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AMERICANCONTEMPORARYR

SEPTEMBER 2011


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Antonio Petracca

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Jay FineThe End of Manhattan

September 8 - October 15, 2011

Kim Foster Gallery529 West 20th Street

New York, NY 10011

212.229.0044 www.kimfostergallery.com

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 am to 6 pm


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GEORGLAWSOGALLER

GEORGE LAWSON GALLERY | LOS ANGELES

8564 Washington Blvd. Culver City 90232 | 310-837-6900 | www.georgelawsongallery.com

September 14 October 15

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AMERICANSEPTEMBER 2011


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acamagazine.com

Richard Kalisher PUBLISHER

Donovan Stanley EDITOR

Eric Kalisher DESIGN

New York Editor Tali Wertheimer

Los Angeles Editor Simmy Swinder

Washington Editor F. Lennox Campello

Contributing Editor Roberta Carasso

Contributing Writers

Tracy Tomko, Nikki Sapp

Julie Novakoff, Maryam Parsi

Advertising [email protected]

561.542.6028 / Richard Kalisher

2011 R.K. Graphics. All Rights Reserved.Exhibition information courtesy of represented institutions.

EXHIBITIONS

Los Angeles 42

San Francisco 43

New York 44

Philadelphia 47Denver 48

Washington 49

FEATURES

14 Letter from Washington DC

18 Q&A with Alev Mei Loh

24 343 Dresses in Los Angeles

28 Brianna Martays Shadow Happy34 Man and Nature in ArtCO

NTENTS

ARTISTS

Ashley Christine Bauer 56

Chistine H. Buchsbaum 58

Lesley Vance 62

BOOKS

53 Reconsidering Van Gogh

PACIFIC STANDARD TIME

A Special Insert (After Page 41)

ON THE COVERDavid Scanavino, Untitled,

2011, Institutional Linoleum,Wood, Hardware, 120x120

More on page 44

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Seteber 23 - October 30, 2011

opening receptionFriday, Seteber 23, 6 pm - 9 pm

Secial Thanks to pointB Studios, Williasburg

along with other williamsburg galleries, parkers box will

be open until 9 pm on 2nd friday, october 14.

Sauel Rousseau is a noinee for the

prix marcel Ducha, 2011, to be resented at

the Grand palais, paris, October 20-23.

BraveOld

NewWorld

Sauel Rousseau193 Grand Str

Brooklyn, New York 11

+1 718 388 28

www.parkersbox.c

Gallery Hou

Thur-Sun, 1pm-7


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santa monicacivic auditorium

january 12 - 16, 2012

the 21st annualinternational los angeles

photographic art exposition

www.photola.com


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Letter from Washington, DCF. Lennox Campello

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(top)Wilmer Wilson IV, Untitled (Still 2) from Study for I Voted (2011),ultrachrome pigment print, edition of 7, 10"x15" (bot) J.J. McCrackenHunger, Philadelphia, Hunger c. 2010, active installation (clay, cast veg-etables, clay platters, living models, smell of baking bread, soundscape).

Image courtesy of Janine Parziale.
http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/


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lottvll, VA, Adam Dav, Wahto, D.C., Ma F,Wahto, D.C. , Sky Glko, Baltmo, MD, MchllRo, Alxada, VA, Soa Slva, Baltmo, MD, MatyWhaa, Baltmo, MD ad L Zha, Baltmo, MD.

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may w am o th lt ad c t had to tll who th domat voc om th jo, bt I pct that twa whov lv Baltmo, c o may o th al-t a om th. My pck o th w? Soa Slva, otoly th ow o vabl photoaphc ad attc kllad tty, bt alo a vy had-wok att who kowthat a ky to cc mak that th lt o yowok byod yo tdo. [Sc th colm wawtt, th w o th awck z w aocd.

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locally a a pat at DC Go Wahto Uvty(BA F At 1985) ad a a clpto at att Ittt(MFA 1987), Kam' wok ha b xhbtd thohoNoth Amca ad Eop. T xhbto, ttld qlto th Sql: Wat o a Hollywood Ed, cld16 wok o pap, th cava, ad a la tallatomct o a vta 1970 modt bba lvoom, bt blt chap ad madd bld p-pl. H Cotmpoay alo o o th 16 DC aaall ()m.

Read more rom Campello at dcartnews.blogspot.com

(clockwise from top left) Work by Mia Feuer, winning of the Trawick Prize Best in ShowDavid Kramer, Hindsight (The Scenic Route), 2010-2011, oil on canvas, 60x61.5

courtesy of Heiner Contemporary; Soa Silva, Fence, 2007, c-print, 80x20 inches

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M A R K U S L I N N E N B R I N K

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B o o t h B - 4SE PTE M BE R 3 0 - O CTO BE R 3 , 2 0 1 1

Th e E v en t D ec k a t L . A . Liv e

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Alev Mei Loh a Mlbo-boatt lv ad wok Lo A-l. A a chld h obvd how hpcpto wold tat to h htad at a objct o a lo tm. Tt wth coco ad p-cpto ld h to xplo lcd damad t applcato o at. It aloboht h to Lo Al, a placwhch h dcb a b cot-ally o th catvcp. Att, patc-laly th alt,

hav o daw poth bcoco apato o atwok.T covc o atad dam tat ldm to tvw Alv od to how acontemporaryartist co-t th tadto.

Simmy Swinder: Could

you tell us about your ascination with luciddreaming?Alv M Loh: Tda that oth woldxt a lay po tho, oth wold wca tap to, pcvad actally b , axtmly thll ad

captvat pm oay att. Lcd dam- o om o p-cptal tapotato.I d t comot tokow that d lcd dam wactally t to a compltly qo w typ o coco. T ot jt a atatcal da. Gma -ach vd wth EEG moto- that d lcd dam bawav a ot a awakd tat, o

a thy a dam tat. Rath a-oth om o coco. May at-t tt ad xp th tapp too oth wold. Fo m th kd oth poo bhd th tto.SS: How does one tap into this?AL: Salvado Dal docmt a tch-q calld Slmb Wth A Ky,

wh h wold t a cha wth aky, o omth qally havy, hhad. T ppo wa to ty ad achth pot o a awakd dam wth-ot all alp, th th ky whchwold all ad mak a lod o towak yo p. It vy aoy b-

ca yo wat to o to lp! It allyqt a tl bt th mo yo tayol to b that -btw almth a t bcom to acc lcddam. Alo th tat yo a abl tomak ma cocto o objct yoomally woldt mak. Ima d-cov objct that yo d yoomal vomt, bt th tatthyv chad om way, bcom-

dam odobjct. Yo bth wok om

th kow towak alty, howxtaoday.

SS: Could your workbe classifed as dream

ound objects?

AL: T ttobhd my ctbody o wok tob dam od

Som o th woka dct c-ato o objct Id damwhl oth a -lt o dcovI mad damthat cha a po-c o appoach toth wok. I tolyl th bypodc

o act lo th vw o adam-od wok to btly hpcpto. Smla

to th way that om tbal atact ambd wth pow o mac, I l thadam od objct ca hav pcp-tal h act.SS: How long did it take to learn thetechnique?

A Q&A with Alev Mei LohSimmy Swinder


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AL: Iv b actvly pactc lcddam o ov 15 ya. Aod thtm I tatd I wa bcom ca-ly aoyd wth tat qo ad thda o tt . I attdd a vycovtoal pvat l chool Mlbo, bt ally I watd to ba att, to b a vomt that

td attc dom. I lovd that c Mlbo ad watdto b aod oth catv typ, o Id my moth am ad olldmyl a at hh chool. My pa-t w actally qt lbal o topct I coldv jt akd ad otpmo. Evyo wa a att o abl o om ot at th chool. I hada hh lvl o poal dcpl owth th tctd vomt

I od th dom to cav ot whoI watd to b.Aod th tm,a old tdt atth chool to-dcd m to thbook o CaloCatda. Obook patc-la calld Te ArtO Dreaming wapvotal o m b-

ca t otldpcc pact-cal tchq tohac damawa. I ptall my lchtmad a choolho ha ot a local otcbookhop ad book abot mdxpao, pychc pcpto ad

way to hac catvty. Evy htI dltly pactcd dam tch-q. A a w moth I wa abl to-t th ad b mch mo d-ctoal wth my dam xpc-. Yo ca la th damtal adtchq aly qckly bt to t oodq cotal ad llo pactc,ot o lk mak at, o yoa.SS: Could you talk about the lucid dream

you had when you ound yoursel at the

National Gallery o Victoria. You men-tioned that this particular dream wasvery inuential in a large body o yourwork and that you saw a monochrome

piece that led you to perceive real depth.AL: It ba a a omal dam. Tat, I wa th dam qt awa I

wa dam, jt o abot act- to th a thy happd to m.T omth cad m to otcthat th wold wa a lttl odd, I mdto hav mo xblty ad ttch th way I movd. T wa a to m to chck to I wa adam. Wh I chckd I alzd thatI wa dd dam. I otcd Icold alo l my body alp bdat th am tm that I wa awa my

dam body. I dcdd to look aod

ad I cold ot wh I wa.It oo bcam appat that I wa

th Natoal Gally o Vctoa, a placthat I had qtly vtd a a chld.I tablzd my dam awa addcdd to tak myl wth look atpat. I watd to I cold p-cv omth dp tha wa po-bl wak l. I od myl bplld towad a kd o toa aa,a plac I had v b. T wa apat poppd p a a hl. I d-tctvly mmb ad a ta d-cat th att wa Ia B It wa

a mmalt wok do bl wtho o two to at mot. T th thatd m thoh wa a I tad atth pat I tatd to pcv thdpth almot lk a topoaphcal lad-cap. It wa acat. I wa ld ot o t o what md to b a allylo tm. T I movd o to aothpat ad aoth ad aoth. Tam th happd ach tm. A Ilookd at th wok, at om pot ahhly dmoal oaphc txtvald tl. I had a alzato thatwhat I wa wa o o th coo pat.

T wa th b o my tdopactc o k ot objct thdamcap ad attmpt to cat

thm wak l. T chd wokI cat a apodct o thxploato.

SS: Speaking o your cruswork, it hasbeen comparedto John Cham-berlain. In myopinion, theres

something more eminine caring about theway you deawith your ma-terials. You starwith a malleablematerial andmold it, to cre-

ate a crushed option, while Chamberlainmanipulates a tough object into the orm

he wants. Can you speak about your pro-cess in this regard?AL: I a that th poc o chth cava pobably btt dcbda hap ad mold oppod toChambla, who actally chtl a ca ch to maplatth matal. I hav wokd wth capat ad tl ad whl I lov th p-mac ad xblty o th mat-al at th am tm t dv m cazy



It dot lt m ow o cha dc-to o t aod ad o back thway I wat to. Ev wh cava -ocd ad td to mlat mtal

ht, t tll ta abc-lk qal-t ad tll mch mo ov. Ilk a cta amot o oom o po-taty wth th matal I ; at th

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a I mtod bo a podct o mydam vtato.

SS: In addition to your wall sculptures, you also make sculptures with text ortext on canvas. Where do the wordscome rom? What kind o message are

you trying to deliver?

AL: I l a to complo to txt o om pc. W talkd abotth o txt b th vaclao may Wt Coat att. Ad thatphap c tm om th dv- clt, bllboad ad th t-tamt dty. I l that at,ta, advt ad copywthav b c o m. Advt- acat m. I lk th dtllato

o l o da to o ma.I lk wod o combato o wodthat xp th vbl, coj ppcc l o t da.

