Contemporary Art & Swamp
As the Frieze Art Fair and its satellite fairs briefly turn London into the center of the global art world, the British artist Paul Fryer (b. 1963) is unveiling a major new two-part exhibition, "Let There Be More Light," sited both at the Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, Oct. 14-21, 2008, and Simon Dickinson Gallery, London, Oct. 15-31, 2008 ( .. )
de Simon Todd in Artnet Magazine
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© Paul Fryer
Martyr
2007
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Shit is the simplest of materials, but it has a complicated emotional meaning, as everything connected with the body does, and it is widely used in modern art, in the disguise of "rubbish," a convenient social substitute for this very personal bodily substance. Indeed, shit is a form of rubbish, a standard part of the social landscape just as shit is a standard part of the personal landscape -- everyday, redundant, valueless waste, which we regularly flush away or put in garbage dumps, so that it is kept safely out of sight (..)
de Donald Kuspit in Artnet Magazine
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Andres Serrano
SHIT (Hieronymus Bosch Shit)
2008
Yvon Lambert Gallery
With the global economic outlook remaining pessimistic despite the drop in oil prices (according to the Bloomberg Professional Global Confidence Index), every art auction remains a bellwether for the contemporary art market as a whole, which has been booming for the last five years -- and seemingly on the brink of a "correction" for almost as long. September 2008 has no shortage of auctions. So hold onto your seats (..)
de Walter Robinson in Artnet Magazine
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© Richard Kern
No Dogs, Long Island
2003
est. $5,000-$7,000
Sotheby’s New York
Sept. 10, 2008
In fine, puteti vedea cu ochii vostri aici:
The Murder of Damien Hirst
de Charlie Finch in Artnet Magazine
© Damien Hirst
Photo by Prudence Cumming
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OIL PAINTING
Now that New York University is building a campus in Abu Dhabi, and the emir of that oil protectorate is assembling the choicest collection of abstract art in the world, it would behoove his highness to drop by NYU’s Grey Art Gallery and pick up a few selections from "New York Cool," curated by former New York Times art critic and current NYU professor Pepe Karmel.
by Charlie Finch in Artnet Magazine
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