Together, BP and the National Portrait Gallery Host An Impressive Show !
20 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Expert skill, technique and imagination now showing in a a variety of renditions of portaits at the National Portrait Gallery
Author: VC Maurer
VC Maurer, is an aspiring art critic, columnist, and art journalist. With a dual degree in Art History and Religious Studies, she also obtains a masters degree in Curating Contemporary Design from London, UK. Currently she lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, BK.
FAD Interviews Iranian Artist: Afshin Naghouni
20 June 2013 • VC Maurer
“Before the accident I had full function of my wrist and of my fingers which I don’t have now. I used to paint in very fine detail and played it very safe, but now I am forced to execute bolder and more intense brush strokes with a deeper expressionistic approach than before. But what has not changed is the fact that I have to be involved in every step of the process of my paintings. ” Click to read more…
hUman ZoO installation forces viewers to confront common social stereotypes
19 June 2013 • VC Maurer
The controversial installation featured former criminals, punks and single mothers, and homeless people in cages at Hamburg’s cultural center.
Dazed Digital presents: Hack your future week! Revealing how artists are hacking the world one click at a time
19 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Part of a series of articles about creative online subversion, #HackYourFuture, is now live and running on Dazed Digital. A different guest-editor will discuss a different discipline everyday. This is online art organisation Rhizome’s Heather Corcoran on artists, hacking and action.
GOSEE: Keep your Timber Limber (works on paper) @ICALondon
18 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Curated by Sarah McCrory, the exhibition draws on the way artists turned to the commercial realms of comics, fashion and illustration to revitalise drawing within the visual arts – many of the works in Keep Your Timber Limber (Works on Paper) were originally produced for a commercial context.
Carrol/Fletcher Gallery present:Thomson & Craighead’s ‘Never Odd or Even’ from now until 13th of July
18 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Interested in how information about the world is filtered through the prism of the world wide web, and other forms of information technology, Thomson & Craighead play with this data to create poetic, compelling works that ask fundamental questions about what it is to be human.
Demolition of New York Graffiti Center 5Pointz on Track Despite Community Disapproval
17 June 2013 • VC Maurer
it will not affect plans for 5Pointz’s demolition
Hayward touring exhibtion, ‘The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things’ now at Nottingham Contemporary until 30th of June
17 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Turner prize winning artist Mark Leckey curates an exhibtion of historical and contemporary works of art inhabit an ‘enchanted world’ where technology brings inanimate “things” to life.
Toynbee studios presents: Two Degrees Festival from the 17th until 22nd of June
17 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Two Degrees festival asks viewers what is broken in the worlds of climate, consumerism, and community and what can we do to mend it?
In the name of art! French artist Orlan sues Lady Gaga for plagiarism
17 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Orlan is suing Lady Gaga and the fench subsidiary of Universal music for $31.7 million claiming she has stolen her facial implants!
VIDEO: Tiny figures with a big history: street artist Marcus Crocker teams up with British Red Cross
15 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Starting 17th June 2013, hand sculpted figurines representing a number of iconic Brits will be dotted across five sites in London in a campaign to encourage people to share images and thoughts at each location during RefugeeWeek
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead 2013: Top Five Galleries To See
15 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Affordable Art Fair 2013 top five galleries to check out if one manages to have the time and money to venture out to the beautiful Hampstead Heath this weekend.
Rough Trade Records to release: “Let’s Start A Pussy Riot” at Meltdown 2013
14 June 2013 • VC Maurer
The book includes an exploration of the concept of Future Feminism, asking how we can move forward and unite different voices and generations to create an inspiring dialogue.
Basquiat’s CV sells at Sotheby’s for 50,000 USD!
14 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Handwritten when he was 20, the document acts as a comical curriculum vitae where the “education” title is purposefully mispelled, crossed out , and then rewritten. His list of references include: Andy Warhol, Tennessee Williams and Dick Tracey
ArtPics: Installation of Melting Men .
12 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo’s series of installations titled The Army of Melting Men use ice as a medium to provoke viewer’s thoughts on the effects of global warming.
Art Pics: Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair 2013
10 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Pictures from yesterdays Vauxhall Car Boot Fair
Berlinde De Bruyckere’s Twisted Sculpture of ‘Tree’s And Human Flesh’
10 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Belgian based artist Berlinde De Bruyckere challenges viewers at 2013 Venice Biennale by making them second guess whether they are looking at a tree trunk or human flesh.
British Photographer Alastair Philip Wiper documents world’s largest Solar Furnace
8 June 2013 • VC Maurer
The world’s largest solar furnace and wave-reflecting chambers are captured in this series of images documenting the architecture of science and research facilities by British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper
ArtPics: Chinese artist Liu Bolin as the camouflaging invisible man in his Gun Rack series
7 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Liu Bolin, or the man behind the camouflaging Invisible Man photo series – was in New York this past weekend promoting his latest exhibition dubbed “Mask.”
Something For The Weekend: Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair 2013
7 June 2013 • VC Maurer
Celebrating 10 years of fun and frivolity, the UK’s hottest annual art fair, the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair is gearing up to be another un-missable event, featuring over 70 renowned artists including….
Shepard Fairey expresses solidairty with Turkish protestors
6 June 2013 • VC Maurer
With a well known reputation known to take a political stance in his works, Los Angeles based graphic designer, Shepard Fairey recently released a portrait of the former Turkish leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, on his OBEY Giant website this week.
Titans of tech and architecture, Mark Zuckerberg and Frank Gehry team up to make Facebook even Bigger
6 June 2013 • VC Maurer
This 100,000 square foot (at $70 Dollars per square ft) business venture will include an interior designed by legendary architect, Frank Gehry.