SS: Why do you decide to crush the textyou paint? Is it to obliterate the message?AL: Wod o cava o l lkcommad. Ch th o o lv-l bvt th commad. I alo lkth da o hav txt that chd b-

ca t omwhat aaloo to howth ba cto. Fo xampl, whw ad w dot caly th lt-t, bt jt th wod ad om t t a o what th wod commcat-. T happ pcally dvad th almot coco ad obllboad ad advt. It mak mcod qto lk What p-cpto, what commcato?

A ood xampl Fdom. T o m h. I thk o th o a thoppotty dom, a paa ot to o thoh. Bt th I chd t.It lt lk omth I watd to do. Idtly pla ot a wok ad Im co-vcd t actally how t hold b adI ty to tck to t. Bt th th almt that ot o yo had adthat wh th al ow com adyo cat tll what t o to do. Ivo had a pat ttchd ad o

a momt I thk t hd, Im l- happy wth th athtc ad thomth m mak m wat toch t. Somth v way. I php aat omth. Ad omthcollap. Ad th th a thatwat to com thoh yo. Yo po-d ad yo hav to do t.SS: Does this uncontrollable compulsionlead you to believe reedom doesnt exist?AL: It mak m blv th oppot.Tat dom ally do xt. Bt t ot a v. It mt b ad. WhI ay ad I ma th thatw pobably coldt coz t whadt dtood ad wokd wthth boda t. It wd that pla-

ad dcpl a dt th mx. Yo hav to kow th l tokow wh yo a thow thm ot.B total cotol o th poc adtck to th pla t dom. B ow wth th wok ad chalthat at pt dom. I am alwayamazd at th way od vt tl th mot chaotc vomt. I lkto md myl, at ay v momt,pcally wh ac th wok, thatth a 3000 choc ot o m.

hap Iv b choo to o dowo aa ad aa bca that thal pathway Iv b cav ot.Bt I ca coz aoth choc adby do o I cold op p aothwold.

SS: Teres something in particularabout the car hood piece that seems tobe wrapped in ribbon and claims youknow the uture beore it happens. Are

you alluding to lucid dreaming withthis? I eel many people are blessed witha oresight but many are blind to thishigher level o understanding. How do

you dierentiate?

Not lcd dam pccally thpc althoh I thk hh tat cab achd thoh dam. Dama potal to th pat o that aot alway accbl. Bt mata- coco th dclt pat

dam ad awak l. T thdtato. I thk kow tht bo t happ q a t-mdo amot o codc, zocock ad a mch lht adcty that ca b hld o hmavl. Cotatly oc th dathat w kow th t bo t hap-p b abot a cha. It dawot that all hy pat o thathadly v t t tm th potlht

SS: What are you working on now?

AL: I addto to my tdo pactcIm wok o a pomac pcthat volv oocyt xtacto adcyopvato (aka z)T jct btw tcholoy ad

volto acat, xct adcay. Fo a att th o mchmatal th qy. T pojct tll t acy, o I cat ay toomch. Bt Im otc popl do challd by th da. Dtly oa poal lvl t coot, bothphycally ad motoally.

Alev Mei Loh is showing her work athe Fountain Art Fair in Downtown Los

Angeles rom September 30 through October 2. For more inormation about theartist, visit alevemeiloh.com

About Swinder: Following her successudirection o photo l.a. | artLA projects in

January 2011, Swinder was appointeDirector o Carmichael Gallery, Los An-

geles, to assist the gallerys transition inprogram rom its primary ocus on streeand urban art to a wider range o ne

art, sculpture, lm and photography. Shecontinues to curate independent projectsthrough S+ Projects, an art advisoryand creative venture enterprise she co-

ounded in 2010. o date, S+ Projecthas curated shows in galleries, corporateand temporary exhibition spaces, andcontributed to the limited edition princompany, Artstar. She continues to write

or Gallery Crawl and, most recently American Contemporary Art and tasjmagazines.

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(e)merge art fair

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For information about programs, panel discussions and events please visit: emergeartfair.com


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With a physical life span of 343 days, Lo Al-bad att May Yoako Chomatc Covc

ojct colo-block th cty tt.I a act o tactv pclato, th pojct copo-

at val attc mdm a plot that vl a hmapo to colo. Wth 49 h o ach to o ROYGBIV(d, oa, yllow, , bl, do, ad volt), MayYoako ha dd ad catd 343 d that h wllwa thohot th ya. Kck o o Jaay 23, 2011,th pojct wll com to a clo o th al day o 2011. Tatt tak o o th tt o LA a w colo ach dayto d th v h pc o ba commty.A two lo ya o pp wok, h ha cotd vyook ad cay o th that mak p

LA, ad ha b docmt th vbac o colo that o ovlookd by o-th-o, ca-caplatd bat.

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T ta o th how Colo, ad t vywh och wa t. May ha dcbd th xpc a wa o colod la. A h o thoh th pha oach h, t pc h od jmp ot ad

catch th y, whch c a wothy colo latohp wthth vomt. H a hhtd towad vyth that match h d, ad th wold bcom pla-atly, yt xpctdly ttd.

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daly l, bt t alo at a motoal cptoom th pblc.

Fom th att poal xpc ov th pat xmoth, h ha otcd a cott bhavoal poColo pompt mmoy. May call tac wh po-pl th makt o o th tt wold com p to holy to ha a toy o a vt volv a d d o ayllow chldhood toy. Bd vok mmo, May alootcd a l owad motoal coct o vbal bodylaa. Mayb t jt a cocdc that mo m topto ta at (phap t wth) a woma walk dow th

343 Dresses:

by Nikki Sapp

TheChromaticConvergenceProject


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tt wth a pk d o, ad mayb t jt o happthat mo popl do th chy-ml-wth-a-thmb-p-th wh a lady yllow moyo by. Ad oa? T omth y

abot oa that mak popl wat to toch.It o o p, a pk/d mot com-moly aocatd wth lov, yllow wth happ-, ad oa wth phycal y.

Nvthl, whl th d appa to bth ct o attto, t ally v a a toolthat actvat a mch la at vt, whchcopoat a plthoa o catv chal.T pojct jam-packd wth attc md-m that hhlht th att vatlty. Txploato o colo docmtd thohma o aho, tallato, photoaphy,

clpt, pomac, vdo, ad ocal t-wok t. Whl May appa at pd-tmd, colo-lvat locato, chac -cot wth pdta occ ad povdcptd lt. Sch chac happad ocal acto a codd ad pomotd va th -tt. A th pojct old, th wo d o to apblc valt at th acc D Ct, wh acoadoca d clp om pvo commty tvto.

Socal volvmt a tal apct o th att plot,ad th th typcal otd cv a lt vtato to b

a pat o what may b a othw o at wold. Wthch a pblcly playd ot pojct, May Yoako ha c-cdd cld th vy-day po h wok, ad a , h ha boht th ally to .

More about this Project coming soon to 343dresses.com

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There are any number of ways to xpc a a-pot. Bt v th pat-dow ad dtal d, thchoc ht dlay ad th hma tdcy to jt abt lat o ptty mch vyth, th t ay to d-tad why pblc at o ay kd all bt vbl to mayhad tavl.

I th cotxt t pcally makabl that a woka btl ad cotmplatv a Baa Matay ShadowHappy, ot oly hold t ow, bt ltally actvat thpac t occp, o th walkway btw th ma t-mal ad Coco A at Dv Itatoal Apot. Ihav watchd a tavl top covato md-tcwh thy ddly otc th t thoad wht oamca, ad lttl ccl o ld la amt, woopad wl aod th colm ad ovhad pac o thwalkway. T phmal matal, pap ad la, aboht to l by th v-cha hadow ad ctocat by th movmt o ad clod thohot th day.

T xpc th hacd by th o mototh tallato ha wh vwd om th mov walkwayIt mply amaz to watch a a wok o at o dlcattpt th ca o by tavl.

A lot o att talk abot how mpotat t to ollowwh th atwok lad. I Shadow Happy, Matay ha

ollowd a h wok ld to om vy tl, aml-a ttoy. Sval ya ao Matay hd a ovl. Acom-o-a toy. A a NY ltay at qtd acopy, Matay -ad t, ad dcdd aat bmtt to pblcato. I h ow wod, th toy wat oodoh. It md Matay had otow h potaotad ath tha o back to th wok, h hlvd t, adba to xplo pat a a catv otlt. What doa att--tato do wth tack ad tack o ma-cpt that at ood oh? I Matay ca h baold pap ca, pa by pa. Ov th xt vaya h xpmtd cclly wth both pat ad

Brianna Martrays Shadow Happy

at Denver International Airport

Introduction by Mark Penner-Howell | Interview by Tracy Tomko

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mtal clpt. All th whl old ca. Ov tm tbcam cla that th ovl wa o to hav aoth l.By da to dmatl h ovl ad tp away om hoal tto, Matay had taomd h actltay xploato to omth a mo pood adclv. Each oam ca cota bt o th oaltxt, ad o povd a myto ad amtd lmp

to th pc o, bt t o accdt that th toy hab oldd to thoad o bd whch ow oa acoa mm pblc pac. By o th macpt p aaw matal o complt cycl, Shadow Happy bothmbod th oal com-o-a toy ad al Matay mc a a mat att capabl o tly xpa-v ad mov wok. Mark Penner-Howel

Tracy Tomko: When did you start olding the pages o your manuscriptinto origami cranes? And why?

Brianna Martray: Te olding ba th all o 2006. I had b ta

at tack o macpt pa cattdthohot my ho o ya, btthy tll md too pco to ca-ally to to th cycl b. Oc Itatd old my ovl, I had vada o a t tallato. My ttct wa to dy thm all bcamy wok at that tm wa bad o thmotoal po to colo. I thohtto cat a 3D moac wth thm, btth da hd dlly ad oth- o v took hold. Wh my

compt ad backp copy o th d-tal vo o th ovl w tol, thpoty wa too b to o. I alzdthat th oly complt copy wa owoldd to oam ca. It watv pobl that I cold jt old,

c I had ct may o th pa tomak a vaty o z.

: How did the circles o glued brokenglass come to be?

BM: Mo tha a dcad ao, ad b-o all th advacmt cty atapot, my boyd at th tm adI lovd to dv ot to Dv Ita-toal Apot (DIA) th mddl oth ht, to wad aod ad talk.

O o o tho v, w w talkabot th tcoctd waw vyo ad vyth. Wwatd a ymbol o what w matad vtally cam p wth th dao th la. W valzd vyo

a pc o th at whol, b aht o la. T wth ppo, oth thll ad o th xpc o tad bca t wa too loly ot toth la hattd. It wa dcdd thaw w mo batl bok. Taaaloy mad t way to BaootBa Wht at a ccal momt th toy. So, t wa bo at th apotwtt th pa o th ca, ad how phycal ptato o occl o commty, wth th ld



la ccl d th way back toth vy pac wh th da wa co-cvd. It o tt to m that t

ha all com back to th apot.

: When did the connection betweenthe cranes and the glass circles happen

or you?

