ART
Between The Ritz and the Gutter: Francis Bacon's Life in London
Amabel Barraclough
01.02.09
As a retrospective of Francis Bacon's work at Tate Britain winds down, Londoner Amabel Barraclough takes a moment to tell a bit of Bacon's more tasty history in the city the artist would call home for most of his life, while Danny Jock draws Bacon and his circle.
Entrance Wounds: Richard Foreman’s Deep Trance Behavior in Potato Land
Thom Donovan
04.01.08
Richard Foreman's productions from his ontological hysterical theater are experiences of ideas, rather than psychodramas. Difficult to surmise (and harder to blurb), Foreman's most recent play Deep Trance Behavior in Potato Land delves further into the director's - of late - multimedia fancy. Orient yourself here with Thom Donovan's review, then if you can, go see the play (which has been extended til April 27th) where you can expect to be disoriented (orientalist pun?...sic).
Every Name in History is I: Catherine Sullivan’s Triangle of Need
Thom Donovan
03.08.08
Thom Donovan dissects the work of Chicago-based visual artist Catherine Sullivan, examining the recurrent themes of Nietzsche that appear throughout the narratives of her projects. Her films and live-action performances have been described widely as "anxiety-inducing" and "disorienting." Unsettling, to say the least, she forms much of her work as a critique of acceptable and ordinary behavior in modern society. Donovan examines three of her major works: Triangle of Need, The Chittendens, and D-Pattern. All images courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures.
Desire in Syracuse: the 'Come On' Controversy
Yvonne Olivas
11.07.07
This piece shouldn’t require a subtitle with the word “controversy” in it; it should simply be about three talented artists’ work. But alas, the exhibition in Syracuse titled "Come On: Desire Under the Female Gaze" recently drew headlines when its curator Astria Suparak was fired following the show’s opening (and huge success). Yvonne Olivas talks to artists Juliet Jacobson, Rachel Rampleman, Jo-Anne Balcaen, and curator Astria Suparak about the art involved and what exactly happened in the wake of their recent exhibition.
Barry McGee: Mature Works
Zoey Mondt
10.12.07
Have this funny feeling we'll get some flak for this review. What with our magazine's seeming anarachic name and all that it implies. But what the hell, Ms. Mondt says what needs to be said here about Mr. McGee's 'Mature Works' and the art establishment that bottom feeds off so called Lowbrow or Street Art.
The Programmatic Premlinary Proud Difficulties with Richard Prince
Darren Bader
10.03.07
Darren Bader grapples with New York's Guggenheim exhibition of Richard Prince, Spiritual America. Is Prince the punk hero of appropriation art who has spiritually defined this country? Or just another Rauschenberg (et al) for Pete's sake?
John Russell Q & A
Gean Moreno
09.27.07
Gean Moreno corresponds with London artist/cum curator/cum publisher/cum jack of all trades mad man (in the best of ways) John Russell seeking to find an answer to the question what else can art do?
Diary of a Nobody at Art Basel 38
Kevin Killian
07.09.07
While we here at Fanzine would argue that Kevin Killian, rather than being a nobody, is quite the man, he does manage to shadow, ghostlike, the celebrities of the "Art World" at Art Basel 38 in Switzerland. This is Killian's first trip to Europe, and Twain-like, his Yankee perspective is insightful, if not a down right riot. Be sure to look for more on Killian in Fanzine in forthcoming articles this month.
Review: Carolee Schneemann at CEPA, Buffalo, NY
Julie Perini
05.05.07
Artist Carolee Schneeman has a retrospective at CEPA in Buffalo, NY. Julie Pereni visits and comments on this thematically arranged show and the artist who for 40 years has made work "that keeps one finger on the pulse of humanity, addressing the brutal reality of war, and another finger on the collective clitoris, emphasizing female agency and embodiment."
Robert Rauschenberg's Combines at MOCA Los Angeles
Zoey Mondt
09.18.06
Zoey Mondt wanted to title this piece My Boyfriend's Back: A Portrait of the Artist in Sweaters. Well that was a bit long... and while Rausch can strike a handsome pose when donning a sweater, this retrospective is about his groundbreaking Combines. Mondt takes some issue with the museum's handling of the exhibit.
God's Gaultier
Derek McCormack
09.01.06
Derek McCormack returns to Fanzine with more than a review of Dodie Bellamy's "Kathy Forest"; in no small way celebrating the life of writer / poet / performance artist Kathy Acker, who died of breast cancer in 1997.
An Interview with Marc Handelman
Paddy Johnson
07.13.06
Paddy Johnson brings us Marc Handelman, whose huge paintings are steeped in rich (perhaps ironic) color, nationalist icons and creeping doom.
Art in the Dark
Alan Gilbert
06.21.06
Alan Gilbert launches an appeal to the Whitney Biennial curators, lamenting the overlooked Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld for his prodigious obfuscating oratory. Critique, critique, critic. Gilbert reminisces on the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Cheers.
I Think You're Great: OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN
Kevin Killian
04.17.06
Kevin Killian's essay for the San Francisco group show at Queen's Nails Annex that includes work by David Hatcher, Mitzi Pederson and Wayne Smith.... Fruit Stripes, Blotter Paper, Doorskin, Surfing and Johnny Carson.
Devotional Materialisms: on Thomas Hirschhorn’s Superficial Engagement…
Thom Donovan
03.28.06
We hardly ever see what really is going on in war, especially filtered intelligently through art. At a recent show at Barbara Gladstone's Gallery in New York, Thomas Hirschhorn came as close to any artist in recent memory to bringing home the horrors happening in the middle east currently. If you missed it, read Thom Donovan's insightful take.
Hacking Art: Interview with Cory Arcangel
Paddy Johnson
03.27.06
Paddy Johnson raps with new media artist Cory Arcangel about hacking video game cartridges, teaching people how to make bad websites, and muses about his constancy in fashion sense.
Interview with artist Matt Greene
Amelia Saul
02.02.06
Amelia Saul misses artist Matt Greene in Berlin, but catches his show there which left her brimming with questions. Greene, a nature lover was California dreamin' and skipped his own opening, anxious to get back to his favorite mushroom trails, girlfriend and dog. But that's okay, that's what email is for! An insightful interview on a myriad of subjects.
Sailing With Artist Charles Ray
Richard Parks
01.05.06
Richard Parks purposefully tacks off course in an intimate interview with artist Charles Ray, talking all sailing (and nothing about art), but then who's to say this isn't the best approach?