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“Tuzlu Su” “Saltwater” Istanbul Biennial 2015
“Tuzlu Su”, (Saltwater) hides its purpose behind science, mysticism, and a strenuous itinerary that requires viewers to sail on the Bosphorus and the sea of Marmara.
This entry was posted on October 15, 2015 and is filed under Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Biennial 14, Turkish Women Artists, Uncategorized. -
QUIET INSIGHTS INTO STRUGGLE AND JOY AWAIT YOU AT THE WING
the subtle and beautiful exhibition “Constructs” at the Wing Luke Museum features interactive installations by Asian Pacific Women Artists ranging from a canvas house to calligraphy carried into the landscapes of Seattle. Each installation is both personal and universal in their implications.
This entry was posted on September 24, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
I GRIEVE FOR SYRIA, VICTIM OF CULTURAL GENOCIDE
Henry Matthews appalled by the refugee crisis and recalling the generosity and optimism he experienced in Syria before the Civil War, agonizes over the fate of people he met there. He grieves for the loss of life and the destruction of cultural heritage in Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Palmyra, Raqqa, and Deir Ez-Zor.
This entry was posted on September 16, 2015 and is filed under Syria, Uncategorized. -
After Midnight: Contemporary Art in India At the Queens Museum of Art
After Midnight: Contemporary Art in India 1947/1997 curated by Dr, Arshila Lokhandwala offers a sophisticated dialogue of contemporary India with global modernism, postmodernism and current issues.
This entry was posted on August 28, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
Joy in Greece in the midst of Crisis: Constellation
” Constellation” a multi media cultural festival on the remote Greek island of Amorgos in the Cyclades defies the idea that Greeks are in a state of worried anxiety. There were performances all over the island for ten days, all for free.
This entry was posted on July 7, 2015 and is filed under Greek Festival, Uncategorized. -
“Migration” the exhibition until July 5
Migration the Exhibition in Columbia City Guest Gallery until July 7 includes art about detention, migration, femicide, and much more by Deborah Faye Lawrence, Tatiana Garmendia, and Cecilia Alvarez
This entry was posted on June 17, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, Barack Obama, Immigration, Indigenous activism, Migration, Uncategorized. -
Led by Indigenous voices, all ages protest Arctic Drilling
From Indigenous poets to Raging Grannies, from children and youth to college students, to people of every age, everyone is participating in the protest of Shell’s Polar Pioneer oil drilling platform with creative non violent civil disobedience at its best
This entry was posted on June 11, 2015 and is filed under American Art, Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Indigenous Art, ecology, First Nations Art, Indigenous Art, Seattle Art, Uncategorized. -
@Large Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz
@Large Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz is a brilliant installation about detention and freedom in the former federal prison. Using kites, lego, porcelain, music, poetry, and postcards, @Large conveys the nightmare of detentio
This entry was posted on May 18, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Contemporary Art, Detained, dragons, global justice, Uncategorized. -
Rameschwar Broota and Nalini Malani at the Kiran Nadar Museum in Delhi
We can see the state of the earth and our spiritual crisis in the work of Rameschwar Broota and Nalini Malani at the Kirin Nadar Museum
This entry was posted on March 25, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art In India, Feminism, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
“Permanent War: The Age of Global Conflict”
“Permanent War: The Age of Global Conflict” presents the repeated destruction and instant death enabled by contemporary technology
This entry was posted on February 25, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Art in Beirut, Art in War, South Africa, Uncategorized. -
Rodrigo Valenzuela, the 13th man and the end of Utopia
Rodrigo Valenzuela juxtaposes the words and experiences of migrants and other workers in the midst of the collapse of the utopian discourses of modernism and its structures, both philosophical and physical. He jarringly disconnects words and images to reveal the deep fissures in our society.
This entry was posted on February 7, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Culture and Human rights, democracy, economic imperialism vs democracy, Performance Art, Photography, Uncategorized. -
Delhi Feminist Artist Gogi addresses the 2012 Gang Rape of Nirbhaya
Feminist artist Gogi Saroj Pal based in Delhi addresses violence against women in her new work.