BM: A I alzd that th oly -ma copy o th al da o myovl wa all oldd p, I kw I watdto xp th poacy o th ccm-tac om way that yo cold lth to btw th dt l-mt o t. At t th tallato wao to hav th pat: vomt,l, ad commty. Evomt wato b ptd by black ad whtpat do th am v o myabtactd, al ladcap o thpat, wth l b th ca, adcommty th bok la ld toccl. T layot ddt ally comtoth tl I took th 2D wok oto t. I wat abl to valz t th

pac tl I lt o o cat a al -vomt o t.

: How did Shadow Happy come tobe a part o the art at Denver Interna-tional Airport?

BM: A d ad I w ctly ma-vl at that vy th. I 2006, whI had a la mb o ca oldd,h had akd what I wa o to dowth thm, ad I caally awd,Woldt t b cool I cold ptthm p at DIA? Wh I dcdd totall Shadow Happy at Co NwAt Spac, a my how 2010, I watthk abot ayth mo tha thattl I alzd t wold hav to comback dow th wk, o that thxt how cold o p. A d o ad calld th pblc at coodatoat th apot ad thy cotactd m tochdl a tm to t. T wa alo poc o d th ht plac th apot, bmtt a popoal,ad tt appoval o th pojct.

: Did the change in setting [rom agallery to the airport] change the eelingo the piece in any signicant ways?

BM: T bd to Coco A, aDIA, l lk th mot pct placo t. Toh t wa batl ad I waally atd wth th way t howd atCo, I ow kow t wa a lttl clod by th wall. At th apot t ha thadvata o th wdow allow thky to b th backdop. Ty alo addth atal lht, whch mak allydyamc ad v cha hadowIt look compltly dt th daytha th ht o o a clody day va y o. T way that t w wthth pac cdbl ad t m lkth whol th cold jt kp yc th a o wall at th d oth bd.

Shadow Happy is on view at DenverInternational Airport on the pedestrianbridge to Concourse A. For more inor-mation, visit ydenver.com/artexhibits

Photo: Mark Penner-Howel


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Peter PlagensLove and War,

and Other Non-StoriesSeptember 9 - October 29, 2011

Image: Peter Plagens,Love and War2, 2011, mixed media on paper, 12x 9 inches

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The all-to-familiar question omans latohp to at ha m-ly b xhatd, ad yt w co-t to ak ad pm to d t.T obvo alty o th matt that th o l aw o op-o. T th Eo-ctc blthat mata ma po to hvomt; th atal wold olyo coday mpotac, pplyo ma th tool o h xtc. I a

dmla v, Natv Amca cl-t cod th to b o dvobtw ma ad at, a woldvwthy blv hlp to mata th x-tc o lobal hamoy. T vaty opo ymbolc o, ad bjc-tv to, tm ad pac. Evdc o th vbl th act that thohothtoy, at ha b a pomt,yt cotally volv, bjct mat-t o th at. May cotmpoay

att thohot th at wold havoht to dtad makd com-plx latohp wth at. I thatcl, I look at examples o such work

A a lobal commty w cthma volto; tho, w ca-ot o th dvlopmt that havpavd th way o o advacmtT Roma phlooph Mac l-l Cco loqtly covyd ththoht wh h dclad, o b -

FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN

MAN AND NATURE by Maryam Parsi

Bright Ugochukwu Eke.Acid Rain,2005-2009, Copenhage


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oat o what occd bo yow bo to ma alway a chld."I th pct, w ca ot dy thact that th o th Idtal Rv-olto ad th ltat tcholo-cal advacmt hav ot oly ado tadad o lv, mad o dalylv mo covt, ad hlpdto lock may ctc myt

o th pat; yt, th advacmthav alo ld o cvlzato dow apath towad th vtabl collap oth lobal coytm. Now mo thav, makd bcom lly awao th amcato o t pvochoc, ad v ha th xtd atm wh th d- to cha hab mo pom-t th collc-

tv cocc oth poplato.A Bazla at-t Nl Azvdotat, T dap-paac o bod- vty, th tat o yoc, ad ththat o clmatcha a allcoc that a

dply pmatd th pcptoo th pblc.

T alty oth tat o mcy alo com-mcatd th wok o moatt aod th lob. IAcid Rain( oppot pa) ad Heavy Clouds,tallato by Na bo at-t Bht Uochkw Ek coto hdd o pdd cllopha

ba lld wth wat ad cabo, thatt ct o od vo-mtal ad th tcoctd- o hma ad at; th att wat a th oc o th tal-lato a a cotat md o thval oc o l. Ek valthat h body o wok wa atly -omd by h cotact wth toxc a oth Na, wh th bq-ty o o ol copoato ha -ltd o pollto, ad thc

ad poltcal t. Ek mphazth oto that ma ha ctaly c-atd a dvo btw hml adh vomt, a thoht that thatt cod l-dct. T y-tm o thk t that motpopl today clt oly codth pcc htoy o th ow lvad daw almot all o th ppc-

tv o that patcla accot; how-v, w, o a la cltal lvl,cot to avod th alt that x-t otd o o ow lv, how caw tctvly mak dco thatwold act th t o hmaty?I c makd wold mply op-

at a actoay ma, a op-pod to thk pvtatvly.

T pco o th mot -ct caato o th dbat wth att who tatd th Lad Atmovmt that md th Ut-d Stat th 1960 ad 70. May

att wok d th tm ltpptally tappd by what had b-com th cay latohp b-tw at ad commc, pottaat th ca podcto oat thy pcvd a atcal atht-c; at that plac om ov cott,ad th tchaably, lack moalcoco. T cotat otoly dmhd th capacty o thattc catvty bt alo vd tomaalz th tat octy. o

o th ow path, att lk M-chal Hz, Robt Smtho, Waltd Maa, ad Rchad Sa lookdback to o o th alt tatoo at [--] at wh at omd thcava o th tvto. Clalydpat om mod at maktchq, th att o catdwok that dcod th da to

th atal wold a dtal oc-ty, whl mltaoly pay hom-a to act attc pactc.

Today, American artist Robert Cannonmploy th ompc o at a mla aho a th pato

ad odatoo h ta-om clptclpt that

hav b -d to b th lko Eath topo-aphy ad col-oy. Accodto th att, Ith tcholoydv woldwh atcaalty, tc, ad

phamactcallyaltd poal-t a bcombqto, -

aom p a coco ad dctxpc o Nat. Cao, whoackowld th aopac dtya po th cocpt o tao-m, comb both ma-mad adatal ytm to coot th d-ttd bhavoal tdc w -

ttt wh tablh o lato-hp wth at. T clpto, whopvoly dtd Ntzch adCamll ala wt o th h-toy o ma ad at a tato th dcto h ha tak wth hat, caddly admt, Y, tcholoyha bldd to o plac th - v. I am po-tcholoy, captalm, cvlzato, tc. It th oly placwh ma' dam o dvdal -dom ca b alzd. Bt at m

Nele Azevedo, Minimum Monument, National Congress, Brazil



b codd; t dmad t oo

o lat. Cao taom k toadd o lmtd vw o at ath blm oc o l ad alty,whch th att ay ha b oot-t by cotmpoay octy.

Cao xpad th o that objctv o h at ad o thpt ocal clmat wh h x-pla, I a ovly pocd popobd clt, tthd omth hp o htoy ad th vo-

mt, aom ct th GMovmt a th boot o th Mod-, a Modm 2.0, ad pt achall to th day o potmodty. T hp o cvlzato mov aa.The uSE of artas a means to x-td th badth o th vom-tal movmt both a cty ada ttamt to th vatlty o at aa val laa. Althoh o-

ally tdd a a ctcal ad o

th ol o ba momt, NlAzvdo Army o Melting Men (oppot pa) ha ctly b co-optd by th vomtal mov-mt a a poat ymbol o clmatcha, ad th att val that h plad h at ca pak o tmatt that that o xtc oth plat. I th pct, th Bazl-a att tat that o latohpwth at omth w hav to

thk. Fo Azvdo, clmat chaval th tcoctd o h-maty by plac th am lvl o -cy po all dvdal, whch omh ppctv dmad a cha th paadm o dvlopmt. By po-to h wok towad th pblcml o ocal, poltcal, ad vo-mtal l, Azvdo oc h ad-c to pa th td covto otl thoht thoh dct tac-to. I do o, th att a th

commty to at h vta-

to o ma latohp to th mo-mt, a ymbol o ba dvlopmad th atcal wold, whch adly topc o th o -tallato d to a th MmmMomt pojct. A th yao xpmt wth a vaty o matal that ad om clay to Azvdo ally dcovd th pcmdm that cold potcally talath tac o th alty o ma: c

Sc 2005, Azvdo ha b cath Amy o Mlt M ad b-qtly plac thm ba mt-opolta ct aod th woldAlthoh th amot o c clpt dpdt o th locato o thtallato ad ca ach aywhom hdd to thoad, wh-v h o, Azvdo cat a py-cholocally tmlat xpco h adc that tal oa momtal cal. T hat that

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ach th clpt om xpo

to th ad th clo poxmty ot ma adc ca th ty - to lowly mlt, ach at a dtat. Hav a tmatd lpa othty to oty mt, th jxtapo-to o th tallato wth th mo-mt tl v th amat objcta voc that vbly pak o mavlablty. T phmal ad ta-t apct o Azvdo Mlt M ymbolc o l ad dath, mov-

mt ad cha. I c, maxtc paalll that o at; botha cyclcal ad ca ot b ovd.

T Bazla att xpla howh ad llow att Aa Rch,Jlaa Coad, ad Aa ala doVal pla to xpad o th thm wthth pcom pojct, Anhangaba:a river or the absent ones. T talla-to, ctly awat athozatoom th Bazla ovmt, aa-lyz th cocpt o htocal mmoy

whl hoo th do Ga-

a popl by ac th htocallay o So alo, Bazl. Upo a-thozato, Azvdo ad h tam wllymbolcally cat th AhaabaRv that ha b chald adbmd bath th coct val-ly o So alo; oc cotctd, thwok wll dplay a pcc txt wtt Gaa ad t adaptd talato ot that ad, T hto th w moo ak o th map

bmd amo th ta. T c-ato o th Ahaaba Rv -ct o hma volto ad th x-tt o o dpdc o th atcalwold that w hav catd, ad thby dalt, o dcocto wthth atal wold that w oallyhabtd. I h ow wod Azvdotat, th wok oc th adc tot th cty o potc ootad to mmb th ba v thatoc chald ad td to b oot-

t by mot o th poplato.

Just as Azevedo is channeling

th mmo o a mo oac pato do Ial bo att AhaoGlka who h at to t thcty o collcto hmacoco. Fo Glka, th dc-to o h at wa aly dctatd byth vomt whch h ptmot o h l. Gow p, th Ialatt pt a btatal amot o

tm th dt, whch h ay co-tbtd to h lov o at. H acato l ot mly th batyo at, bt mo-o th atalphoma that ha hapd th c-t ladcap. T poc o cath at wa ak to th complcato odtad at tl. Wthotdpd o tcholoy, Glka hadto xpmt wth vao mthodcovtoal a thy may b, thatwold mtaphocally b at

Nele Azevedo, Minimum Monument, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, 2009



to h tdo. T att ltmatlycotctd a la bathtb, whch hll wth wat, black pat, ad acylcmatt l. A a tck to cata o dodd wav, Glkab to dp la pc o Cov-ty pap to th wat, hold t atvao al whl mov back ad

oth. T al podct mmc thatal movmt ad pc owd pobl o th adal admltlayd omato o th dt,dpct a ladcap that appa v-al ad tochd by makd; thdl ta ba a o pac,taqlty, ad tth. T att tat,It mpotat o m to md thadc o at bo t wa bltad dtoyd by cvlzato. T -

dty o th poc, ad th, th at-t lack o abolt cotol o th alpodct cho hmaty ablty tocotol th atal wold: I th dt at that cotol o xtc.

