By Scott Thorp
“Hackers are free people, just like artists who wake up in the morning in a good mood and start painting,” stated Russian President Vladimir Putin as he denied Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election (1). This is funny (ironic) coming from Putin. But in the overall spectrum of things, [...]
Carnegie Museum of Art - Pittsburgh
Curated by Tina Kukielski
By Stephen Knudsen
No longer do most of us give a second thought to the invasion of lowbrow [pop]ulism in the elitist white cube. Warhol’s Marilyns and Elvises have begotten Koon’s puppies, Hirst’s sharks, Murakami’s superflats, and much more. The ubiquity of such work asks a simple question: [...]
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
By Irina Leyva-Pérez
Technology has invaded our daily lives in a permanent and dominant way. So it is not a surprise that artists have found inspiration in the equipment that they use every day. Cory Arcangel is one such artist, and “The Sharper Image,” his recent exhibition at MOCA Miami, is [...]
By Domenico Quaranta
“Where is reality? Can you show it to me?”
Heinz Von Foerster 1
Reality Construction and Simulation
The relationship between media and reality has been debated since the very beginning of Western culture. The two main keywords at stake here are: representation and construction. According to the first, media portray reality; according to the second, [...]
MOCA North Miami
March 11 - May 9, 2010
The first comprehensive US museum survey for the artworks of Cory Arcangel, a pioneer in the use of digital technologies in contemporary art, is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami. The exhibition features significant works created from 2002 to the present, including new [...]
Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami
March 25 - May 10, 2009
By Bryan Barcena
Presented with the concept of an exhibition focusing on abstract cinema, one might expect a museum full of large black cubic theatres, projecting images akin to the kind you would find on your computer’s desktop screensaver; frigid mechanical op-art that would seem [...]
Cory Arcangel, Davide Balula, Tobias Bernstrup, Heman Chong, Peter Coffin, Matias Faldbakken, Cao Fei, Kim Fisher, Claire Fontaine, K48, Chris Kraus, Nicolas Lobo, Martin Oppel, PHILIP, Lisi Raskin, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Julika Rudelius, Mungo Thomson
MOCA at Goldman Warehouse - Wynwood Art District, Miami
December 4, 2008 - March 21, 2009
By Irina Leyva-Pérez
The uncertainty of the future [...]
