Category Archives: Art

This Just In!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Patrick

Our Resource Room just received an infusion of fresh books, CDs and DVDs from TBA Festival alumni and artists from around the world. Stop by and check out what’s new! From France: French Connection: 88 Contemporary Artists, 88 Art Critics … Continue reading →

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Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Patrick

Currently on view at PNCA, Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death gathers together seven distinctive artists for a clear-eyed look at the resurgence of figurative painting. PICA’s Visual Art Curator Kristan Kennedy spent … Continue reading →

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PICA Takes Manhattan

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Patrick

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN It’s been a few weeks now that we’ve all been back in the office after our trip to New York, but we’re still thinking of and talking about and hashing out all of the work that … Continue reading →

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SNOW BLIND

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Patrick

Posted by Kristan Kennedy. I started the my annual trip to NY  happily trapped in South Brooklyn, where snow plows feared to tread and where there wasn’t a Q train or a loaf of bread available for four days. At … Continue reading →

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TBA:10 ON SIGHT CATALOGUE

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Patrick

Each year, PICA produces a companion program to our Time-Based Art ON SIGHT Visual Arts exhibitions. Over the past few days, we’ve posted some of the artist interviews from TBA:10 to the blog, but there is a lot more packed … Continue reading →

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Storm Tharp

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Patrick

High House at TBA:10. Photo: Dan Kvitka. Storm Tharp has been looking in the same mirror for more than a decade. It has moved with him from studio to studio, accumulating paint marks, bits of tape, and various scuffs. The … Continue reading →

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Dan Gilsdorf

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Patrick

Diabolus in Musica at TBA:10. Photo: Wayne Bund. Diabolus in Musica is a single uninterrupted chord, a sound banned by the Catholic Church in the eighteenth century. On two Sundays—one at the beginning and one at the closing of TBA:10—Gilsdorf … Continue reading →

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Yemenwed

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Patrick

Bedroom w TV and Woman Lays w Aide. Courtesy of Yemenwed. The video piece Episode 3 presents a surreal sci-fi journey that melds animation, live action, painting, and sculpture. Taking queues from performance, ritual, dance, and cinema, Episode 3 is … Continue reading →

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Anissa Mack

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Patrick

Photo: Patrick Leonard. Courtesy of the artist, the lumber room, and Laurel Gitlen. Although frequently referred to as “disposable” in our society, objects often predate and outlast us, continually cycling through owners and contexts over time. Museums, junk shops, curio … Continue reading →

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Ruby Sky Stiler

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Patrick

Photo: Talia Chetrit. Courtesy of the artist and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery. Stiler’s sculptural forms reference and reconstruct classical iconography from artist-constructed “rubble.” The ancient-seeming silhouettes are, at first glance, authoritative in their connection to this canon of history. However, closer … Continue reading →

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