The contextual approach oJapa att ad achtct KmhkoOkada mla to Azvdo that tl o th oc o at to hlplltat th cha occ th atal wold. Okada Aluminum

Landscape, whch tak t am omth matal d to cat t, ma-d aly v mt hhtad wa ppotd by a tal tltct that covd a aa lhtlyov 900 qa mt. Dplayd th k ad wth th Mmo Cotmpoay At okyo dth mm o 2008, th pycholocalwht o th tallato wa clalymatchd by th matd o t phy-cal pc. Accod to Okada,T tallato complt wh tact o actd by th od- vomt ch a lht, wd,ad th popl who t. Mmck- th motao topoaphy oth atal wold, Almm Lad-cap l o wath, phycalcotact, ad th paa o tm topodc a c that tatally adoacally alt t appaac. Oka-da, th lat o th oc o at

to complt h wok, kly awao what h a th calat vo-lc pptatd aat th wold byatal dat. T att cotth athqak that tck Noth EatJapa Mach, 2011 ad th lt- dca poplato, coomcc, ad dpto o cla pow

plat that cad both vom-tal dama ad phycal ham to thctz o th coty. FoOkada, who wa a vctmo th atal dat, thathqak ot oly ma-tad th at pow oat bt alo mphazdthat hmaty ow at ata wh, a a collctvocty, atqatd bl

ytm d to b thowaway. T att laboatdo th thoht by tatthat th athqak taht that hma a o -po b; hma abt o b that xt o momt o Eathlo htoy. W d toalz that th thoht-to-b at [ba] dvlop-mt ca aly b wpt

away by th ampltd oat.

One can only assumethat, a a lobal octy, wa ot lly awa o thda w wll ac tht. T wok o Caa-da clpto Aatha Dyck alo p-t th lmtd cop w ctlyhav o th pobl lo o a pcw dpd o. Althoh Dyck po-c o cat at may b codda covtoal pactc by cao-cal Wt thoht, t o h hab xct o ov twty ya.H pocd b wth th plac-mt o a objct wth th coo a bhv. Gv p attc co-tol, Dyck dpd o th hoyb,whch h call th t cato, toth bld chly oat ad vbatlycolol hoycomb tct aod

ach tm. o Dyck, t th mytyod th hoyb, th o ct ad th achtctal abl-t that attact popl to h wokWhl th compll apct o hclpt coj athtc tmla-to, t alo add th at od th xtcto o th p-

c. May popl a awa o thact that b a th bt pollato

th wold, ad th by aocatothy ma oblvo to o dp-dc o thm o ccl amMoov, th dvdal lcth alty o o coomc labl-ty o th ood ad cop b a -pobl o yld, ad thy otth bac cty o th acltapodc o a damtally halthydt. Whl may att th atto pak to at lvl o vo-mtal , Dyck oc o thpow o th mall. H at ot olypt h tt tpccommcato, bt o a ymbolc


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lvl, t qto th amcato ohma, plat, ad amal holdhoyb bcom xtct.

A Dyck tlz h at to hh-lht th pottal da hmatyac at th pottal lo o o lobalcoytm, Sattl bad att VahBll podc at that v a a v-

hcl to chall a vw' otmoddpcpto o at ad hmaty a

mtally xclv. Fo Bll, podcat that do ot coom to tadto-al pactc povd a mpl ma whch to th wok a a vhcl topak abot complx . T att claly mo tmlatd by attact- a adc thoh volvmt,hmo, ad oy lmt thatak a ddactc o cootatoalappoach. Smply tp to o o hxhbto ad yo a atomatcallycootd wth h wtty, yt a-, attc mthod. I Village Green,a o pdd tam thatvt th vw to phycally o -

d ( abov), Bll call po hadc to tacd th tadtoalmod o xpc at ad placthm wth o that mo patc-patoy ad thoht-povok. Hplayl to alo vdt Surro-

gate Mountains, wh th adc vtd to tak a mat vo o

Mt. Ra o a walk. T omadcmota tavl aod th cty

th whl, a lah, adth atac o t tm-poay ada who hap-p to b lt to a -cod o th motaodcap. A th atalodtack cotolym wth th od octy tac, om vy t-

t covato takplac o th cty tt.T momt o pad xpctd atttoom th odato o thatt pblc wok. FoBll, who dcb hwok a a po to hxploato o th paa-dox ad ambty o odto o at aomth paat om

hma, cat clp-t that podc dcttacto wth atad th vomt oc- vw to both cootth myth that hma adat a paat ttad add th ow -

tdpdc wth th atal wold.

It is evident that mankindsablty to dth d om -cty ha atly altd th platatal ladcap. Whl hma havbcom lat o th atal woldto c th ow oc, thm to b a lack o awa thathmaty ad at a t-dp-dt. T hav b tm htoywh a mo ymbotc latohpwa th odato o ocal od,ad a th da a all bt lot apot-mod octy, t mpotat

o att to cat wok that mdth vw o h o h pobltyto potct o lobal coloy, ad tho t. hap om pdtLydo B. Joho ad t bt whh mdd , I t atoa to mmb wth attdath tha cotmpt, w mt lav

thm mo tha th macl o tch-oloy. W mt lav thm a lmpo th wold a t wa th bot jt a w ot thoh wth t.Wth a wold ll o popl mlylockd a pptal cycl o bad hab-t, th tak a dat o. Smlato a t amot o oth moaad cltal that o octy ac, omtm a dct appoachmay ot b th bt o. T att

ptd h tlz th cltabackod ad a wd a o m-da a attmpt to b th latohp to lht thoh th ow t-ptato. opl d to kow abotth cay cha, bt thy alod to l thm. T ablty o at toact popl combd wth th olo at a a val laa aodth att ad mo othaod th wold a q platomom whch to povok cha. Lo

Al atv att Robt Stadhmak th compao a mcacotxt wh h ay that Bob Ma-ly cold tak a lt o h mcto a plac o laxd lt wth -dctv hythm ad taql oova h calld po popl o adcacha ad bllo. By vt o thact that at ha lo vd that a m o cava, th atthav a q way o daw th a-dc , tmlat th , add thm wth a xpctdad av w ppctv: wthot amo act alzato o o td-pdc wth th vomt, h-maty vtal cocto wth atmht oo b lot ov.

In Fall 2011, an exhibition featur-ing these artists will be on display aRivera & Rivera Gallery in Los Angeles

Vaugh Bell, Village Green


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EXHIBITIONS

LOS ANGELES

Forget Tat You Were Young, a w o pat ad daw by att C- , oly xam thlatohp btw maato ad a-thtcty a t pta to th c o

mmoy, cat hamoo maybtw doat lmt. Toh thcombato ad jxtapoto o old am-ly photo ad photoaph od at tatal ad th-to, Chtoph M-phy xplo th azy ad hazy at ommoy. T q qalt o m-p-mac ad tad mblac, caht bydatd tcholoy a momt' tm, va a ba o th atwok. T owok xaat, dtot ad -cotx-

talz th ad objct cat aobcd alty that xt mltaoly,at th momt th photo wa tak, thmmo o th momt, ad altatvpobl alt. T ol pat mmcad hac th complxty o th maythoh th low ad laboo attmpt toadd a tatoy momt that wa -tally captd wth a tatao ap-hot o a cama. T maa o th ma-y ad th cotat mdm cat atplay o toal cotat th wok,

whch th hmo t aod a aabdty pok at at. T allwll alo b at photoaph by Mchal G Mchad. T collcto o t potat ba ya ao a

photoaphc pojct. T a cta w a coad to adm, lk tho clbt ad modl. T a ctac w a codtod to o. W taway om ba ad homl popw a aad o az mht b cotby om popl a a cootatoal chl. 4th and Kenmore, Neighborhood Ptraits in the Rampart Division o Los Angpovd a poal ad tmat look at popl who lv , o pa thoh, a

amo hbohood o th cty o th LAl. Rpt may atoaltth xpctdly batl ac ot od a cta hbohood a vcty, bt thy pt th body ad o a cty bo o mmat. T y lld wth th am wod, hop ad all yo popl l a thy avat thway to adlthood. Sc th pojct a, may o th yo m hav movo to attd chool, wok, ad b aml o th ow. Sval hav dd.

Christopher Murphy andMichael Gregg MichaudLora Schlesinger Santa Monica

[through Oct 22]

(top) Christopher Murphy, Self Portrait as aThug, Age Three, 2011, oil on panel, 30x23.(bot) Michael Michaud, Francisco, 1995, archival

inkjet print, ed. 5, 8.5x11, printed in 2011.

T xhbto o w wok om NwYok-bad att D S att pcc clpt ad tallato. I-talld a th ally tac Corral

(2011), a pa o paalll t-oot colmlad dway aco a o mltcolodtttoal lolm tl motd o thally oo. U th wdth ad lth oth modla 1x1 qa oot tl to omth z ad hap o Coal, Scaavooopc xam th blt dmoo th ally pac. Ittd th ach-tct o tmday pac, Scaavo o lolm tl a both oo ada clptal matal cat a optcal admatal to, h objct appa tomltaoly dolv to ad pll awayom th oo. Rot h oc omth hozotal to th vtcal, ScaavoUntitled, Rope Column (2011), a co-ct cat o a tctal colm wappd

havy op that lat movd, l a dp mpo. Italld to ppwad om th oo, Uttld, RoColm play wth ally h

black cl ad call attto to o potv ad atv pac. Italldth ally back oom, Untitled (2011 l aly potd to th hallwWhl lwh th ally th lolmay cto pavly a a oo, Utt th matal avly. By tallch a la objct a mall pac, Uttld ltally ph th vw om oom ad cat a hhtd awao o ovlookd tmday pact-pcc, l clpt: Untitled,

Angeles imes, August 13 September(2011), th att cottt wpaplp om a moth-lo collcto o L.A. m ad appl t dctly to th ly wall, lav th dtato o h ha

David ScanavinoMichael Benevento Los Angeles

[Sept 23 - Oct 29]

David Scanavino, Untitled, 2011, InstitutionalLinoleum, Wood, Hardware, 120x120.


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EXHIBITIONS

SAN FRANCISCORuth Pasti

Brian Gross San Francis

[through Oct 2

T pat om R PDouble Primary Red Blue cldd th xhbto xam th latohpbtw lht, tct, ad pcpto

thoh th btl adato o pmayad complmtay colo ytm. Wthth todcto o dply bvld cavathat lbat th patd ac om tad-toal ttch, at ct tatoo pat b th wok to th almo lht ad pac. T toal modlatoa ow hacd by a thal qalty,ad cat a dalo btw objct, p-c, ad phoma. T att dcbh poc o pat a "dv by wok- ally ad vtd th pcptalxpc o colo, lht, ad tmpat.

