e premte, 18 shtator 2009

Blog: Sandow Birk


“Qur'an Fusion” discusses Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an:”

“At a time when the United States is involved in two wars against Islamic nations and declares itself to be in a cultural and philosophical struggle against Islamic extremists, American artist Sandow Birk’s latest project considers the Qur’an as it was intended – as a universal message to humankind.”

Koplin Del Rio Gallery
6031 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Reception: September 8, 2009

http://www.artslant.com


Grand Central Art Center Blog features Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an.”

http://grandcentralartcenterblog.blogspot.com

Exhibition: Packard Jennings


“Postcards From Our Awesome Future” by Packard Jennings and Steve Lambert

Part of the San Francisco Arts Commission Art on Market Street Project that “enlists local artists to create original posters” to “provide round-the-clock access to contemporary art for thousands of pedestrians.”

Date: September 27 - November 15, 2009
http://www.bedfordgallery.org

Blog: Andy Diaz Hope


Pages 46-47 and page 60 of inGENmagazine feature an interview with Andy Diaz Hope and Laurell Roth about their collaborative work in the article, “Exploring the Future Tenses.”

“Their body of work examines humanity’s role in wrestling control over the evolutionary process from nature and the future ramifications of this fetish...”

http://ingenmagazine.com

Blog: Ellen Kooi


Ellen Kooi photography is featured in the blog AMERICANSUBURB X Gallery

http://www.americansuburbx.com

Exhibition: Ellen Kooi


Ellen Kooi photography show at the Torch Gallery.

Torch Gallery
Lauriergracht 94
1016 RN Amsterdam
Netherlands

September 19th - October 24th

http://www.artslant.com/ams

Art Auction: Ken Goldberg


“Support the ‘Renegade Liberal’ Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey at an event and art auction not to missed,” featuring work by Ken Goldberg.

Where: Renegade Art and Democracy
When: October 4th, 2009

The Gardens at Cornerstone
23750 Arnold Dr
Sonoma CA 95476
www.cornerstonegardens.com

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/

Blog: Sandow Birk


Nathan Spoor discusses Sandow Birk’s most recent work:
“In possibly his most ambitious and controversial statement to date, Southern California high-concept artist Sandow Birk embarks on a mission to present his own, personal journey into understanding and re-interpreting the Koran.”

September 2 2009

http://www.juxtapoz.com

Exhibition: Ray Beldner


"The Seduction of Duchamp: The Bay Area’s Reaction" an exhibition presented at The Slaughterhouse Space, DuChamp Winery, featuring work by Ray Beldner.

October 3 – 7 November 2009

http://www.slaughterhousespace.com

Blog: Anthony Discenza


The SF MoMa Blog interviews Anthony Discenza about his newest work, "The Street Signs Project." This project entails, “installing, without permission, a series of street signs attached to sidewalk poles on Minna Street, near SFMOMA.”

Date: September 16, 2009

http://blog.sfmoma.org

e premte, 11 shtator 2009

Press: Sandow Birk


Various blog discussion of Sandow Birk's "American Qur'an."

Laila Lalami Blog
Date: September 8 2009
A blog entry discussing and critiquing Sandow Birk’s, “American Qur’an:” “All in all, this struck me as a highly personal project, in which an artist tries to make sense of the Qur’an on a highly personal level.”
http://lailalalami.com

Dangerous Minds Blog
Date: August 31 2009
A blog discussing and featuring, “images from LA-based Sandow Birk‘s effort to ‘hand-transcribe the entire Qur’an according to historic Islamic traditions and to illuminate the text with relevant scenes from contemporary American life.’”
http://www.dangerousminds.net

Daily DuJour Blog
Date: September 3 2009
An exhibition announcement for Sandow Birk at Koplin del Rio: “The shows contents has already received tremendous press from the NY Times, LA Times and many many more, as the gallery is unsure whether or not to expect protesters. Go see for yourself.”
http://dailydujour.com

Exhibition: Lincoln Schatz in Shanghai



Lincoln Schatz is featured in Shanghai at “eARTS BEYOND,” which “features works by Michael Joaquin Grey, Manfred Mohr, Lincoln Schatz, and Björn Schülke.”

