Art in America
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Articles in Oct 2003 issue of Art in America
- Forever feminist - Letters - Letter to the Editor
by Kate Poole - John Coplans, 1920-2003 - Front Page - Obituary
by Peter Plagens - Materialist: beginning with some humble utilitarian item—a drinking straw, a loop of tape, a sheet of tar paper—Tara Donovan amasses individual units in such prodigious quantities that, eventually, an esthetic transformation takes place
by Lilly Wei - Omer Fast at Postmasters - New York … a video art exhibit explores misrepresentation in documentary film
by Jessica Ostrower - Kathe Burkhart at Mitchell Algus, Participant Inc. and Schroeder Romero - New York
by Barbara Pollack - Jim Dingilian at McKenzie - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Robert Kushner - Stephen Estock at Schmidt-Dean - Philadelphia
by Bill Scott - R.B. Kitaj at L.A. Louver - Venice, Cal
by Leah Ollman - Whitney names new director - Artworld - Brief Article
- The Norton Museum of Art - People - Brief Article
- Laurie Winters, curator of earlier European art at the Milwaukee Art Museum - Awards - Brief Article
- Information requested - Letters
- Robert Smithson: Learning from New Jersey and Elsewhere - Book Review
by Carter Ratcliff - Gee's Bend modern: the isolated Alabama community of Gee's Bend has long nurtured a quilting tradition that resonates deeply with aspects of modernist abstraction. Now the quilts are the subject of an exhibition that is touring U.S. museums - Critical Ess
by Richard Kalina - Emily Jacir at Debs & Co - New York … a photographic exhibit documents Palestinian life under occupation
by Eleanor Heartney - Cui Fei at Gallery 456 - New York - exhibition of the artist's work - Brief Article
by Jonathan Goodman - Luisa Rabbia at Massimo Audiello - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Melissa Kuntz - Thomas Chimes at Locks - Philadelphia
by Anne R. Fabbri - Skirball Museum - People - Brief Article
- Americans for the Arts recently presented its newly created Public Art Network Award to Harriet Traurig, director of the San Jose Public Art Program - Awards - Brief Article
- Corrections - Letters - Correction Notice
- Annotated Catalogue Raisonne of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977-1997 - Book Review
by Raphael Rubinstein - Carlo Maria Mariani's eternal cities: in a recent series of U.S. exhibitions, Mariani, a veteran of Rome's avant-garde, pays tribute to New York City, his adopted home. With their Neo-Classical appearance, his idealized figures are unexpected denizens of
by David Ebony - Conrad Atkinson at White Box - New York … the artist's work treats wound images as brand marks
by Jonathan Gilmore - Roman Opalka at Grant Selwyn - New York … numerology figures prominently in the painter's work
by Janet Koplos - Robert Wogan at Universal Concepts Unlimited - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Michael Amy - Todd McKie at Victoria Munroe - Boston
by Ann Wilson Lloyd - Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam at Gallery 16 - San Francisco
by Mark Van Proyen - Wilder gift to Hammer - Artworld - UCLA Film and Television Archive - Brief Article
- Otis College of Art and Design - People - Brief Article
- The Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis has awarded six Eiteljorg Fellowships for Native American Fine Art, worth $20,000 each - Grants - Brief Article
- California arts hung out to dry - Front Page
by Stephanie Cash - City of dreams: the second Valencia Biennial addressed the theme of the "Ideal City," while serving the real-life PR interests of this ambitious, revitalized Spanish metropolis - Report From Valencia
by Richard Vine - Mapping a better world: more than 30 years ago, Helen and Newton Harrison decided to devote themselves to environmentally beneficial art. Their latest project, "Peninsula Europe," envisions nothing less than the greening of most of an entire continent - C
by Eleanor Heartney - Knox Martin at Janos Gat - New York … drawings in the exhibit "Caprichos" are reminiscent of Goya's treatment of nightmare
by Edward Leffingwell - Carter Hodgkin at Cheryl Pelavin - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Gerard McCarthy - Maggie Michael at G Fine Art - Washington, D.C - Brief Article
by Joe Shannon - Hildur Bjarnadottir at Pulliam Deffenbaugh - Portland, Ore
by Sue Taylor - Association of Art Museum Directors - People - Brief Article
- Boston University Art Gallery - People - Brief Article