T wok ocd o th ytmatc po-c o pat, ad daw om my t-t taom th matalty o thpatd ac to a optcally mmatal

xpc." Wth th lay o Immat-al Matt xt a dchotomy btwtct ad pdctablty, whch -om th to ad th cott o a-t wok. T dalty btw paoad cotol ptd th amlhad-patd ac o dlcatly hld o oppo val ad h, a t-play btw bllatly atatd ad moacd colo. at wa bo NwYok Cty ad ha b xhbtd wdly th Utd Stat ad Japa, ad cldd may pblc ad copoat collcto.

T two-po xhbto at clp-tal wok om Iaa att MoFamaamaa ad Bj-bad ZhaWa. Whl add th pc-tv cltal hta, th att haa coc o th dtct matalty oth clpt. Utlz matal wthhhly ctv ac qalt wthaocato o pov, cltal atact

th wok b oth a palpabl o cotmpoay plac wh cotd.T lt dalo o htoc ad a-thtc c, alod o cl-tal pccty, a wth th tmlydbat ad th poto o tad-to wth th cotxt o xpadd lobalacc ad wdpad ovato. F ha atclatd h -la vo o th lat hal cty thohv-patd la ad mo objct

that call both Qaja-a a todcoato ad hh modt abtactoo th 20th cty. Hav lvd NwYok d th 1940 ad 1950, h ab-obd th at o th w, Abtact Exp-om. T ovl ppctv laydpo h kowld o th at ad cao h atv Ia ad th d htocaldcoato o t act ct podcda dtct athtc o o a pcto-al laa ad pt omty. Hwok at oc c th ptal om-

t o Ilamc achtct, mot otablyth tat o Sm, bt wth a dtctlypot-mod d. Famaamaa waomatd o th 2011 Jaml z th Vctoa & Albt Mm balawad o cotmpoay at ad d -pd by Ilamc tadto ad wll hava commo vld th p at thMtopolta Mm o At a pat o th

ovato o th Ilamc all. Fomay ya, att Z ha podcdclpt bad o a objct ymbolco Cha pat, th Schola Rock, whchwa tadtoally collctd ad placd cotyad o oth plac o pvat co-tmplato. Zha Wa tal tltptato o th om daw att-to to th h val ytm Cha,om a appcato o cotmplato admdtato to th vt pt o com-

mcalzato ad commodcato. Thhly ctv wok ot oly tlz thpd w bld matal h a-tv coty, bt alo qt ltally ctth apd bazato o mod day Ch-a ad t ca tamt omth atal wold. H ctly compltda commo o th Albht-Kox AtGally Balo, Nw Yok. Lat th all,Zha Wa wll b atd a olo xh-bto at th Natoal Mm o Cha Bj.

Monir FarmanfarmaianZhan Wa

Haines Gallery San Franci

[through Oct 2

(top) Zhan Wang, Articial Rock #148, 2stainless steel, wood; with base: 34x32xMonir Farmanfarmaian, Convertible SeGroup 12, 2011, mirror and reverse painting on plaster and wood, 6 parts, 59x1.5. Both Photos by Monique Descha

Courtesy of Haines Gallery.

Ruth Pastine, Fetish Red, part ofDouble PriRed Blue Series, 2011, oil on canvas, 32"x3



EXHIBITIONS

NEW YORK CITY

Te End o Manhattan, a xhbto ophotoaph by J F, whch oco Low Mahatta. F photoaph

hav appad wpap, maaz,wbt, ad o tlvo thohot thwold, cld Nw Yok Daly Nw,T Daly laph, T Gada, BBC,T S, T Daly Mo, Natoal Go-aphc Maaz, a wll a th NBCNhtly Nw wth Ba Wllam. I2003, F movd to Batty ak Cty adba a oo pojct to docmt hod. chd oty to abovth Cty, h cold d dama o w bylook ot h wdow. Evyth om

damatc lctcal tom (NY Har9/22/10), to th at o A Foc O(Photo Op 2009), o th ht cho

a mhoom clod (Bayonne, NJ MondMorning) w odd o h cama. ocd o th daly com ad oNY Habo, cod th blm baad damatc wath bo hm. O aavay o 9/11, h wold am h lto th ky to capt th mmoal lhtthy o to th clod. Whth ho aal ladcap om h wdowphotoaph om th tt, h oal walway to capt th cha vmt o Low Mahatta a 9/11.

Jay FineKim Foster Chelsea

[through Oct 15]

Jay Fine, Cloud over Ellis Island, pigmented inkprint, 30x29. Courtesy of Kim Foster Gallery

Remote, a how o w wok byS G- R wll cld photoaphcpotat a wll a la cal wok oactat ad lxla. Saa GbRaty ha xhbtd olo pojct at TKtch, Nw Yok, MoMA S1, Nw Yok,ad T Sbba, Illo. Sh ha patc-patd val op how at v cha th Ap At Mm, Coloado, N-b Mm o At, cha, GaoaGally, Nw Yok, ad th Jwh M-m, Nw Yok. Whl th pat Ratyd th bjct o md to lat 20th ctycomdy a a mmdat c pot,h w pc mploy ma o comd-

a ad tta a ath mo op-dd way. Wth th watlo tch-q h dvlopd o h ally how 2009 wth whch h wok lqdto kt jt ptd xtat ma, thphotoaph ad dtally maplatth mottld, appatly damad lt Raty t ot oly th dtctoad bcato xpcd by dvdalbod, bt alo th acato wth whcho clt az at ch ma o ham.I a o potat that a aad o

a wall blt at a al wth th allypac, Raty pt wokd-po pho-toaph o tll captd om dpaatmov ma oc, ch a Stv Gt-tb olc Acadmy o Glda Radom a ploadd Yob pomac

clp, addto to cotmpoay tlvchaact. Raty ccally am th d-tal mok (chSam o at), to t th potat dtamt om th oal bjct. T t towad tchaablty o hah chm wth th o abtact oth potat tak, wh oc-patchma ac dvolv to b-lk blo d ad ppl, o wamph ayllow laca, t th body hdtb, hal-tk dtcto. Tpotat om tallato ad omtm pttv oc ma a mct o th ow almot qat aam

o a V to wdow, o v th mocoat, collabl tac o a wbpo ho. T ao ht to act o vllac th md how la cal wok. I th l zd pc, th pom body vlabto th az both mphazd thoh wat dama th ma c, ad mmo palatabl by th lk pt actat. L III mpty ylo, h ho th wall, ca b a hvld ta o th dcd hma body, wh

Wdow c, d-bld ktchkv a dctd at a ct-ot otta, t volc, albt otd wth abdty. [I cojcto wth xhbto, th ally pblhcatalo wth a txt by Cla Balat.]

Sara Greenberger RaffertyRachel Uffner Lower East Side

[through Oct 13]

Rafferty: (top) Fig (Back), 2011, direct substrateprint on plastic, 78x48 Edition of 3; (bot) detail

ofPat, 2011, c-print, 29x18, Edition of 5.



EXHIBITIONS

T xhbto cld a lcto o pho-toaph om C D' w poj-ct ad book Retrieved. Dma wa boad bad th Nthlad. Sh takamal a h bjct, om domtcatdpt to wld amal who lv vayom o captvty. I all o h td oamal, Chalott Dma hhlht thtty ad tcac o th latohpbtw amal ad th hma co-tpat. Eal th ya Dma t ot tophotoaph th vv c do that, th amath o 9/11, wokd at th tat th Wold ad Ct ad th ta-o. Ot o th op o almot 100 dooally dployd by FEMA, h locatd

15 vv c do ad aad tophotoaph thm. T ow td doa all tll lv wth th ow, adh vtd thm th hom twlvdt tat. At th tm o th attack,all o th do w at lat 2 ya old, otoday thy a th old a. Dma hapotayd th do aly a dcad lat,wth th tto o t thm adb thm toth th om o abook ad body o wok. Sh photoaphdth td do th amla od- wh thy lv wth th hadl whoaccompad thm 2001. [T ophotoaph ha jt b pblhd a abook by T Ic lat.]

Charlotte DumJulie Saul Chels

[through Oct 1

Josh Dorman,A Mighty Rain, 2011, ink, ac

and antique paper on panel, 34x33. Courtethe artist and Mary Ryan Gallery, New York

Josh DormMary Ryan Chels

[through Oct 2Lost Divers, J D' w xhbto,cld w pat o wood pal

that comb th att' q mx ok, acylc ad colla ov atq pap.Doma' o wathd bt o collamatal-all p-photoaphy, allyav om atqaa book admaal-allow h wok to xt om-wh btw th pat ad pt, ado both at oc. T o dloca-to tm tal to Doma whoc a om Boch ad Sattato Adw Bd ad Italo Calvo. Do-

ma ha alway b ttd dal-t, cotadcto, ad mltao -alt. I h wok, "m h cotatly,mov backwad, ca. Spac ad cala alo xd: ct ca b mcocopc,pap-th. Ty ca mo thmlvdod; thy ca b habtd by thdad," ay Doma. "My pmay oal tocat wold that a ttly pcc adcompltly op." to om, Doma'wt pat o t to

to th ma ad o xplaato. Tttl Lot Dv ht at both ppol

xploato ad accdtal dappaac.Dv, may o whch ca b od hd-d o plaly xpod th wok thxhbto, a pdd btw wold,mov thoh atmoph, ad ahtwth pottal. T av o dvcom om a atqaa book o wm-m ad dv tchq ad a Racba maal om th 1940. I ctpat, Doma ha b to colla h ow ly dtald apht daw,

add yt aoth act to h kaldo-copc ma. Doma wok o th malldaw a atomatc aho, movom l to ht aco th pap wthotay tal ktch. I Te Big Picture Show,th apht daw tak ct ta. Il-lmatd by achlht, t cto aboth a bllboad ad mov c, whatm to b a othwoldly that-labo-atoy hybd. Whth ma, bat, o ma-ch th how ot cla.

Ian PediKlaus von Nichtssage

Lower East S

[through Oct 1

T olo xhbto by I P wllcot o ct clpt, tallato,ad wall wok. do cot to makclpt mbd wth atactal -cac. T vald thoh a poc opl lay, cat vally omal la-tohp ad cocptal coc. Twok b wth od ma ad objctthat a addd po, altd, ad dtd apoc that cho taltc pactc. Tlt a om wov om thad o ba-

al occc ad vyday l; vdcly domat th do od. T ttl o th how a adapto oa l om al Elad' Salt pom,"T Eath Bl Lk a Oa". domak c to th o mlacholcbaty copld wth th mpd mo-talty ldd to Elad' v. doha a tt th tmpoal lato-hp wth o vo. [T show coincideswith the publication oIan Pedigo 2007-2010.]

Ian Pedigo, An Article From Distant Mem2011, found metal wire structure, charcoal, ppaint marker, permanent marker, canvas, w96x30x4. Courtesy of the artist and galle

Charlotte Dumas, Merlyn, Otis, CO, 2011, cmogenic print, edition of 7, 12x16. Courte

Julie Saul Gallery in New York.



EXHIBITIONS

K C' abtact pat vokvat, v cha ad amla pac.I a mlt-tp poc, h comb m-a om h al pat wth layd

patt that h cat o a compt omat pho. T a maplatd, d-totd, th ptd ad tad to apatd ac (wh h cot topat ad bld th ovall ma). A Chat-to tat, "B abl to wok dtallyallow m to cat t pobltwhl wok wth vy lttl". T com-pt act a a ythz o Chatto'

abtact om: callaphc t maplatd to o-la patal copoto. However, the physical act o paing is equally important. It is the combi

tion o each method that enables Chatterto create his unique imagery. Shades o gand black are mixed with one or several hikeyed colors. Giant brush strokes, magnifpixelations, dot matrixes and tunneling pspective collide and morph, suggesting bcreation and destruction.Distinctions betwphysical and abstract world bak dow ah to a w typ o pctoal pac.

