THE EXPANDED GRAPHICS OF HAMILTON AND HOCKNEY
The paintings, drawings, and photographs on view in HOCKNEY/HAMILTON—EXPANDED GRAPHICS—an exhibition in Cologne of the early work of Richard Hamilton and David Hockney—are enhanced by two 25-minute shorts by art-film innovator James Scott. LOVE’S PRESENTATION (1966) follows Hockney as he created his Illustrations for Fourteen Poems by C.P. Cavafy series, and RICHARD HAMILTON (1969) “brings the […]
POSSIBLE SELVES — QUEER FOTO VERNACULARS
Six decades of images demonstrating the “global impact of queer identities on the evolution of portrait photography” is the focus of an exhibition at Williams College in Massachusetts. POSSIBLE SELVES—QUEER FOTO VERNACULARS Through April 14. Williams College Museum of Art 15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Williamstown. Top: Joel-Peter Witkin, Man with Dog, Mexico City, 1990. Above: Tim […]
KEN VAN SICKLE
KEN VAN SICKLE—PHOTOGRAPHY 1954–2009—the photographer’s first book—will be published by Damiani next month. Top: Ken Van Sickle, Ginsberg Howling, 1958. Gelatin silver print. Above: Ken Van Sickle, The Factory, 1967. Gelatin silver print. Below: Ken Van Sickle, Chet Baker, 1955. Gelatin silver print.
ART CATALOGUES — L.A. TO PARIS
Dagny Corcoran is packing up and moving to Paris. Art Catalogues—Corcoran’s LACMA destination for out-of-print catalogues, new art books, and artist’s editions—is relocating to Staffan Ahrenberg’s Cahiers d’Art space in Paris’ Sixth. Corcoran will also maintain an Art Catalogues office and showroom in Culver City. ART CATALOGUES Last day, December 31, 2018. LACMA 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. […]
EILEEN MYLES AT BRIDGET DONAHUE
“I write poems, I write about art & these photos I take I think are a similar kind of gathering—truncated places with words & writing that just trace a buzzing passage on Earth.” — Eileen Myles BACK ROOM: EILEEN MYLES—POEMS, an exhibition of Myles’ recent photography, is on view through early next year. BACK ROOM: […]
KAYLA TANGE PERFORMANCE
Human Resources presents a multimedia installation and performance by Kayla Tange. Curated by Vardui Sharapkhanyan, DEFINING BOUNDARIES explores the construction of boundaries that protect sacred interiority. Tange’s performance utilizes ritual, sound, ephemeral architecture and collected confessions (including her own) in an attempt to establish psychic, emotional and physical boundaries, guarding against abuse and trauma. Tange has had […]
MAPPLETHORPE CHOREOGRAPHED
MAPPLETHORPE—CHOREOGRAPHY FOR AN EXHIBITION will set Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs against ancient and modern works as well as a performance program engaging the work of international dancemakers. MAPPLETHORPE—CHOREOGRAPHY FOR AN EXHIBITION Through April 8. Museo Madre, Via Settembrini 79, Naples. See “Through a Glass, Darkly: A Mapplethorpe Portfolio,” PARIS LA 11 (Spring 2014), 61–71. Robert Mapplethorpe—Choreography for an […]