- The Pew Charitable Trusts has awarded $50,000 Fellowships in the Arts to 12 Philadelphia-area artists in the fields of choreography, music composition and crafts - Grants - Brief Article
- Nasher Sculpture Center opens in Dallas - Front Page - Texas
by Stephanie Cash - Learning from comics: in the 40-plus years since Pop art first brought the comic-strip idiom into galleries, three generations of artists have found inspiration in the medium. A current exhibition suggests a few reasons why - Report From Houston - Critica
by Frances Colpitt - Beyond easy pleasures: the exuberant color and lyrical draftsmanship for which painter Wolf Kahn is best known may, the author suggests, conceal a deeper contemplation
by Robert Berlind - The Royal Art Lodge at the Drawing Center - New York - Winnipeg artists Marcel Dzama, Holly Dzama, Neil Farber, Michael Dumontier, Drue and Myles Langlois, Adrian Williams and Jon Pylypchuk
by Barbara Pollack - Michael Madore at Phyllis Kind - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Peter Gallo - Carl Plansky at Fischbach - New York - exhibition of the artist's works
by Lance Esplund - Evan Levy at Sandler Hudson - Atlanta
by Jerry Cullum - Neal Tait at White Cube - London
by Charlotte Mullins - Toledo [Ohio] Museum of Art - People - Brief Article
- Art Gallery of Hamilton - People - Brief Article
- The Bush Foundation, based in St. Paul, Minn., recently announced the recipients of its 2003 Bush Artist Fellowships to individuals in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and parts of western Wisconsin - Grants - Brief Article
- Iraq's lost art: an ongoing investigation - Front Page - objects stolen from Iraqi National Museum, Baghdad, Iraq
by David Ebony - Dali's folly: Salvador Dali's critically neglected 1939 World's Fair pavilion, site of an erotic underwater fantasia, recently reemerged in a show of rarely seen documents and photos - Annals of Surrealism
by Lewis Kachur - Ursula von Rydingsvard at Galerie Lelong - New York - exhibition of sculpture by the artist
by Nancy Princenthal - May Stevens at Mary Ryan - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Edward Leffingwell - Salvatore Federico at Amos Eno - New York - exhibition of the artist's work - Brief Article
by Lance Esplund - Joelle Tuerlinckx at the Renaissance Society - Chicago
by Susan Snodgrass - Hanspeter Hofmann at Kunsthaus Glarus - Glarus, Switzerland
by Mark Staff Brandl - Bates College Museum of Art - People - Brief Article
- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond recently unveiled its plan for a $100-million expansion and renovation designed by London-based American architect Rick Mather - Museum News - Brief Article
- Aldrich Museum expands - Front Page - Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conn., - Brief Article
- Making it new: despite limited funds and bureaucratic trepidation, Hanoi has a burgeoning art scene that features performance, video and collaborative workshops - Report From Hanoi - Vietnam
by Joe Fyfe - Joel Shapiro at Pace Wildenstein - New York - exhibition of abstract sculptures
by Michael Amy - Matthew Benedict at Alexander and Bonin - New York
by Nancy Princenthal - Judith Murray at Sundaram Tagore - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Michael Amy - Suzan Dionne at ROME Arts - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by J.W. Mahoney - Gillian Brown and Inga McCaslin Frick at I Space - Chicago
by Claire Wolf Krantz - Friederike Feldmann at Galerie Barbara Weiss - Berlin - Brief Article
by David Gleeson - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - People - Brief Article
- The Art Institute of Chicago recently announced that it has received a $2.75-million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Museum News - Brief Article
- Japanese photos: a lesson - Letters - Letter to the Editor
- Basel's Schaulager debuts - Front Page - new museum, Basel, Switzerland
- Smith-o-rama: juxtaposing the work of the late Tony Smith with that of his daughters Kiki and Seton, "The Smiths" hinted at some shared concerns, however divergently addressed - Report From Palm Beach
by Joan Pachner - Jorge Oteiza at Haim Chanin - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Edward Leffingwell - Duncan Hannah at James Graham & Sons and JG/Contemporary - New York
by Lilly Wei - Tony Berlant at Lennon, Weinberg - New York - exhibition of the artist's work
by Michael Amy - Gabriela Machado at Neuhoff - New York - exhibition of the artist's work - Brief Article
by Jonathan Goodman - Kit Keith at William Shearburn - St. Louis
by Mel Watkin - Art schools - Directory