Kris ChattersonJeff Bailey Chelsea

[through Oct 16]

Fch att S R wll p-

t pat o a w body o wok dvlopdpccally o th xhbto d hct dcy at otB tdo Wl-lamb. T w wok cottt Ro-a homa to th y o Nw YokCty, ad wll coctly at a hpatcpato a o o o om oth x Macl Dchamp, Fac motpto cotmpoay at pz, to bptd at th Gad ala a Octob. Whl Saml Roa pactcmay b vdly pldcplay, h

laly t to o o h mot c-cl omla, that o pojct maoto, o to th-dmoal volm ovatly vay cal, placd dv co-txt. A mb o wok copod toth tchq m a ladmak thattac th dvlopmt o th att caad coto. O pvo vt to NwYok, Saml Roa had b tck byth l that th cty wa a h, p-hap lhtly achac mach, vthl

ll o y ad toppabl movm

I obv th bld, ky-capchmy tc. h ba to thm, oly a phallc ymbol o pow ad ptcy, bt alo a thy w pto o th, lv, bath, m, clakh, d mach, cotatlyacto 24/7. T ttl o Saml Roaxhbto, ad h latt o wok,dctly vv th oy o Aldo Hxl1932 book, whl omhow tat NYok t volv poto th pckod o wold ct. It wa oc th

acd achtyp o th Nw Wold copao to th Old Wold o Eop, whtoday t caly l a t pth w Old Wold o a kycact lato to th w Nw Woldpakl kycap malopol chShzh o Choq. At th am tmNw Yok athtcty, y lvl, abl tl hav ot dmhd, a pct that both pd ad cd h th alzato o th w wok.

Samuel RousseauParkers Box Williamsburg

[Sept 22 - Oct 30]

Samuel Rousseau, Brave Old New World #3,2011, medium board, acrylic, video projection,

41.75x27.5x1. Courtesy of Parkers Box.

dow, cta ad c. Altattapat ad opaq, Vod v had pc to abc ad lo, vlo th vw da lc. Mcz ay abot th thhold: I addtto th wdow, th a dooway, tl, hol. T a lmal zo, wh

o mht pa om o pac o tatb to aoth, bt o a cta, co ctv ac t, hold vw back at th pot o tato. to th ptd a a cototat. W a v x.

Sarah McKenzieIan Bekman Bowery

[through Oct 23]

McKenzie, Memorial, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas,36x54. Courtesy of artist and Jen Bekman Gallery

Void th cod olo xhbto o pat- byS Kz. Aoymo hotloom, odcpt cty vw, ad co-tcto t a th bjct o McK-z how. Dpctd la-cal ad -tmatly-zd wok wth bdd coload mmal compoto, th pac

bl th pow ad tty o McK-z wt pat. A o wat their solitary, empty atmospheres isheightd by obcd vata potMcKz bjct a om abovad at od-lvl, thoh hotl w-

Kris Chatterson: (top) Untitled, 2011, acrylic oncanvas, 60x66; (bot) detail ofUntitled, 2011,

acrylic on canvas, 30x40.



EXHIBITIONS

Nw pat by hladlpha att NG a ptd alod a lctoo wok that makd th dvlopmt oh at th lat dcad. T doycatc

tchq o Ga cat a tomtd,mlt-layd ac that ow mch todtctv oc abad, cap, ot to th xtt that what hab movd om th l ppot, whatwa oc th bt ca o lo b ,catly cotbt to th pow oth wok. (Joatha Btock) T attw pat vl a adac old o ad y h o had o bl,om cobalt to tl colo. H, th md-tatv abtacto mtly vok wat,obh, to, o clod, bt Gapat th xcld mblaco ly o t. It pot to ad ap-poach th laty o th pctoalato, ot lad away om t. (BaySchwabky). IN COG NIO, a olo how oR at w la clpttoth wth aly wok om th 70 o.T xhbto o Wy wok pt

Neysa Grassi & Rob Wyn

Locks Philadelp

[Sept 1 - Oct

w mod-la wod ad vt alymxd-mda pc that cotxtalz hlo-tad tt , ad amtwth txt. T aly amd pc o d-

play cld mbod, cadl-mokdaw, photoaph ad photoam,typwt pc, colla, ad ctot.Wy aly pc old what wold b-com a lo-lat xploato o wod,cootato, mtapho ad th lato-hp btw txt ad t val d.T t la clpt that Wy catdl o a tp o ad; th tapat th-dmoal ltt ad Invisible (1992).Rct pod-mod-la ltt pllotAfer All, Be For Long, For Ever, In uItion, In Cog Nito Wy chooaphth lmm ltt o th wall, vthm a thatcal om. I pick words orphrases rom anywhere I fnd thm rom ex-isting poetry (rom Charles Baudelaire to Ger-trude Stein, and Wallace Stevens), rom thingsthat pop into my mind, snippt o cova-to ovhad, to obv hythmc -c to wod that oat my md.

(top) Neysa Grassi, Untitled, 2011, oil on p20x20. (bot) Wynne, Invisible, 1992, b

glass, sand. 96x18x7.

Dust And Shade: Drawings By CharlesRitchie wll how 27 daw compltd th lat two ya. T wok a a vatyo z, th mallt 3 x 2 , th lat18 x 22 ch. Itmat both cal adbjct matt, C R daw what mot a ad da to hm; h tdo, hhom, ad od ho th mallcl-d-ac wh h lv Slv Sp,Maylad. T daw a both moo-chom ad colo. Som a all apht.

Mot cota om mxt o th ollow- mda: apht, cot cayo, wat-colo, p ad k, ad oach. A t oth daw wa do qckly, two hoach. May daw w do ov p-od o ya. O daw tll b d-vlopd a twty-v ya. I addtoto th daw, Rtch wll how valjoal. Sc 1977, h ha codd m-a ad ot a o ktchbook/joal that ow mb 135 book. Tvolm a both tt o tmat wa-

tcolo td a wll a dam poto-. Rtch wok cldd th col-lcto o T Baltmo Mm o At,Fo At Mm, Havad Uvty AtMums, Te Metropolitan Museum oArt, National Gallery o Art, the Philadel-phia Museum o Art, Va Mm oF At, ad Yal Uvty At Gally.H th cpt o th Faz ad VaBad Fd ad v Maylad Stat AtCocl Idvdal Att Awad.

Charles RitchGallery Joe Philadelp

[Sept 24 - Oct 2

Ritchie: (top) November, 1999-2011, ccrayon, graphite, and water color on Fabrianoper, image: 18x22.25"; (bot) detail ofGrap

Night I, 2009-2011, graphite and watercoloFabriano paper, image: 4.75x9.

PHILADELPHIA



EXHIBITIONS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY

I th w , whch cld tal-lato wok, G E mov hatty to a w lvl whl xplo thto, coo, ad cotadctobtw pt at ad th clt

whch w lv. H cot to ak how wca mltaoly pv th vo-mt ad mata th b-t o a mod ltyl.Ecld po th qto th om o calycomplx ad a -l wok. T compotocota a mxt o lad-cap ma, patd o pa-p ad hapd to th-

dmoal clpt. Twkld ht o pap thata th odato o thwok cay a bld o m-ay cota pctq ladcapdaw om mmoy, photo ta bado at photoaphy, ad aa o awpat. Ecld tat actal atactom th lad, ch a am lavad , ad plac thm jxtapo-to wth od, oac matal, cha Styooam (d to pt tata) o

platc ba (dlcatly omd to pt t). It th to btw th altc ad th ptatoal, th ptad th chad, whch mak th woka. T xaatd old o th

pap taom th tadtoal ladcama to a dmoal topoap

that hold b vwd om vaty o ppctv. Tw ta - patd o bd ad cota hdd vtt ad mall ta- coa th kd o ploato o mht xpc at, ath thaa tadtoal ladcap pa

, ad vok a mdtvtato, dcovy, amaato. T xcptocamahp ad dtal, cl

attc ablty ad kll, ad qth ptato comb to cat dval ad t wok o at. O o wok o dplay th xhbto Utled, th d albm cov atwok o ctly lad, l-ttld albm by BIv. It wa alo atd o th cov"Calay," th op' t albm l.

Gregory EuclideDavid B. Smith Denver

[Sept 15 - Oct 15]

Etmd Coloadoatt Ck F- wt xhb-to, Interstate Alms,at t pat- hhlht thclmato o thatt dcad-loVtamca -. A o o tho mot dt-hd att, Fo-ma tat that bybld ma omVtam ad th U.S.

h wok o to b o wh d- vo oc d; coclato whth wa dcod. Spak to th tm-l, hma d o pot-wa toato,Foma pt h la ppc-

tv, bd th poltcally-chad lacap o o polcy whl ct a Amca way o l thoh domlad-. Fom h mtabl oa vta pot ad th jxtapoto o Eat aWt, Ittat Alm pot to a coplx ad dply-lt pod o Amcad o th att a a vta. Fomo t to Vtam o xtdd vt, ackowld o o th omatc o h l vw ow bt ladcap ad clt om a mch dt ppctv. T att b ppctv back hom two o th pat olly abot th Wt. T pot

thm o hmakd mak o th lacap cad oth dmotat Foma cay ablty to d th blad hoc v th mot dvatatd ta al o ally mad.

Chuck ForsmanRobischon Denver

[Sept 15 - Oct 29]

FORSMAN, Chuck_Interstate Alms_ oil on pan-

el_51.5 x 72.5 inches

Euclide: (left) Surrounding my hands in thestain of warmth sinking, acrylic, pencil, foundfoam, lichen, lily seed, moss, Mylar, photo trans-fer, pine, plasti, sage, sedum, sponge, wood, wire,23x29 x 8 in. (right) Patterns of my own ac-ceptance became making, acrylic, pencil, fern,found foam, lichen, moss, photo transfer, pine

cone, plastic bag, sage, wire, 23x29x6.



EXHIBITIONS

Fo h w xhbto o colla-pat,Art and the Law, Love and War, and OtherNon-Stories by Peter Plagens. th owdatt ad at ctc xplo t o colla-pat. P P tally a ab-tact pat, albt th att wod, amp o. T t a't aatv, btto. Dlbatly oc, th att/wt- clchd, txtbookh ttl a laway o attmpt to achv th at adovach, xampld by a cctc advy pcc val. la pt wokcld mxd mda o pap. Explooo colo a ptd o vtally a whtbackod. T o ol ad wat allowo colo to pll ot om ach oth adp to th pap. T ll-choma o aloo, patly od o colo badtchq cat ta lay, add-

bllat ad cotat ct, cha dpth, cotadcto, ad potaty.T phycal matal tl o dcdth qto: wh I jt ca't do aythmo to th pat wthot t tto th b o aoth o, th t'do, xpla la. t la wabo Dayto, Oho 1941. H cvda B.F.A. d om Uvty o Soth- Caloa 1962 ad a M.F.A. omSyac Uvty 1964. la hab th cpt o a Ghm Fllow-hp at ad two Natoal Edow-mt o the Arts Fellowships in Painting.He was Mellon Distinguished VisitingProfessor at Middlebury College in Ver-mont, Fall 2005. Peter Plagen's work hasbeen shown in solo exhibitions throughouthe US, including the Hirshorn Museum

Peter PlageRule Denv

[through Oct 2

Peter Plagens, Love and War 2, 2011,mixed media on paper, 12"x9".

