates...
Jasper Joffe: The Sale Of A Lifetime
Jasper Joffe in his studio © Jasper Joffe, courtesy of Idea Generation Gallery Having recently turned 33, left his gallery and been dumped by his girlfriend of 5 years,...
The Third Icp Triennial, New York
Mickalene Thomas, Portrait of Qusuquzah, 2008 Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery The Triennial is ICP's signature exhibition: a global survey of the most exciting and challenging new work...
Letters To A Young Artist: Thomas Nozkowski
In the summer of 2005, artonpaper magazine published a special issue titled "Letters to a Young Artist," inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet."...
Target Practice: Painting Under Attack At Seattle Art Museum
Jasper Johns, 'Target', 1958 oil and collage on canvas 91.44 x 91.44 cm 'Target Practice' is an international, historical survey of the attacks that painting endured in the years following World...
Ana Finel Honigman And Friends Celebrate The Life Of Dash Snow
The artist Dash Snow's death at age twenty-seven from a drug overdose has sparked a firestorm of schadenfreude, snide criticism and bile from bloggers and genuine uncompromised grief...
Alberto Baldelli Wins Round Ten Of Showdown
Alberto Baldelli Congratulations to the winner of the tenth round of the SHOWDOWN competition, Alberto Baldelli. His artwork will compete with other SHOWDOWN finalists to find an overall...


















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