SENSE OF WONDER
Innovation in the Islamic World PST Science and Art Collide in SoCal, “This fall, The San Diego Museum of Art will take the beautifully illustrated text as a point of departure for an exhibition of works of art, texts, scientific instruments, magic bowls and commissioned works by contemporary artists Hayv Kahraman and Ala Ebtekar.” read more…
HYPER-REAL HYBRIDIZATION Patricia Piccinini Finds the Beauty in Otherness discusses the work of Australian artist Piccinini. ” Her hyper-realistic sculptures combine elements of human form blended with that of animals, machines and plant life, raising questions about our response to beings who do not meet our expectations of normalcy.” read more…
Interview with Michele Pred Our Bodies, Our Business in Artillery. “The purse, as both a symbol of oppression of women, and of their economic power, offered a double-sided tool. Pred’s work has suddenly acquired an even deeper significance, with the overturn of Roe v. Wade.” read more…
Genocide and Genius, Bruno Schulz: An Artist, A Murder, and The Hijacking of History by Benjamin Balint is the subject of my latest book review in Artillery. “Schulz many have been small in stature and unimposing in aspect, but was expansively gifted.” read more…
Choreography George Balanchine
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New York City Ballet
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Book review in Artillery Serenade: a Balanchine Story “As a thin, athletic girl with a springy jump and ‘not-so-great feet’ Toni Bentley was 11 when she entered the school of American Ballet; she was invited into the New York City Ballet company by George Balanchine at 17” read more…
Nam June Paik: A Retrospective at SFMOMA in Artillery “Nam June Paik, the ‘father of video art’ and the man who coined the phrase ‘the electronic superhighway,’ weaves humor, Buddhism, technology, music and sex.” read more…
Jim Melchert: Rethink, Revisit, Reassess, Reenter in Artillery. “In Changes, Amsterdam (1972), Melchert and a group of plucky participants dunk their heads in a washtub of clay slip…” read more…
Profile of Leila Weefur in Artillery “Explorations of gender identity are central to the work of artist and curator Leila Weefur, and how they felt that their identity was suppressed by belonging to the Christian Church is at the crux of their latest project, Prey┼Play” read more…
William T. Wiley Obituary “Influential Northern California artist William T. Wiley passed away on April 25 in Greenbrae, CA. His combination of irreverence and spirituality so keenly reflected the spirit of our times, where we don’t know quite what to believe, but would all like to believe in something good.” read more…
Gentile Bellini’s Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II in Artillery “Elizabeth Rodini’s Gentile Bellini’s Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II (2020) landed on my radar through meeting Rodini last year at the American Academy in Rome, where she is the Andrew Heiskell Arts Director.” read more…
8-Bridges Connecting the Bay Area and Beyond in Artillery “Like many of us, I have been spending much of the past nine months or so huddled in front of my computer. One day, an email arrived that really caught my eye. ” read more…
Robert Ortbal: Profile in Artillery “Recently you might find the serious and intellectual Ortbal wearing an oversized dog head, or riding a bike while in the guise of a giant rabbit.” read more…
Ramekon O’Arwisters in Artillery “You know, you mentioned that word, ‘democracy,’ and people tell me that we’re living in one, but I don’t see it. I don’t know what it’s like to live in a democracy.” read more…