The Linda Benglis retrospective opened at the New Museum back in February, but I just got around to seeing it this past weekend. I’m so glad I can give everyone a head’s up in time to see this exhibit, because it is fantastic. This current exhibition is the artist’s first retrospective in twenty years – and the first one ever in New York.
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Stephanie Lempert’s Reconstructed Reliquaries at Claire Oliver Gallery
Even if you’re a jaded art scenester who thinks he’s seen every kind of art on the planet, I’d venture a guess that you’ve not seen anything like the sculptures of Stephanie Lempert that make up Reconstructed Reliquaries; the latest exhibit at Claire Oliver Gallery in Chelsea. For Reconstructed Reliquaries, Lempert interviewed close to 100 people from all walks of life, exploring the rationale behind the reasons certain memories stay with us and why we form attachments to particular objects.
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Margaret Thatcher Projects Gallery Presents Venske & Spänle’s Wanderlust
Yesterday was the first “no coat required” day to grace NYC weather in about 2 months, so I took advantage of the pleasant outsider conditions to venture across town to a few galleries on West 23rd Street. While I had missed the opening party on Thursday, I wanted to make sure I saw the Wanderlust exhibit currently on view at Margaret Thatcher Projects. You can see by these pictures that it was worth trip.
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Franco Recchia’s Recycled Computer Part Sculpture Comes to NYC’s Agora Gallery
Manhattan
If you’ve ever wondered what the parts inside of a computer box might look like if reworked into a tiny sculpture of the NYC Skyline, now’s your chance to find out. You’ve probably seen his work on the Internet, but now Franco Recchia’s “circuit board cityscapes” – all composed entirely of cast-off electronic parts – can be seen up close in the exhibition The Odyssey Within: An Exhibition of Fine Art by Greek and Italian Artists which opens at NYC’s Agora Gallery this Thursday, December 16, 2010.
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Bacon Thing of the Day: Bust of Kevin Bacon Made From Bacon
Bacon, Kevin Bacon
This life-size bust of actor Kevin Bacon, made from actual bacon bits coated with multiple layers of lacquer to preserve its inedible beauty, goes up for sale by auction today on eBay, with proceeds from its sale benefitting children’s cancer charity Ashley’s Team. The auction ends October 9, 2010 at 1:30 PM Pacific time, so get bidding!
AOL News has a very entertaining and informative story about the impetus for creating the Bacon Bust, and how it was made, at This Link.