Kianga Ellis Projects (KEP) is a mobile gallery program that hosts conversations about the studio practice and work of invited contemporary artists. KEP’s inaugural Art Talks Weekend will take place on July 29th through 31st at HD3 on 560 Montezuma Avenue, located in the heart of the Sanbusco/Railyard District in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The… [Read more…]
May 27, 2011
When I was in Chicago earlier this month for the Art Chicago/NEXT Art Fairs, I attended a special tour courtesy of the nonprofit arts organization, Artadia. Artadia’s mission is to encourage innovative practice and meaningful dialogue across the United States by providing visual artists in specific communities with unrestricted awards and a national network of… [Read more…]
May 15, 2011
It is written that without a vision the people perish. Fortunately, there continue to be artists in our time who project for us a picture of what is possible. Artists have always done this, but today we find artists whose value is in how they live and not just in what they make. In their… [Read more…]
May 11, 2011
This morning I had the pleasure of meeting Perris Straughter and seeing another aspect of what is happening art-wise in Brick City. After decades of neglect, Newark’s commitment to public art is experiencing new life under the Cory Booker administration. City Without Walls (cWOW) is the organization that has been responsible since 2009 for City… [Read more…]
May 11, 2011
Check out all the action from my week last summer hanging with Blaise Niosi on Tumblr! Ahhh, Park Avenue…land of the free; home of the brave! #iwantyou 11:03 AM Jul 8th Secret service and police action at Park and 68th #iwantyou Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:04:00 AM “Opportunity is missed by most people because it… [Read more…]
May 10, 2011
…but it might be at your feet. As I write this it is Memorial Day in the U.S. I haven’t always taken time to consider the purpose of this holiday. Usually, I’m busy getting out of town for the weekend or making sure to change over my closets. But this year, thanks to a conversation… [Read more…]
May 9, 2011
The above is the official Statement of Wounded Knee Skateboards. I first read about this crew in the New York Times and saw some of the boards up close today at the National Museum of the American Indian. The exhibition was much too small and superficial for what I was hoping to find, but I… [Read more…]
May 9, 2011
Last week I had the great pleasure to attend a reception for MUSE Film and Television at the invitation of Lina Srivastava. Incredibly, I had never heard of this organization. I had naturally heard about their above referenced film project on the detained Chinese contemporary artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. Founded in 1992 by Karl… [Read more…]
May 7, 2011
Art Agenda commented today about the Amy Sillman show at Sikkema Jenkins & Co: “Sikkema Jenkins & Co is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Amy Sillman titled Transformer (…or, how many lightbulbs does it take to change a painting?) on view from April 15 through May 15, 2010. Sillman’s show features… [Read more…]
May 6, 2011
“So, what is his work about?,” I asked my companion after leaving the Buff Monster opening at Giant Robot last weekend. I realize that it probably sounded like a pretentious, “high brow” kind of question. I meant it in a very straight forward way, as in: what internal things are being expressed in the work… [Read more…]
May 5, 2011
There seems to be a clear difference between Public Art and art in public. This afternoon I took the top right picture of art I came across in a public space. It is signed: “CHC.” I don’t know anything about CHC and couldn’t easily find any information through Google. I don’t think anyone paid the… [Read more…]
May 4, 2011
I am grateful to Ellen Scott for taking an interest in The Instress of Art and organizing the first introduction of Art Instression to an audience in a formal setting. In simple terms, Art Instression is a practice, or method, by which one obtains and reflects on his internal response to an art work. The… [Read more…]
May 3, 2011
In my Theory of Art Instression, I have defined Instress of Art as: Transformational energy released by a spectator’s effort of willed attention to a work of art. The word Instress originated with Gerard Manley Hopkins, a 19th century English poet and Jesuit priest. The Instress of Art grew out of my discovery of this… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
I have searched long, far and wide for any indication that Alexander McQueen credited Yves Klein as an inspiration for his well-loved Spring/Summer 1999 show staring model Shalom Harlow as the object of mechanical ejaculation. Sorry, is that crude? Well, that’s what’s going on and Yves Klein started it. He described his “remote control” application… [Read more…]
April 30, 2011
I was speaking to an artist friend of mine the other day and he said something so interesting to me about what he experiences when making paintings. When a painting is nearing completion he enters a kind of “zone.” The world around him disappears. Time stops. He loses awareness of his physical body and what… [Read more…]
April 29, 2011
It’s no secret: I love art. My love is beyond what I can explain. I write blog posts that are too long. I keep going “off road” with my legal career. I launch projects that cause most people I know to frown and scratch their heads, that is, until the New York Times tells them… [Read more…]
April 28, 2011
DCKT Contemporary What does it mean to be “here”? Think of yourself right now. Where are you? Are you sitting or standing? At home, at work or on the go? Does it matter that you are there, wherever you are? Is the place where you are different because you are there? Have you left an… [Read more…]
April 27, 2011
Will Ryman’s solo show, A New Beginning, opens tomorrow at Marlborough Gallery in Chelsea (I’m pictured left with Will at the gallery). I met Will today for a sneak preview of the show thanks to publicist eXTRaordinare, Carol Klenfner (she’s responsible for all the great press on Summer Art Circle). I had hoped the show… [Read more…]
April 27, 2011
110427-152540.wmv Watch on Posterous Thanks so much to all those who have been backing and mentioning The New York Group Show! 6 days remain to support the project on Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kiangaellis/the-new-york-group-show Also, looking forward to a great itinerary with Artadia during Art Chicago this weekend. Check them out at http://artadia.org/
July 25, 2011
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