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exhibitionsLance Armstrong and Nike Bring 'Stages' Art Exhibition to New York
We've followed "Stages," the Nike-sponsored art exhibition to raise awareness and funds for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, from its Los Angeles launch to its Paris debut, and now the show has opened stateside in a dazzling installation at New York's Deitch Projects. The aim of Stages, named for a term that can describe the progression of cancer or a cycling competition, is nothing short of "uniting the worlds of art, philanthropy, and sport in a unique celebration of human potential" through the newly commissioned works of 23 artists, a diverse bunch that includes Ed Ruscha, Cai Guo-Qiang, Christopher Wool, KAWS, Jules de Balincourt, and Rosson Crow. Armstrong hatched the idea with Nike president and CEO (and fellow art collector) Mark Parker to "offer artists a forum in which to convey the Livestrong ideals and portray what the movement means to them and how they see it changing the world." Where the Wilde Things Are
As Richard Wilde, chairman of the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department at New York's School of Visual Arts, celebrates his fortieth year at the College, SVA is recognizing him with a dazzling exhibition of iconic works by more than 100 alumni from throughout his tenure. Designed by Kevin O'Callaghan, "The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture" features a This is Your Life-style slate of design stars—including Rodrigo Corral, Drew Hodges (SpotCo), James Victore, Julia Hoffman (MoMA), Archie Ferguson (HarperCollins), Molly Sheahan (BBDO), and Scott Wadler (MTV Networks)—and their greatest hits, from Pepsi ad campaigns and CD packaging for Eminem to theatrical posters and the irresistible book jacket for James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. The exhibition runs through Saturday, November 7, at the Visual Arts Gallery in New York City, and the sooner you get there, the more time you'll have to spend with the giant old-school TV:
Museum of Arts & Design Showcases Works on Paper that Work on Paper
Print may be dying, but paper endures, whether cut, burned, shredded, scribbled on, or sculpted into elaborate art installations. The Museum of Arts & Design tears into the topic with "Slash: Paper Under the Knife," the third exhibition in its Materials and Process series. On view through April 4 of next year, the exhibition explores the creative possibilities of paper through the works of paper-loving artists such as Olafur Eliasson, who in 2006 reproduced a cross-section of his house (at a scale of 85:1) on 900 sheets of laser-cut paper in a sort of anti-pop-up book, and Kara Walker, whose painstaking paper cut-outs explore themes of race, gender, and the shadier side of American history.
Occupying one corner of the gallery is Pietro Ruffo's "Youth of the Hills" (2008), a six-foot-long tank that is studded with nails and covered in cut paper and Hebrew prayer script. More politically-charged paper sure to please the design crowd is the work of Sangeeta Sandrasegar, whose cut-outs insert war imagery into the distinctive shapes of iconic chairs designed by the likes of Marcel Breuer and Charles and Ray Eames. "The chair and image provoke constructs of looking/seeing: as bystander, spectator, onlooker, observer, and as such the range of power/powerlessness these positions convey," writes Sandrasegar on his blog. "Additionally, between the depicted image of war and the chair template lie other gulfs of of contrast: between first and third worlds, the safe worlds in which designer furniture exists, and the unsafe worlds in which bombs and raids exist, creation and destruction, wealth and poverty." Previously on UnBeige: Irving Penn's 'Small Trades' Get Big Show at Getty Center
Previously on UnBeige:: Georgia on My Mind: O'Keeffe Gets Whitney Show, Lifetime Biopic
SVA Readies Milton Glaser Retrospective
UNStudio's Burnham Pavilion Pulled for Repairs, Zaha Hadid's Also Looking a Bit Worn
