Zak Smith in Conversation with Gordon Terry
“…Beauty is often considered suspect based on the lingering premise that it is radically conservative and reactionary, and that the strategies of visual appeal used by the mass media can…
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The Return Of Paris ’68? Well, in theory at least. . .
“For the second time this spring, New York has witnessed a public reading of a Situationist manifesto. The first occurred in April, when students at the New School took over…
Julia Solis: The Art Of Ruins
Years ago, I attended on a whim a packed book release party at City Lights for New York Underground by Julia Solis. I stood there, crammed in and dangling off…
In the Art Rags
Shirin Neshat is consistently astonishing. In Art in America, Eleanor Heartney talks with Neshat about her ongoing project of lyrical short films, and now a feature, based on Iranian writer…
Sufjan Stevens In Rainbows
Fans of organization, mathematics and music will enjoy the work of graphic designer Jax de Leon. For his senior project at SUNY Purchase, de Leon submitted Sufjan Stevens’ album “Come…
Zak Smith in Conversation with Sean McCarthy
Zak Smith: There’s a lot of “stoner” art being made these days–like some half-assed faux-naive drawing of a yeti riding a bicycle into a bee’s butt or something. Your work…
Naked People with Snakes
The Believer this month has a really good interview with designer / painter / comic arts legend Gary Panter — best known as the guy who did the sets for…
Swoon Invades Venice
While we’re on the subject of the Venice Biennale, New York Magazine has an interesting article about the artist Swoon and her latest project, The Swimming Cities of Serenissima: a…
John Wesley in Venice
You look at a John Wesley picture and you feel a thousand things at once. As a part of the Venice Biennale, Prada, or the Prada Foundation, is presenting a…
Paul Madonna’s “Small Potatoes” Exhibit, June 12 in San Francisco
Paul Madonna & The Rumpus Celebrate “Small Potatoes” Opening art exhibit of large multi-panel cartoons Ritual Coffee Roasters June 12, 2009 7-9pm For the Ritual Roasters exhibit, Madonna has made…
Annenberg Photography Space Goes Digital
The Annenberg Space for Photography opened its doors in Los Angeles on March 27, 2009. Tucked among the high-rises of Century City, the sleek, one-story structure houses a digital projection…
Where Lawns End: The Rumpus Interview with Amy Stein
I swiped on the lights in my cabin jerked from a half-sleep by a non-human fracas coming from a place right beyond my window.