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Art Bytes of 2001
Art Bytes of 2000
Art Bytes of 1999 |
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The Best of 2000 |
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As the first year of the millennium comes to a close, we took the opportunity
to revisit the most popular pieces of Art in the News from the year 2000. These
clever stories remind us that art enters our daily lives in all forms, from sex to
shoes. Read The Best of 2000. |
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Sally Friedman's Still Lifes |
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New York painter Sally Friedman
creates lively and energetic still
lifes that truly delight the
senses. Read Sally Friedman's Still Lifes. |
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Baseball Mania |
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Scilla's graphic, snapshot-like
images and his vivid, pop colors
make him a favorite among
baseball fans, and famous in
baseball circles. Read Baseball Mania. |
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Andrea Zittel's Solitary Confinement |
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Artist Andrea Zittel is best
known for her sculptural
habitats: small, efficient,
carefully crafted environments
that contain all the necessary
elements for living within a tiny
space. Read Andrea Zittel's Solitary Confinement. |
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Socrates Sculpture Park |
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It's hard to believe that little
more than a decade ago,
Socrates Park was an illegal
garbage dump along the river
in New York City's borough of
Queens. Read Socrates Sculpture Park |
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PS1 and MoMA Join Forces |
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When New York's famously
independent art center PS1
forged a partnership with The
Museum of Modern Art last
year, there was much
speculation and debate as to
what that "partnership" would
mean for PS1. Read PS1 and MoMA Join Forces |
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Graffiti for Sale |
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Graffiti has rarely been
considered fine art, but
perhaps that's about to
change. Read Graffiti for Sale |
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A Gem of a Museum: The Norton Simon |
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If you are traveling to
Southern California this
summer, make time for a visit
to The Norton Simon Museum
in Pasadena. Read A Gem of a Museum: The Norton Simon... |
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Storm King Music Festival |
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Storm King is a unique
sculpture park in New York
State that features outdoor
sculpture by famous artists. Read Storm King Music Festival... |
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Donna Sharrett's Momentos |
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At first glance, sculptor Donna
Sharrett's beautiful, unique
creations have the look of
crocheted doilies. Read Donna Sharrett's Mementos... |
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The Fire of Inspiration |
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Many young artists have to
hold down a job to make
ends meet, and often that
job begins to influence their
artwork. Read The Fire of Inspiration... |
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Nikki S. Lee's Camouflage |
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Korean-American photographer Nikki S. Lee infiltrates different ethnic and cultural groups,
becomes friendly with them,
and enlists their assistance
to help her look like them. Read more... |
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2000 Clowns at Illinois State University |
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The gallery at the Illinois State
University is currently home to
2000 Clowns, an exhibition
which includes artwork featuring
clowns made by contemporary
artists such as Bruce Nauman,
Donald Baechler and Thomas
Woodruff. Read more... |
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Are You Going To Drink That? |
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Chateau Mouton-Rothschild has
long produced some of history's
greatest wine. Surprisingly,
Mouton is also readily
associated with fine art. Read more... |
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A Portrait Painter Recieves Her Due |
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Alice Neel followed
her heart and concentrated on
painting the human figure
during a time when abstraction
reigned, in the middle part of
this century. As a result, her
work was not widely
appreciated. Read more... |
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The Art of the Screen |
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Japanese-American
photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto
has produced several series of
works, but perhaps his most
sublime images occur when he
turns his lens on old movie
palaces and drive-ins. Read more... |
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Catherine Chalmers' Food Chain |
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Animals are definitely harmed
in the making of Catherine
Chalmers' photographs.
