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Marsden Hartely Sustained Comedy 1939 oil on academy board 28.5" x 22" Marsden Hartley's vigorous expressionist art is clearly a part of today's world more than it was while he lived, and the man himself is today less a...

Noah Fischer Rhetoric Machine 2006 mixed media, dimensions variable [detail of installation in room two] It's an awesome piece and an awesome engineering feat as well. It's also a beautiful work of art, but it wouldn't have been possible...

Michael Joo "the essence of taste . . . " 2006 MSG with mixed materials 112" x 70" x 16" [large detail of installation] Liz Larner smile, this is a pipe 2006 cast and hand-built porcelain 8.5" x 15.5"...

Jessica Weiss Play 2006 acrylic on linen 72" x 68" [installation view] I couldn't immediately find a happier image to post on the morning of December 25 than this one by Jessica Weiss. I found it yesterday afternoon when...

Scott Reeder All of the Boring States 2006 oil on linen 38" x 47.5" [installation view] Scott Reeder Paper at Night 2006 oil on linen 60" x 44" [installation view] Scott Reeder Money in Bed 2006 20" x 22"...

Milton Rosa-Ortiz All that we are is the result of what we have thought 2006 15-color screenprint with waterbsed UV and color shift pigment on Coventry Rag 25.25" x 33.5" [detail of installation] [large detail] Klaus von Nichtssagend is...

Mary Mattingly Fore Cast: An Environmental Disaster Opera 2006 installation and performance [an image from the performance of December 19] Because of the ambience (shadows, respectful movement and low buzz) of dozens of my fellow acolytes at the opening...

this collage is probably mostly an accident, but stunning nevertheless [for 41 more images go to my 11 Spring photo set] Why is it called "street art"? And does art created in the street step out of character when...

Paul Lee Untitled 2006 mixed media 42" x 6" x 6" [installation view] Paul Lee Untitled 2006 mixed media 18" x 8" x 3" [installation view] Paul Lee Untitled 2006 mixed media 50" x 11" x 6" [installation view]...

Slater Bradley Dark Night of the Soul 2005-2006 video [still from installation] Of the six new Slater Bradley videos being shown at Team right now, in a show titled "Abandonments", this was the work that totally got to me....

Joshua Johnson Target Practice 2006 enamel on panel 16" x 24" [installation view] Joshua Johnson Fences Work With Thieves 2006 acrylic on panel 14" x 18" [installation view] [detail] Joshua Johnson is showing eight wonderful new paintings at Williamsburg's...

[installation view, showing a large piece by Joshua Smith in the center front and, from the left, works by Holt Quentel, Ofer Wolberger, Jamal Cyrus, Michael St. John, Alice Wheeler, and ALex McQuilkin] It's a top pick on ArtCal,...

Kevin Christy Untitled 2006 gouache,ink, graphite and collage on paper 22" x 11" [installation view] Monya Rowe is showing new mixed media collaged drawings by Kevin Christy in a show whose serious political imagery would seem to belie its...

untitled (chink) 2006...

Chris Martin Untitled 2006 acrylic gel, oil, newsprint, and banana peel on canvas 48.25" x 38" [installation view] Chris Martin Seven Pointed Star 2006 oil and mixed media on masonite 20" x 16" [installation view] Chris Martin In Memory...

Klara Liden Bodies of Society 2006 DVD 4:50 mins [still from installation] Josef Strau [installation view, three sculptures] Reading Lamp 2006 mixed media lamp 49" x 9" x 9" The Dependent Lamp 2006 mixed media lamp 58.5" x 46"...

[I've neglected my blogging duties lately because of holidays, homeywork, guests, sinuses, and the distraction of preparing for a presentation at NYU (more on that in another post), so for a while I'm going to try to make up for...

who, or what, does have the right to "speak" in public, and how much does free speech cost? Coming home from the opening at the Whitney at Altria last night, I spotted the graffiti comment on the poster shown...

[the 67 year-old on the left, the replacement on the right] Are they kidding? Did they have to dumb-down one of the neatest and most recognizable logos* ever created? Is it too much of a stretch to argue that...