Ilya & Emilia KabakHemphill Washington

[Sept 24 - Oct 2

Kabakov, a xhbto o th wok o I E Kk, th t tm th at-t hav b how DC c th Hh-ho Mm ad Sclpt Gad 1990xhbt o Ilya Kabakov Chaact, atallato cat th codto adatttd o th commal apatmt thatp p ad ohd jt a th 1917volto Ra. Ilya Kabakov (b. 1933,Uka) ba h ca a a lltato

o chld book 1950 Mocow. Hovmt-actod ca povddhm wth th oc dd to pct atwok h pa tm. I thpvat wok, h xplod th lltatool a a tpt o txt ad ma,o hhlht th vtabl dcp-ac btw th two kd o oma-to. A h ay, I th damtalcocto pch dvod o ma adma ot v om by pch v-

yth that od m, ad abov all, myl. Toh ctoal chaact, hwok xam octal tato btwcotcto ad dcl, two oppoad lkd oc that om a mlalympct cycl. Emla Kabakov (b. 1945,Uka) ad Ilya hav wokd collab-oatvly c 1988. T wok ha bhow mo tha 170 mm motha 40 cot, cld th Mmo Mod At, th Whty Mm oAmca At, th Ghm Mm,

th Ct ompdo ad th StdljkMm. I 1993, thy ptd R-a at th 45th Vc Bal. T wok th bjct o mo tha 40 pblhdbook. I 2004, th Kabakov bcamth t lv Ra att to xhbt atT Stat Hmta Mm. Eal thya Ilya ad Emla d to th mmIlya T Rd Wao, a tallato txhbtd 1991 at th Kthall D-

ldo, Gmay. T clbatoo th mm pcom 250th av-ay. Kabakov at a cal modl o thShp o olac, a popod pojct tocotct ad lach a l-z hp ollow- a act Eypta d. Chlddaw dpct ocal, cltal ad po-ltcal tolac dcoat th hp mat.T pojct wa cocvd a a woldwdvt ad wa t alzd Swa, Eypt, 2005. Lach om val pot aco

th lob hav b mad, ad tlach popod. Alo o vw: a calmodl, daw ad chmatc o TLa Ho o Hmaty, 1998, a poj-ct dd o Wahto, DC that wav mplmtd. T modl how atadtoal Amca hom wth a maadoo. Spdd om th cl dth ho a w ltt that ad: Schom w hav bt o, th ath w lvpo. Wth o hom cotat motow a tv towad th ta.

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: (top) The Ship of Toance, 2006, Ed. 3, wood, cotton, bamboo, 5x 21w x 65l (bottom) Charles Rosenthal:

Unnished Landscape # 3, 1912, 1999, on canvas, 34 x 47. Courtesy of Ilya and Em

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Perusing th ctly-lad book, Van Goghs Untold Journey byWllam J. Havlck, I ad val ht o Vct Va Gohattc ad th c o th ma hml. Mot tk ath th aa o th att l th book val. Ft, ad wovthohot, o. Havlck (who tach Cotmpoay At at th

Laa Coll o At ad D) oc mo o wh Va Gohwa omal ad lcd tha o h pod o mtal dpo.Whl o. Havlck do ot dy that th att wa dtbd, hp to ho o tm that dpct Va Goh at at t bt othat th ad ca ach t t lacy.

Scod, th atho hhlht Va Goh ltay pao; adhow h chhd tho, lk hml, who . H Chta p-pctv aw th xpc o tho dt a a lo dvo-to, a acc o a hh ptal ppo, phap lad toVa Goh apptt o book abot tho who w th ddoo octy, book by Chal Dck, Hatt Bch Stow, adVcto Ho. T wok o th ltay at, who lvatd thloly, poo, ad cod, boht Va Goh comot a th wt- comd h bl th tho who oht lht dak. Rad wll b pd to la that ltat wa, attm, a oc o pato o Va Goh at.

Td, Va Goh Chta bl a had by th atho ada th dp o o. Havlck ach. H ach pa-alll th phloophy o th att mak o. Havlck th pctwt o th book. T book ha b wtt bad o th oalltt o th att. o. Havlck pt 15 ya vw all th lt-t ad mmdatly cam to th coclo that t wa bt to oco what Va Goh wot ath tha hah what had pvoly

(Clockwise from top left) Van Gogh: The Starry Night, 1889. Oil oncanvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York; Self-Portrait, 1889. Oilon canvas. Musee dOrsay, Paris; Portrait of the Artists Mother,1888. Oil on canvas. Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California.

Reconsidering Van Gogh

by Roberta Carasso

A New Book Takes a More Sympthatetic Look at the Artist



b pmd om h at. T athoattmpt, ad ccd, avod thtap may hav all to, o a- laly Va Goh datvbhavo. Rath, o. Havlck thowth potlht o h hhly attc a-t, h lov o ltat, h b abllat wt, whch claly vdt 902 ltt wtt Dtch, Fch,ad Elh. Alo o mpotac thatth att had tdd Lat ad Gk.

Va Goh wa a ky att thot-Impot a, a dtcto hv alzd h tm. H patdat a ctcal a, wh at wa do- a damtal h; att w d-pct colo, hap, pac, ad lht oth ow ak, a pcpto that pavdth way o th at movmt advtally p abtacto. Va Goh

ol o cava bhwok tacddcovto. H patd ly thck,twtd ad td tok o pat. Hmatlly appld bh wok volvdto havy ac that o combdth th wth th two-dmoal.

Va Goh wa a colot. H odad to bak wth tadto to babot alzd colo poblt oth- may hav td by o vhav codd. Va Goh wold pttwo colo toth to lcty a m-a. O, h wold pt a lht pmtxt to a dak pmt; o o ov thoth o clo toth. H ly dlht to clo to t dak vo.T att d o th ac, yl-low o th ky, ad may oth colocoato that ocd oth at-t to thk th paltt. Va Gohwokd paoatly a h w b- dctd otd hml. A dvotma, h dd ladcap, ow,

t, ad potat homa to thholy macc o th v hchhd. H wa, dd, a polcatt, t ot a ta body opat, daw, ad pt aamaz accomplhmt codh b l o jt 37 ya.

o. Havlck xplo th attl thoh ltt Va Goh wot toh both To, ad th copo-dc o h t--law Johaa. Ith dat tak, o. Havlck al-

z that th wa a lctd dm-o o Vct, th told joy oa kow, advto, dplycompaoat ma who cm to hav b lot th damatcad o apocyphal to od- h ll ad aly dath.

o. Havlck wt that VaGoh wa halthy ad oto mot oh l bt d h al 16 mothh dvlopd a om o plpy accl-atd by h ab o abth, a toxclq whch act th ctal -vo ytm. Hollywood mov, oddto, ad oth mpcpto o thal act hav altd th pblc p-cpto o th att. To al mothw to adly clp Va Goh oth-w potv attbt, ad bl tht chaact o th ma.

T mot mpotat po Va Goh at htocal l wa ht--law Johaa. It wa h whopvd ad chocld ov twothoad o h wok o at ad allh copodc. Both To ad hblovd both Vct w to dwth abot a ya o ach oth lav- Johaa wth a baby ad vy lttlmoy. Yt, dpt Vct at otb appcatd d h hot l-tm (h had old oly o pat), twa pmaly Johaa who alzd h ad h val to at htoy.

o. Havlck mad a catdcovy whl lv ad ach Hollad. H od that Va Gohda o th ow pat StarryNightcam dctly om a paa Vkto Ho book Les Miserables.o. Havlck pot ot that Vctavot mot wa a h ta o thblaz o moo. H wa acatd

by th da o lht ot o dak,whch wa alo th thm o L M-abl. Ho ho, Ja Valja,

h yoth wa mpod o tala loa o bad, pd ya thmot vl o po. Lht cam, btdak, th om o th polcmaJavt, oht to xth t.

I L Mabl, th aloa pt, Fath Bv (talatda ood com), alo calld thBdct Fath. T pt p-t pm hol, th bt o h-maty. At th d o h day, th Bh-op wold o to h ad ad wold th tay ht. T bhop thptom o chaty, pcally o -lctd chld pok to Va Gohol ad to h aly xpc, wok- wth coal-m aml.

I ad Va Goh ltt, that at htoa My Schapo, -td th cocto btw th book

ad th pat. Schapo aw how thwt ad th att both aw that God a lhtho clp. o. Havlcktak Schapo cocpt ad ppot twth th vdc, mak th co-cto a alty. Ittly, StayNht codd o o Va Gohmot cat pat, ad th co-tmpoay mcal, a tptato oHo at ltay matpc, haalo b xtmly ccl. hapvw o both wok o at a dawto th pood ad mla mao th jt ddo who ally alz- lht ot o dak. o. Havlckadd that th a tht may po-pl o pl ad t to. Typcally d wth th datd, whchto om xtt t o both Va Gohad Ja Valja.

o. Havlck mal book VanGoghs Untold Journey val a a moympathtc Vct, ad to a la x-

tt, dm mch o th apocyphad o th att t at bypat commtato. ACA

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This latest series abot dtty volv th -

cho apct o lfood, whl my ow dtty aa vhcl. I hav abtactd th mot bac apct o what ata pa, a Cacaa mal, ad th a-cd to a xploato o my latohp wth thapct ad to a lot o hta ad th bdo a llv htoy pad dow by kow acto.

T wok ha a pc. It m to bath ad d-mad a whp a th ha cl o to paby. Toto o th objct a pdomatly dcoatv, wakad htly mal th pptato o octal x-pctato o dd val bvtd a th a

ppoly oct ad xal,powl yt awa o thpow thy po, whl co-otatoal ad ov th tac.

T ba a ptd toth vw a thy a om-th thy ca ty o, a oca cha th apct abotol mla to jt ty oa w ott. Gow p I hadalway watd to b a boy. It wa

v that I dd ot lk b al, t wa mo that I ot alowth ad t wth th boy th allowac o tozth playod. A I ot oldth md to b a oc-l tato o how th woldwokd, wh d owpmttd o dtd ctabhavo. T poblm l kow that th a d accptac o xm adcotato o acm. Ev th laa w o adaly ba w ca a d o wod, ot to mto ahachy o how w mplmt laa. ak o xamplhow popl typcally dcb thmlv. W wold alymt a Cacaa mal that wold dcb hml accod- to h d o ac, bt a mal o o-Cacaawold b mo cld to cld o o both o th at-tbt. Small dc lk th hav a ct o clt.

T tallato oatd om a pvo pojct Ihad b wok o, whch dalt wth volv t-otyp th mda. I wa play wth da volvl-lll pophc ad th po-hol o op by

th Wt' mda atatd clt. T mad m wod

wh I tood ad to Cacaa wom th mdaI look to myl, I watd to chall ad xplooto o dalzd mty. I dcdd to oc o thtm pod o' l wh th' a plt o ot, whyo a ocd to alz a d o k b otaczdIt' ta how w cot to cha a that da o whata woma, o v a ma o that matt, hold b o omay ya a pbty com to to. It' had toavod. Jt o thoh th chck ot at th ocy toca b a blttl xpc wth all th maaz covpw wht-lo ct ad tp o how to a th

ht ma. T y pat wlv a vy mda ltat octyad w kow that mot o what w ot a alty, yt w tll byto th old cpt. It' cdblytat bca a a a w havcom, th dal a tll phldothw th wold o advt- wold't b o pmatd wththm.

