one hundred and eight from Nils Völker on Vimeo.

From Tokyo Art Beat “Softly spread in silky thin layers, Abe’s color reverberates against the white walls of Base Gallery with a calming dreamy sensibility. Layered segments begin to feel like the stratified sediment of psychedelic soil, as the paintings manipulate a varied palette into a smoothly harmonious voice. And as if to emphasize this   Read More …

Using LED lights attached to the back of sheep, herders in Wales have created a massive LED display on the side of a hill to play PONG, simulate fireworks and even crop together the Mona Lisa. The extreme sheep LED art project was sponsored by Samsung’s Smart LED technology.

“Negative space is accustomed to being ignored. People walk right through it without a second glance. Only artists are drawn to enlarge upon its possibilities, the meaning of what’s between table and chair, hoof and mouth, dog and kennel, us and them. Decades earlier, Bruce Nauman made art from the space between the legs of   Read More …

I saw this artist’s work at the Frist Center for the Arts in Nashville, TN and at first was unimpressed with what I took to be pastel color field paintings. Looking at them closer I was amazed at the level of detail and complexity, not to mention story telling, with each of these paintings. No   Read More …

Video from Cheekwood Art and Gardens in Nashville.

“Since 1990 I have been occupied creating new forms of life. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat. Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at   Read More …

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo. MUSIC:Ratatat, “Imperials” from their album LP3

This week I am in New York City showing my students the sights, sounds and for better or for worse the smells. We visited the MOMA on Monday and found ourselves looking at one of Felix Gonzalez-Torres' stacks of printed paper on the floor. From previous experience I knew that it was part of the   Read More …