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Opening 6/16: Re-Covering @ Untitled Gallery (MCR), 6/17: AUDiNT @ Art in General (NYC)

OPENING THIS WEEK…

Creativity, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 2011, glitter, neon and gel pen on vellum and paper, glitter foil on board, acetate, paper, ribbon, wood, 4.25 x 7 x 0.75 in / 11 x 18 x 2 cm

Creativity, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 2011, glitter, neon and gel pen on vellum and paper, glitter foil on board, acetate, paper, ribbon, wood, 4.25 x 7 x 0.75 in / 11 x 18 x 2 cm

6/16: Preview for Re-Covering at Untitled Gallery, Manchester, UK
June 17–July 31
Preview: Thursday, June 16, 6-9pm

I re-designed the cover of Mihaly Csizkzentmihalyi’s Creativity—the form doubles as a creativity test—for this group show in Manchester, UK.

Curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson, Re-Covering is an exhibition of works by 40 local and international artists who redesign the cover of an influential book onto a reclaimed piece of oak from school libraries. Displayed on an installation of shelves, the works are standard paperback size (110mm x 178mm x 15mm).

Artists: David Shrigley, Billy Childish, Harry Hill, Magda Archer, Robert Casselton Clark, Laurence Lane, Mike Chavez-Dawson, Jane Chavez-Dawson, Monica Biagioli, Brian Reed, Lisa Slominski, Mr&Mrs, Andrew Bracey, Lee Machell, Paul Cordwell, Richard Healy, Nick Jordan, John Hyatt, Naomi Kashiwagi, Bren O’Callaghan & Mandy Tolley, Paul Stanley, Kai-Oi Jay Yung, David Alker, Ben Cove, Stratton Barrett & Peter Wankowicz, Cecilia Wee, Jake Geczy, Roisin Byrne, Christine Wong Yap, Ludovica Gioscia, Julie Hammonds & Kit Hammonds, Jason Minsky, Mark Haig & Sarah Perks, Ed Barton, Daniel Staincliffe, Margaret Cahill, Contents May Vary, Elizabeth Leeke, The Centre of Attention, Steve Hawley, Lee Campbell, The Confraternity of Neoflagellants & BABEL Working Group, Nicola Dale.

Concurrent programming includes The Reading, a multiple writers’ residency that will be projected live across multiple screens in Manchester including Cornerhouse, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, CUBE, Chinese Arts Centre, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, and The Reading Room Collection, MMU Library.

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Opening 6/17: AUDiNT’s Dead Record Office @ Art in General, NYC
June 17–July 23

I helped out with the build in this immersive audio installation. Unfortunately I won’t be there for the opening (which is probably going to be Friday night, 6-8pm; double-check first!), but it is shaping up to be a really neat show. If you haven’t been to Art in General, go check them out! I think they have a great space and do really interesting shows, and it’s actually really easy to get there, just off Canal Street.

AUDiNT, short for “Audio Intelligence” is a collaborative, research team comprised of artists and scholars Steve Goodman, Toby Heys and Jon Cohrs. Their upcoming exhibition, Dead Record Office, explores the historical and fictitious relationship between sound and warfare.

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CLOSING TODAY, 6/12…
Procedural
MacArthur B Arthur, 4030 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA

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LOOKING FORWARD TO…

San Francisco

Through July 16
Stephanie Syjuco: Raiders!
Catherine Clark Gallery

Through July 30
Ranu Mukherjee: Absorption into the Nomadic and Luminous
Frey Norris Modern & Contemporary

Through June 26
Metric: Dana Hemenway and Anthony Ryan; Curated by Jessica Brier
Park Life Gallery

June 17–July 23
Opening Friday, June 17, 6-8pm
Chromaticism: Elijah Burgher, James Chronister, Richard Kent Howie, Cybele Lyle; Curated by Liz Wing
NOMA Gallery
[Super bummed to miss the last day of Ryan Thayer‘s gadget photograms]


Bay Area

June 18 to September 17
Zombie-Proof House
Anthony Discenza, HalfLifers (Torsten Z. Burns and Anthony Discenza), Suzanne Husky, Inka Hoots (Joshua Short and Joel Dean Stockdill), Packard Jennings, Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao, Whitney Lynn, Julio Cesar Morales, Lucy Puls, and Carol Selter.
di Rosa, Napa, CA

Through July 1
Steven Barich: Zen with a Kickstand
bayVAN/Branch Gallery, 455 17th St. Suite 301, Oakland, CA

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Sights

See: KleinReid’s Luster Tiles

I couldn’t stop examining David Reid’s gold luster tile at La Mama La Galleria (in Mixed Messages, a Visual Aids show through July 3, including Leveller* by Amanda Curreri). Have a look at the Luster Tiles series.

The materials are baffling: it looks like a solid brass plaque from the side, but the front looks like a front-surface gold mirror with milk glass fused in, but the face is super smooth, in a continuous surface. It’s actually glazed porcelain, so I guess the sense of depth comes from the reflective gold next to the translucent white. It’s really neat, and surprisingly affordably priced. Put Showtime on my wish list!

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*A preceding cousin, I only realized lately, to my you&me/me&you pillow. As HWT put it recently, “I can’t tell if you’re influencing me or I’m influencing you!?”

 

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6/1: Headlands’ Benefit Art Auction

Being an Affiliate Artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts (2007–2009) was of my formative art community experiences. I’m happy to help support their programming by donating a work to their forthcoming auction.

Christine Wong Yap, Banner #6, 2011, photograph printed in color laser on acetate, holographic gift bag, 12 x 9 in.

Christine Wong Yap, Banner #6, 2011, photograph printed in color laser on acetate, holographic gift bag, 12 x 9 in.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Headlands Center for the Arts’ 2011 Benefit Art Auction

Herbst International
Exhibition Hall in the Presidio
385 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129
5:30 pm Preview Reception
6:30 General Admission

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Sights

See: New print by Robert Bechtle: The Sunset District

After nine months in NYC, I’m really missing California. So when this image popped up in my inbox, it was perfect. Robert Bechtle—whose station wagon painting in the SFMOMA collection impressed me as a young artist—has updated the suburban blandness with a new print from Crown Point Press. Strong California sunlight on immaculate, impersonal Sunset district houses. So familiar, yet so far off in the outer avenues.

Robert Bechtle, Three Houses on Pennsylvania Avenue, 2011

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Sights

See: Off the Page, Risa Puno

Digital art books?

In “Off the Page” (Frieze Magazine, Issue 139), Sarah Hromack reviews Paul Chan’s Badlands Unlimited publishing venture. It’s an opportunity for readers to consider the future of digital artist’s books. It’s an interesting read—have a look!

Psychology in art

I was recently introduced to the work of Risa Puno, a NYC based sculpture/installation/media artist. Many of her themes (such as pseudo-scientifically addressing and registering emotional states, offering sensations targeted at psychological responses) and media (spotlights!) really resonate with me and my work. You can see lots of Risa’s past projects at her website.

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Sights

See: The irrepressibly exuberant paper assemblages by Michael Velliquette at DCKT Contemporary

Michael Velliquette, Lil' Orphist 2010 paper, acrylic, gator board, glue 13 ½ x 10 x 3”; 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 3 3/4" mounted.

Michael Velliquette, Lil' Orphist, 2010, paper, acrylic, gator board, glue, 13 ½ x 10 x 3”; 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 3 3/4" mounted. Source: DCKTcontemporary.com.

By luck, I caught the penultimate day of Michael Velliquette’s solo show, Awaken and Free What Has Been Asleep, at DCKT Contemporary.

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