While everyone seemed positively aglow over the finally-together Burnham pavilions here in Chicago just last Friday, it appears that things aren't going as hot as they should have. Zaha Hadid's pavilion was rolled out six weeks late early last week, but now its partner, Ben van Berkel and UNStudio's pavilion, is being removed for a few days while it gets patched up after weeks of people crawling all over it. What's worse, less than a week old and already Hadid's pavilion looks as though it's been trampled on too, with many visitors stepping all over its cloth exterior. So who is to blame? According to this piece by Blair Kamin, it's sort of a mix of everyone. Van Berkel and Hadid should have known to build sturdier structures, the city should have shared more concerns with their hired strarchitects, and the American people in general, for being louts (we should note that these aren't Kamin's words -- and we decided to use "louts" as shorthand for what's written in the piece because it's fun to be mean and use the word "louts"). In the end, it seems like the whole thing is a good learning experience for 2109, for Burnham's 200th anniversary celebration. Zaha Hadid's Burnham Pavilion Finally Set to Open Today
After nearly a two month delay, Zaha Hadid's Burnham pavilion is finally set to be unveiled today here in Chicago. First there was the pause at the beginning, which held back Ben van Berkel's temporary structure for a few days until the city's organizers decided that they had to roll at least one out. Then there was another delay at the start of July when Hadid had to find another contractor to finish the job, making it miss the big July 4th Burnham celebrations. But finally we're here and we're on pins and needles just waiting to see it. The Tribune's Blair Kamin recommends you go check it out at dawn or dusk because, and here he states the obvious-because-it's-Hadid-we're-talking-about: "...[it] will seem, more than ever, like an object that has landed from outer space." Also, we're excited about a piece of the pavilion we must have missed in early reports: artist Thomas Gray's video projects inside the structure. Here's a description from Kamin: As captivating as this inside/outside room promises to be, it really will be animated by Gray's video installation. It will make your flat screen TV looking boring. The installation consists of two projectors in the pavilion's back wall and another projector that is hidden in the space between the outer and inner layers of fabric. It's 11 feet high by 24 feet wide. It should engage park visitors and get them excited about the Burnham Plan without being didactic. At the Wolfsonian, Life's a Beach
While the topless number designed in 1964 by Rudi Gernreich is currently raising eyebrows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the full measure of swimsuit history is at The Wolfsonian, where "Beauty on the Beach" explores swimwear design and marketing, and how they shape and reflect popular ideas about fitness, beauty, and glamour. A look at the swimwear industry's use of new materials (Lastex, anyone?) comes just in time for the current debate about performance-enhancing suits. An Early Look at MoMA's Tim Burton Retrospective
A nifty feature over at Art Info who just this week headed to a very, very early press preview for the MoMA's upcoming Tim Burton retrospective. Although the exhibit won't kick off until around Thanksgiving weekend (thus solidifying a massive opening weekend for the museum), the MoMA seems rightly eager to get the word out early. The collection will feature hundreds of pieces, from artwork the director has created to rarely-seen short films to storyboards and various other pieces attached to his larger, well-known movies. Burton was there at the museum for the press tour and explained a bit of the process in assembling the sure-to-be-popular exhibition: ...he had not looked at most of the pieces for years and described the experience as a "reenergizing process" and a way of reconnecting with himself. Apparently, he essentially gave [Assistant Film Curator Ron Magliozzi] free rein over his archives, allowing MoMA to pull what it wished for the show. PreviouslyPhilippe Starck's Louis Ghost Gets Remixed for London Design Week Exhibition Friday Photo: Livestrong Lowrider In Venice, an Artist Thinks Inside the Box Sydney Attempts to Makes Amends with SANAA Fred Tomaselli's Read, White, and Blue Paul Smith's Giant Rabbits Aim to Curb Littering in London Capturing the Lighting of Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall Jerry Saltz Has Few Good Things to Say About the Venice Biennale Zaha Hadid's Burnham Pavilion Not Ready for Friday's Debut