Exhibition runs September 10 – 20

http://www.bitforms.com

Blog: Al Farrow, Sandow Birk featured in Practicing Objectivity



Practicing Objectivity Blog by John K. Melvin

An announcement for the Catharine Clark Gallery’s exhibition of Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” and Al Farrow’s work in September 2009.

http://johnkmelvin.blogspot.com

Lecture: leonardogillesfleur at Universidad de Belgrano


Artist leonardogillesfleur lectures at Universidad de Belgrano in September. His lecture focuses on the ways image exist in space and space within image, focusing on the “development of critical dialogue as a form of group study and exploration of space.”
http://www.ub.edu.ar

Press: Jonathan Solo at the Berkeley Art Center


Press reviews of the Berkeley Art Center’s juried members exhibition “Works on Paper,” featuring two works by Jonathan Solo. The exhibition runs through September 20 2009.

Berkeley Art Center
1275 Walnut St., Berkeley
www.BerkeleyArtCenter.org
510-644-6893

East Bay Express
Date: September 2 2009
“Paper View”
http://www.eastbayexpress.com


The Berkeley Daily
Date: September 3 2009
http://www.berkeleydaily.org


Daily Serving
Date: September 4 2009
http://www.dailyserving.com

Acquisitions: LACMA acquires Sandow Birk piece



LACMA Aquires prints from Sandow Birk’s, “Depravities of War”
Date: September 8 2009

“The Prints and Drawings department is very pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Sandow Birk’s poignant and monumental suite of fifteen woodblock prints entitled ‘The Depravities of War.’”

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org

Video: Sandow Birk on SPARK



KQED Spark Interview with Sandow Birk featuring his work “In Smog and Thunder.”

“See why Sandow Birk believes that San Francisco is the perfect setting for a journey through heaven and hell.”

Date: June 2006

http://www.youtube.com

Video: Catharine Clark Interview


Interview with Catharine Clark at the Catharine Clark Gallery, featuring footage of Julie Heffernan’s exhibition, “Broken Homes” and Adam Chapman’s, “Starling Drawings.”

“GALLERY CRAWL checks out Patricia Sweetow and Catharine Clark's new digs, exploring a wide range of portraiture, from Jonathan Burstein's collages to Julie Heffernan's self-portraits.”

Date: September 2008
http://www.youtube.com

Video: Thorsten Brinkmann


Excerpt footage from “Gut Ding will es so,” a video from the “Remix” exhibition at Catharine Clark Gallery in 2009.

Date: August 11 2009

http://www.youtube.com

Video: PULSE Art Fair '09 features Catharine Clark Artists


Footage from the PULSE Art Fair 2009, featuring artists Julie Heffernan, Andy Diaz Hope, Christoph Drager Sandow Birk, and Al Farrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BZ-ZDKJ-jw

Video: Matt Heckert on YouTube

YouTube video featuring an installation of Hatt Heckert at the Catharine Clark Gallery: “Fencers are two identical machines controlled by a MAX patch running on a MAC.

February 2005

www.youtube.com

Video: Lincoln Schatz in GOOD/Video


GOOD/Video: "Inventions Series"

September 9, 2009

A video of Lincold Schatz’ video work, “Brainsharing:” “As a cutting-edge video artist, Lincoln Schatz is familiar with the different ways in which we perceive the world. It is no surprise, then, that for our Inventions series, Schatz should invent a device that allows us to see the world through someone else's mind.”

www.good.is/post/inventions-brain-sharing

Exhibititon: Julie Heffernan at the Lehman College Art Gallery


Lehman College Art Gallery: "Beyond Apparences"
September 10 through December 1.

“Curated by Susan Hoeltzel and Patricia Cazorla, this exhibition presents a sample of contemporary approaches to portraiture through painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, and installation.”

Lehman College Art Gallery
Bedford Park, Boulevard West, Bronx.
718-960-8731


Date: September 9, 2009

Press: Julie Heffernan in Web blog


Julie Heffernan’s work is shown on the Webblog Lunatica Desnude.

Date: September 9, 2009


www.lunaticadesnuda.blogspot.com