My pato com om amb o oc whch cld

Hollywood lamo, dtoaaho, ad att ch a ASchmdt, c Hjab, JcaStoll, S Wllam, Cdy Sh-ma, Hak Wll Toma, ad Na-thal Djb to am a w. I havalo b vy ttd StalyDtz' tho abot th tcto laa ad how t cotcto alt.

I h book, Communication and Society, h tat: Tcocpt o ac ad a ll ltc ytm o ac dtc-to ad talk ao ot o 19th cty boloy ad wa d-vlopd a a ma o xplaato, dvo ad xcloMod boloy do ot ppot th atal o thdtcto bt w tll talk a ac wa a catoy o a-t. A mla dtcto ca b mad wth d ad thlaa d dcb dtcto ad ad chaact-tc o maclty ad mty.

A o th t, I am h my wok' oc om thchapt o o lv that hav b wtt o , to tho whch w hav yt to dcov. A my mom d to ayw mt kow wh w'v b to kow wh w' o

Ashley Chistine Bau

IN HER OWN WORDS

Both images: Ashley Christine Bauer, Shedding My Skin, 2010, mixed media installation.



EXHIBITIONSARTISTS

hristine H. Buchsbaum does not pander. At alac yo tady, th yo lah, th yo alz yolah at tady, th yo bcom coco o th a-

ct, th yo mavl ad alz th paadox ad actally th wok, ad th yo jt wat mo.

T cycl why Cht ot a photoaph. Sh photoaphy to docmt vt om h l va ac-tal oy -- a oppod to th dloal td pop cl-t o what oy . Cht oy, howv, bcomt oc th vw bcom awa o th actal co-tt; th, a h dot pak, h ay v mo. Tct oc a aatv wth th md o th vw: tmo tha photoaphy; t latoal atht, obcd.H wok tap to what Ncola Boad coz a

a t o attc pactc whch tak a th thotcalad pactcal pot o dpat th whol o hma la-to ad th ocal cotxt, ath tha a dpdtad pvat pac. T paadox ad th tady that hca v xpc h wok, ad aoth oy th , act, what h attmpt to do, to - hl. Itmpobl, ad th apct mak h wok tad ot ommot.

Alo mpv that h ha achvd all o th wth-ot mak that mch wok; 2010, h oly mad opc bt wa ot how. Sh tho dck th cl-ch o th photoaph who tak 1000 hot to t 10 ood

o. Itad, h mch mo th alm o a pat/clpto wth ad to h pactc o podcto. Sh doth am wh t com to th objct h pt thwht cb: la cal dtal pt motd o almm dto o 2 thy coot yo a way that thm ol dot. Fom a omal tadpot h wok hacavd a ladmak th Dv at wold a a h- dpat om poltc, potc, ktch, pach, -ptto, tcholoy, op, ddat td ad tod wall-at. O co, at tm all o tho th xtwth h wok, wh vwd, bca o th baa o thadc (ad that : t alway happ, bt t a j-

hristine H. Buchsbaum

PHOTOGRAPHY WITH ACTUAL IRONY


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at o potmod/hollywood mcommcatd jao).Cht ht aat da lk, th pmpto oma-podcd dtty ad ady-mad xpc - a p-mpto that mak th xpo, appcato, o vth pcpto o o vyday dtcto xt to mpo-bl, Dav Hcky. opl cy: t ok to cy. T appaaco otala happ o a ao o yo mmb: ood,bad, o yo dot t at, t cta (Why th, ad o,

do yo ot d? Bca, ad h, th o dc,Do Lat {Tal}). W lv a al wold adh wok vok moto that w do - th a dcbtw ty to mp ad mpv (It y howpopl who kow abot at dot m to kow what at whl popl who clam to kow abot at o ay thlk, bt, I kow t wh I t.) Cht phom-o. Ad I happ to kow that h cotatly woko h pc cocpt ad thoy - both com h: Ikow th bca I lv wth h. Evyday h pctad Im jt wat o th xt xploo. Ad, Im ot

alo: popl a xctd to what h wll do xt, whch alo a ttamt to th aw pow o h wok. A thatcl. T act that yo d h wok dak, t yowho a dak, o yo a ppo ch cott.

Cht alo a mmb o th Dv bad collc-tv k Colla Glam (ay Kdy, Chy EpozaHolly Joho, Bttay Gold, Hl Loa, Mat N-ma ad Cht Bchbam). A op o mal att

bad aod dhp cotmpoay at: a combdact towad commty va yy. Ad, thoh m-t my b add at tm - thy a ot xclv (toam that k Colla Glam a mt coalto bcathy a all mal xt). Ty jt happ to b malad d ad wat to hav how. Ty hav ctly b-com mmb at th Ic Cb Gally Dv.

Harry C. Walters

Buchsbaums show, Ghot , is at Pirate Contemporary Art inDenver. For more ino, visit christinebuchsbaum.com

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rom une 25 through August 13,2011, Davd Kodaky Gally wllxhbt a w body o wok by patLly Vac, a att who qckly -td th potlht a h wok walctd o th 2010 Whty B-al by cato Facco Boam adGay Cao-Maya. I at dowwth Stat Kmko, Aocat Dc-to o th Davd Kodaky Gally,to ath a d ppctv o thatt, h thoy o pat ad whydmad o h wok oh.

Julie Novako: How did you discoverLesley Vances work and when did youstart working together?

Stat Kmko: W a vy pod to ay

that Lly Vac o o th oda-toal att o th Davd KodakyGally. Davd Kodaky ad LlyVac attdd CalAt toth. Tyw pat o a mall op o dthat omd a att collaboatv, oyo cold ay that aly o th wacoto o a shared scene, i you will.

JN: CalArts has a reputation or critiqu-ing conventional ideas about art mak-ing and it is arguably a particularly an-tagonistic environment or painters. It isinteresting to note that Vance, a painterin her own right, excelled in this envi-ronment.

SK: Vac ha alway patd ad hakow h watd to b a pat, bt

h alo a thot. I thk th what t h apat ad allowd h topatcpat a dalo amo mococptally bad att at CalAtEv o, t tt that Vacthvd th vomt. Sh tt-d h poc, dvlopd h daad bcam a vy to att.

JN: Vance has cited seventeenth-century still lie painting as having an inu-ence on her work. Can you elaborate onthis idea?

SK: Vac daw om th htoy opat ad ha tak a tt 17th-cty Spah tll l pat-, patclaly look at th acto lht ad th way t taom ob-

Lesley Vance

by Julie R. Novakoff

Lesley Vance: Untitled, 2011, oil on linen, 13"x10.75"; Untitled, 2011, oil on linen, 19"x14".Both images courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Photography: Fredrik Nilsen

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jct. Lk 17th-cty Spah tlll pat, Vac poc bwth th obvato o actal objctthat h aa ad lht th t-do. Sh cod h obvato th om o daw ad th movto the canvas to begin building a painting.

JN: Can you urther explain what itmeans or Vance to build a painting?

SK: Fo Vac, pat povd a w-dow to a ctoal pac. Sh xp-mt wth colo, hap ad om,o vt th o th cava.Vac' pat mak o a lla o ct aocatd wth olpat. T compoto, actvatd byllotc play o lht ad wt-o-

wt bhwok, cto a vl oth movmt o pat tl: o h,vcoty, ad th latohp btwhad ad mdm. T wok d-d by th mltao acto, o whch pat ca b both o ttc popt ad o t abltyto mply ctv pac. A tll l apct mtapho o what pobl at. Wth thm w ca tak objctom th al wold, pt thm,kll thm ad alo kp thm alv. A

w ya ao Vac wok had a bla-tat ptatoal tho. Now, yowll v qt coz a patclatabla that h ha aad a -hd pat. It ha b vy cool to th volto h wok.

JN: So there is a denite spontaneity toVances paintings? Tis is something to

get excited about

SK: Aboltly. T tll l pat o hwok ally jt th l o th -vto o th cava.

JN: What is something most peoplewould not know about Vances paintings?

SK: Mot popl wold ot kow thatVac ha b look at Saltwok. Sh ha b look at Mattad yo wll otc that th lht hpat ha b cha. It ha b-

com mo oth woldly, mo opad myto.

JN: Can you tell us a little bit about thecurrent exhibition? Are there any over-arching themes/premises?

SK: Vac ha b wok o th

body o wok o th pat ya. T x-hbto wll cld twlv dawad t watcolo, wok o pap.T watcolo a compltly -hd wok, ad I thk t wll b -ally c to th th cotxt oh wok. Ty all [watcolo] hav adt latohp to th had b-ca o th matal ad th kd olht that tamttd oto wat aoppod to cava ad ol pat. No

ovach thm. Each pat t ow v. I popl hav oly th wok th 2010 [Wht-y Bal] th om th wpc, both th wok o pap adpat, look mo attatd. Iom ca, t l abot a old ma th ood o th ct o thpat a t abot mo callaph-c om that habt th bod add o th compoto. Tat ota blakt tatmt bt ath om-

th to look o th body o wok.

JN: Vance is rom Milwaukee, Wiscon-sin, but has lived in Los Angeles since

graduating CalArts in 2003. What ex-actly do you think has kept Vance to Los

Angeles? Does this eed into her work?

SK: (lah). Yo ha Ed Rcha talkabot th lht o L.A., bt I hav v- had Vac talk abot th pccold. I do ot thk wth hthat th c o Lo Al ovt.I thk b Lo Al a modct way d to h wok. Ttth ad badth o th Lo A-l at c ha b ow dth lat t ya ad th omththat may att wat to b pat o.

JN: Yo mtod that th allyha cvd may call ad thothcom xhbto. A all th

wok alady o v?

SK: I cat ay o . I ma, y thdmad a otttch th amoto wok w wll hav th xhb-to. W hav had a tady, wll, motha tady (lah), tt hwok. Dmad o h wok ha b

bld wth th lat ya ad a halhotly bo h wok wa cho oth lat Whty Bal [2010] adh wok alady at pvat adpblc collcto.

JN: Ay patcla collcto?

SK: I ally cat ay.

JN: Can we nd out which collections

on your website?

SK: No. W do ot cld th o-mato a att CV. I ca oly aythat Vac wok ha alady bplacd at local ttto adpvat collcto all ov th wold.

JN: Would you consider this LesleVances breakout gallery show?

SK: Vac ha alady cvd a lot

o attto. Bo th 2008 cahpopl w p-hatd abot ayatt com ot o a dct MFApoam. Now, I thk popl a -d th oc ad pod toatt who a th 30, who ahow at a ood ally ad mak- to ad to wok. TatI thk mo valabl vy o th wod.

JN: What is most captivating abouVances work to you?

SK: A a cotmpoay att t tt to how h tak th tad-to o pat ad mak thm how. I am matcally daw to hwok, captvatd tm ad tm aaby th bhtok h patad th ablty to dc yo tothk thy a actally tamtta al lht. ACA


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