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Robert Irwin in 1977. Re-installation at the Whitney Museum of...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:04 GMT

Source: waavedada.tumblr.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Robert Irwin in 1977. Re-installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art through Sept. 1. ...

Hit the Beach with Kenny Scharf (and the Whitney Museum)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:10 GMT

Source: www.mediabistro.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The UnBeige summer cottage lacks a proximal beach, pool, swimming hole, pond, or water feature of any sort, and yet we’ve long craved this inner tube in the form of a donut (complete with sprinkles and a notched “bite”) for its resemblance to a work by Kenny Scharf . And so imagine our delight upon learning that the Whitney Museum was cooking up some summer treats with the artist himself. With this pair of exclusive-to-the-Whitney-Shop products, art lovers can float their cares away on a whimsical yet possibly demonic inflatable pool toy –inspired by a Scharfian scheme for an unrealized public art project–and then dry off with the beach towel , nearly six feet of colorful cotton printed with Scharf’s 2008 painting “Introducing…. The Hot Dog.” New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media . ...

Whitney Museum Screens Ashley Hunt’s Prison Documentary Corrections

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:42 GMT

Source: blog.calarts.edu --- Monday, June 17, 2013
On Tuesday (June 18), artist, filmmaker and co-director of the CalArts Program in Photography and Media Ashley Hunt screens his 57-minute film, Corrections , at The Kitchen in New York. Presented by the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program , the 2001 film is accompanied by an introduction by writer Nathan Schneider . The film is part of an ongoing interdisciplinary project The Corrections Documentary Project , in which Hunt investigates the institution of the prison, and more specifically, how incarceration helps structure and preserve racial and economic divisions within society. The film looks at the privatization of the prison system, “exposing the conflict between for-profit corporations focused on pleasing investors and the communities which must deal with the consequences of high incarceration rates.” More from the Whitney Museum : Probing further to explore links between political campaign strategies and the increasing penalties for nonviolent crimes, Hunt uncovers a complex system of desires and incentives that lie behind the growth of the American prison system. In the process, incarceration emerges as a means of maintaining the status quo in times of social change. At times darkly humorous and devastatingly pointed, Hunt reminds us of the ulterior motives that warp the rule of law to impinge upon freedom in the name of order, and the dangers of turning a blind eye to the consequences. Schneider, who will introduce ...

We're reinstalling "Scrim veil-Black rectangle-Natural light, Whitney Museum of...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:49:26 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
We're reinstalling "Scrim veil-Black rectangle-Natural light, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York," the large-scale work that Robert Irwin created specifically for the fourth floor of the Museum in 1977. The artist spoke with The New York Times about resurrecting the work, which opens June 27. Back at the Whitney, Tinkering With Perception www.nytimes.com Robert Irwin’s installation “Scrim Veil — Black Rectangle — Natural Light,” last seen on the Whitney Museum’s fourth floor in 1977, will be back through Sept. 1. ...

ALEX KATZ: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Source: www.artfixdaily.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
Nassau County Museum of Art presents a solo exhibition of works by Alex Katz, one of America’s most important and honored living artists. Alex Katz: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art opens on June 29 and remains on view through October 13, 2013. This exhibition includes the enormous and brilliantly-colored portraits of family and friends that are a hallmark of the artist’s career as well as early landscapes and collages. The presentation draws upon the Whitney’s extensive ... ...