New York-based photographer Miru Kim makes her solo debut in Korea at Gallery HYUNDAI this month. Kim, who has explored urban ruins around the globe – subway stations, tunnels, sewers, catacombs, hospitals, factories and shipyards – juxtaposes her own, young and healthy body with the ghosts of abandoned industrial sites with haunting self-portraits in a… Continue reading Urban Explorer: Miru Kim Makes Her Korean Solo Debut
Category: Museum
“No Discipline” at MoMA
Creative Playboy: Ron Arad may not be a familiar name to most of the population, but in the art and design world, he’s regarded as a bit of a bad-boy genius, known both for blending the worlds of design, art and architecture and a strong personality. On a recent July morning at MoMA, though, during… Continue reading “No Discipline” at MoMA
Design for a Living World at the Cooper-Hewitt: Not to be Missed
Not to be missed: Design for a Living World at the Cooper-Hewitt, organized by The Nature Conservancy, through January 2010. Ten leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of conservation and design.… Continue reading Design for a Living World at the Cooper-Hewitt: Not to be Missed
“Castles in the Air” by Atticus Adams
The latest installation by Pittsburgh-based artist Atticus Adams is called “Castles in the Air,” 2009. Set in Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory Museum this past May thru June, the installation – which for me simultaneously calls to mind elements as disparate as underwater plantlife, fashion and biology – is made of coated and uncoated aluminum mesh, monofilament,… Continue reading “Castles in the Air” by Atticus Adams
Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”
I’m very excited about this one: From September 2009 thru January 2010, The Met will exhibit Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans. The exhibit will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Americans, Franks’ famous book of black and white photos made on a beat-inflected cross-country road trip from 1955-56. Initially criticized for his depiction of… Continue reading Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”