Banksy's Top-Secret Hometown Exhibit Launches This Weekend in Bristol Serpentine Pavilion Construction and Tilda Swanson Wants Back Inside Her Big Glass Box Excited Mayor Leads to Scale Model of Chicago for Burnham Plan Anniversary Guggenheim Teams with Google on Shelter Design Contest Report To (and From) This Year's NeoCon Immediately Portraits of the President as a Young Man Put a Little Birdhouse in Your Wright Hosts Ron Gilad's 'Exercise in Utility' Baseman's Holiday: L.A. Exhibition to Celebrate 'Beauty of Bittersweetness of Life' First Look: Rem Koolhaas-Designed Prada Transformer Lands in Seoul Both Home and Abroad for Milan's Design Week First Looks at UNStudio and Zaha Hadid's Burnham Pavilions A Look at Abbott Miller's Everybody Dance Exhibition Zaha Hadid and Ben Van Berkel's Chicago Pavillions to be Unveiled Next Week Glamour Asks Top Female Artists to Define Glamour Lance Armstrong Teams with Nike for 'Stages' Art Tour Parsons Brings Venice Biennale to New York Kit Hinrichs Retrospective Opens at Art Center College of Design Karim Rashid Curates MAD Show of 'Rad' Radiators BMW Art Cars Hit the Road: First Stop, LACMA Design Museum Spotlights Hussein Chalayan Danziger Projects to Exhibit Obama Campaign Graphics, Art, and Photography Alex Katz Gets Fashionable in Paris Stephen Sprouse Mania!: 2009 Brings Retrospective, Book, Website, and New Louis Vuitton Collection Whitney Names Curators of 2010 Biennial Seven Questions for David Font In New Work, Cindy Sherman Becomes Women of a Certain Age Friday Photo: Wall-to-Wall Sol (Lewitt) Inside Autodesk's Lobby/Museum Jeff Koons to Stay in Versailles for Another Month Getty Foundation Gives More Money to Bring Out Post-War Los Angeles Art Met's Costume Institute to Celebrate 'Model as Muse' Review Round-Up of de Montebello's Met Restrospective Pinocchio, Mendacious Boy Puppet, Plunges to Death at Museum What About Bob?: Remembering Robert Rauschenberg Nicolai Ouroussoff Thinks Chanel Pavilion Launch Is Ill-Timed, in Bad Taste Guggenheim Museum to Welcome Overnight Guests (Holler!) Chanel Mobile Art Container Lands in Central Park One Club Looks East with Show Celebrating Chinese Creativity A Taste of Philippe de Montebello King Tut Returns to Conquer America, Solve Museums' Financial Woes Le Corbusier Exhibit Review Round-Up Postmodern Postcard Projects Are Something to Write Home About Friday Photo: Kippenbergermobile Inner Mongolia Is Unlikely Laboratory for Emerging Architects ICA Boston to Host Shepard Fairey's First Solo Museum Show In Project Globe Auction, Sylvia Weinstock Takes the Cake Cartographic Collages Put Josh Dorman on Map Pentagram Does It Like They Do on the Discovery Channel What Comes "After Nature"? Cabins, Kudzu, Headless Horse New Museum Announces International Triennial for Emerging Artists Microchip Inventor Proves Handy with Camera Fred Woodward Hits Home with Photo Show I.D. Annual Design Review Show Opens Tonight at Parsons Between Earth and Heaven Floats Work of John Lautner Loch Ness Monster Spotted in New York Life Is Beautiful, Assures Mr. Brainwash Dale Chihuly, New San Francisco Treat Chris Rubino Creates Times Square Souvenirs for Tourists, Locals Are We Not Men? We Are Artists!: DEVO in Brooklyn Art Breaks Ice in Climate Change Discussion How George Lois Souped Up Esquire The Body Politic: SVA to Showcase Politically-Inspired Fashion Design Campanas Prove Capable, Charismatic Curators at Cooper-Hewitt It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Toast Rack!: "Designed by Architects" at MFAH Last Weekend to Catch California Cool on the East Coast About Those Naked Men at Lever House Viktor & Rolf to Summer in London Putting All Your Eggers in One Art Show Met Preps "Photography on Photography" Diane Keaton Gets All up in Bill Wood's Business V&A Gives New Meaning to 'Made in China' On Deck: Zipora Fried at Moti Hasson Gallery Absolut-ly Fascinating: Robotic Band Plays Your Requests Pieces of MoMA's 'Design and the Elastic Mind' MoMA's Brain-Bending "Design and the Elastic Mind" Exhibition Hello City: Urbanity on Paper Opens Tonight Graphical Alignment: Fella and McFetridge Show Opens at REDCAT In the Twilight Zone with Susanna Thornton When Karl Met Zaha: Chanel Art Pod Debuts Next Week Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge To Align at REDCAT |
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