From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Massive Links! Miscellany Edition

by Paddy Johnson on June 23, 2010

Massive Links is back! Thoughts on thoughts: a response to Dan Fox’s observation that there are surprisingly few images illustrating the fall of the stock market; I talk to Andrew Andrew on East Village Radio; Hyperallergic raises $1300 for Pocket Utopia’s social school and free art’s camp for kids!

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Hello AFC Redesign! Nice to Meet You!

by Paddy Johnson on June 22, 2010

Art Fag City freshens up its look a little. This means a cleaner front page design, show recommendations, social media up the wazoo, mobile plug-ins, and more. It also means BETTER COMMENTS.

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Polaroid: Instant Joy at AM Richard Fine Art, starting 06/19/10

by David Harper on June 21, 2010

Polaroid: Instant Joy Date: Saturday, June 19th 2010 – Saturday, July 31st 2010 Venue: AM Richard Fine Art, 328 Berry Street, Williamsburg Who doesn’t love the instant gratification of a Polaroid? Curated by photographer Andrew Garn, this exhibition includes some well-known artists (Chuck Close, Sally Mann, William Wegman) but also many new names like Brendan Carroll and […]

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Condensations of the Social at Smack Mellon, starting 06/19/10

by David Harper on June 21, 2010

Condensations of the Social Date: Saturday, June 19th 2010 – Sunday, August 1st 2010 Venue: Smack Mellon, 92 Plymouth Street This show connects contemporary artistic practice to the influential works of Tim Rollins + K.O.S. and Mierle Laderman Ukeles and includes works by 8 artists/students from Portland State University’s MFA concentration in Art and Social Practice. Curated by Sara Reisman, […]

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Tom of Finland and then some at Feature, Inc., starting 06/25/10

by David Harper on June 21, 2010

Artist: Tom of Finland and then some Date: Friday, June 25th 2010 – Saturday, July 31st 2010 Venue: Feature, Inc., 131 Allen Street Feature Inc doesn’t offer much information about this exhibition but you can’t go wrong with the over the top and drool-worthy beefcake drawings by the late Tom of Finland. The “and then some” of […]

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Brion Nuda Rosch at DCKT Contemporary, starting 06/25/10

by David Harper on June 21, 2010

Artist: Brion Nuda Rosch Date: Friday, June 25th 2010 – Friday, August 20th 2010 Venue: DCKT Contemporary, 195 Bowery San Francisco-based artist Brion Nuda Rosch makes collages and sculptures from found materials. While this trend of assemblage may be ubiquitous to the point of becoming overexposed, Rosch’s simple, subtle works exhibit unusual elegance. This is the […]

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Carol Bove, Sterling Ruby, Dana Schutz in New York on 06/30/10

by Art Fag City on June 21, 2010

Artist: Carol Bove, Sterling Ruby, Dana Schutz Date: Wednesday, June 30th 2010 – Monday, August 30th 2010 Venue: Andrea Rosen Gallery, 525 West 24th Street What do these three artists dubbed with AFC nicknames have in common: “prison guy” (Sterling Ruby), “reference artist” (Carol Bove) and “figuration queen” Dana Schutz? I can’t find an obvious link which is […]

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The Perils of Ignoring Syphilis

by Paddy Johnson on June 21, 2010

A bit of dialogue from Melanie Gilligan’s 2008 online film sequence Crisis in the Credit System. One ritual amongst investors was to visit Lady Luck, a renowned prostitute…at the height of the boom thousands were seeing her. Lady Luck could make a man see the future, spend the night with her and you’d be charmed. If you […]

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Art Fag City at the L Magazine: “The Origin of Art Fag City (Or, Why Paddy Will Never Return to the Farm)”

by Paddy Johnson on June 21, 2010

I’m not sure what inspired the good folks at The L Magazine to pair above photo of Superman’s birth with my article on how Art Fag City came to be, but I’ll take it as a compliment. As always, the teaser below: My countless talks at art schools are having an unexpected effect. I’m reflecting […]

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