Chalmers re-stages the natural
actions of predators and prey in
the pristine arena of her studio. Read more... |
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Under the Brooklyn Bridge |
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No where to cool off on a sticky
summer night? How about the
Brooklyn Bridge? Read more... |
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Janet Biggs |
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Janet Biggs is an artist and a
horse trainer, so not
surprisingly the sleek, equine
creatures have become a part
of her video and installation
artwork, usually as metaphors
for sexuality and power. Read more... |
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Sugar-Coated Paintings |
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Using M&M candies and
pigments derived from
Kool-Aid, Martha Benzing
makes paintings you could
honestly call sweet. Read more... |
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Vanessa Beecroft's Fatigue Fetish |
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Vanessa Beecroft's artistic impulse can
seem more than a little
cruel: after making her
performers stand still all day
long, Beecroft invites the
public for the last few hours
to watch them sag and wilt. Read more... |
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100 Famous Views |
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9th century Japanese
printmaker Hiroshige's 100
Famous Views of Edo actually
features 118 images of the
city known today as Tokyo.
Read more. |
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James' Castle of Art |
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A deaf, self-taught artist
who died over 20 years ago
at the age of 77, who never
learned sign language or
how to speak, James Castle
is finally getting his due as
an artist. Read more... |
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Takahashi's Junk |
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Moving? Going out of
business? Got a lot of stuff
you need to get rid of? Call
Tomoko Takahashi. She'll
gladly help you out. Read more... |
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Liza Lou's Beaded World |
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Several large-scale
installations comprised
solely of beads by young
artist Liza Lou shimmered
and glittered in the light of
Vanderbilt Hall, capturing
the attention of anyone
who walked by. Read more... |
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Computer Angst |
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Perry Hoberman's hilarious sculpture helps viewers express their frustration at computers. Read more... |
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The Naked and the Nude - Spencer Tunick's Photographs |
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Throughout history, many an artist has asked people to take off their clothes for art. But Spencer Tunick has taken that approach to new extremes. Read more... |
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Projected Visions |
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Video artist Tony Oursler has become known for projecting moving images of faces onto handmade dolls, white spheres, pillows and other household objects. Read more... |
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Body Art |
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Janine Antoni makes art about the basic everyday processes of the body. Read more... |
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Fleshy Art |
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Jeanne Dunning's new photographs and videos feature an unusual prop. Read more... |
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Peter Garfield's Falling Houses |
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Artist Peter Garfield's photographs appear to represent actual, full-size houses flying through the air. Read more... |
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Artist-Inventor |
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For those in a hurry, why not surround yourself with clocks made out of everyday objects? Sculptor Tim Hawkinson creates functioning timepieces out of soda cans and hairbrushes.
Read more... |
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Stealing=Art |
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Young artist Lisa Levy is taking Picasso's famous remark, "Good artists copy--great artists steal," to a whole new level. Read more... |
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Art in a Volcano |
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Since 1972, artist James Turrell has been planning to alter an extinct volcano near Flagstaff, Arizona to create one of the world's largest works of art. Read more... |
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East Meets West |
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Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat creates photographs and films that comment on the situation of women in Islamic society in a subtle and fascinating way. Read more... |
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Bombs Away! |
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Unusual artist Gregory Green has made a name for himself by making near-complete bombs and guns, and exhibiting diagrams and instructions for making poisons, nuclear devices and missiles. Read more... |
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Photographs of Age |
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Japanese photographer Manabu Yamanaka's recent series is titled "Gyahtei," a Japanese word which loosely translates to "age." Read more... |
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California Artist Remembers Agriculture |
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Not so long ago, the area now known as Silicon Valley was filled with farms and orchards. Read more... |
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Fashion Is Art |
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Nowadays, fashion and art are constantly bumping into each other. Read more... |
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Everything Is Going to Be Alright |
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Onto the over-the-top spectacle that is Times Square in New York City, British artist Martin Creed has inserted his own millennial statement. Read more... |
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No Exit |
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For tourists and commuters passing through New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal, George Segal's "Commuters" sculpture is not exactly a reassuring sight.. Read more... |
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Fear of Flying |
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As you bravely stand underneath one of Nancy Rubins' gigantic "Airplane Parts" sculptures, made up of terrifying pieces of torn and tangled metal salvaged from airplanes, you can't escape the death-defying, awe-inspiring wonders of human flight. Read more... |
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