This entry was posted on January 27, 2015 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art In India, Feminism, Uncategorized, Women Artists. -
City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India at the Seattle Art Museum
Past and present in India mix in the stunning exhibition “City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India” It includes artists working in urban centers throughout the country. Until December 7 it is paired with a fascinating, small show at the Asian Art Museum of Mughal art and artifacts.
This entry was posted on November 11, 2014 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, Contemporary Art In India, Film, Performance Art, Photography, Picasso, Seattle Art Museum, Uncategorized. -
The Common SENSE: Ann Hamilton at the Henry Art Gallery
Ann Hamilton’s “The Common SENSE” at the Henry Art Gallery embraces our relationship to the planet in a surprisingly disturbing sequence of installations.
This entry was posted on November 4, 2014 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, ecology, John Berger, Uncategorized. -
Art in Seattle from my monthly Leschi column: “Modernism in the Pacific Northwest” and ” La Toya Ruby Frazier: Born by a River,”
Modernism in the Pacific Northwest: the Mythic and the Mystical and La Toya Ruby Frazier: Born by a River, two exhibitions at the Seattle Art Museum in the last six months.
This entry was posted on September 23, 2014 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
The Tate Modern “A Chronicle of Interventions” Spring 2014
Tate Modern London”A Chronicle of Interventions” includes Group Material 1984 Timeline A Chronicle of US Intervention in Central and Latin America.” Other more recent artists from Central America also address colonialism, but with much less passion.
This entry was posted on August 30, 2014 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Art in War, Uncategorized. -
Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline
Syria Speaks is a profoundly moving new book published by English Pen with a collection of essays, art, and analysis of culture in Syria since the uprising began in 2011.
This entry was posted on July 10, 2014 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Art in War, Uncategorized. -
Matika Wilbur’s Project 562 “Changing the Way we See Native America”
Matika Wilbur’s Project 562 reveals a romantic point of view.
This entry was posted on May 22, 2014 and is filed under Art and Activism, Contemporary Art, indians, Uncategorized. -
Feminism and Performance: Joan Jonas and Gina Pane
Parellel Practices: Joan Jonas and Gina Pane at the Henry Art Gallery. The two artists have different roots, philosophies and trajectories.
This entry was posted on April 10, 2014 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Carletta Carrington Wilson “Unchain My Heart”
At the outset of her poetic presentation, Carletta Carrington Wilson declared that her exhibition “Unchain My Heart” (listen!) is a testament to mystery. Her exhibition at Art Xchange Gallery included selections from three series of works, “constellation of shadows and leaves” (2006) “Orange You Mingus” (2008-9), and “book of the bound” (2011-12). The artist explained […]
This entry was posted on April 5, 2014 and is filed under African American fiction, Arican American history, Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Black Art, Carletta Carrington Wilson, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
The Elephant in the Room: “Stereotype” and other exhibitions by African American Artists in Seattle
Exploring C. Davida Ingram’s exhibition “Stereotype” as well as briefer reference to powerhouse artists , La Toya Ruby Frazier and Marita Dingus,
This entry was posted on March 13, 2014 and is filed under Arican American history, Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Black HIstory Month, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
“Our America” Abstraction and Identity
Is abstraction an elite practice that denies identity? Abstract art is rarely what it seems to be. To stop at a formal analysis of such work misses its context, meaning and significance.
This entry was posted on March 10, 2014 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Latino Art, Uncategorized. -
“Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art:” A Radical Proposal`
An analysis of the thesis of the stunning exhibition of “America Now The Latino Presence in American Art” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum: integrating these artists in the mainstream of American art history.
This entry was posted on February 14, 2014 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Chicana Artists, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
ANTONI TÀPIES 1923 – 2012
Antoni Tàpies Catalan Master and political activist throughout his life. His grand and beautiful paintings and material objects always have a subtext of the anguish of the Franco years and concern for the injustice of the wars of the 21st century.
This entry was posted on January 3, 2014 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Art in War, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
East of the Caspian Sea Central Asia in Venice
Central Asia at the Venice Biennale
This entry was posted on December 12, 2013 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized, Women Artists.
