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In Our Masthead: Liv Moe

by Art Fag City on January 12, 2009


Liv Moe, Pretty Lady With Dog, 2008, print, 17.5 x 36 inches

American identity as demonstrated in the eyes of dolls and ceramics may seem largely wide eyed, which isn’t to say capturing innocence features prominently in the work of our latest masthead artist, Liv Moe. More than anything these documented objects appear almost innocent, (except of course for the home made plush penis chair/sleeping bag). The sexualized headless photographs of wigs with fruit and mistletoe, the psychedelic acid tripping chocolate bunny, and the conservatively dressed bossom birthing a bird each pit our pre-existing understanding of common cultural iconography against the uncommon representation of such tropes. The result is a unique and unexpected look at American expression.


Liv Moe, Heft, 2008, Digital print, 18 x 24 inches

Artist’s Bio
Born in Fargo, ND in 1976, Liv Moe is an artist, curator, and writer who currently lives and works in Sacramento, California. Through her work Moe traces a distinct American history through the use of mundane domestic objects and discarded personal possesions. In recent years Moe’s creations have employed everything from children’s bed linens, wigs, and brick brack, to the Crosley Automobile. The results can at times be funny or absurd while at others charming and poignant. Moe’s projects have included sculpture, documentary film, digital photography, and kinetics.

In addition to her work Moe also publishes a Sacramento arts and culture magazine with her husband Tim Foster called the Midtown Monthly and serves as co-director of the Verge Gallery and Studio Project, a mixed-used art center in Sacramento.

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In Our Masthead: Kari Altmann, A Summary

by Art Fag City on January 5, 2009

Kari Altmann was gracious enough to make Art Fag City a masthead every day for the month of December, so I’m posting the summation of the work collectively titled Blackmouth Cyber Monday Sale below.  I’m probably biased but I think the piece is remarkable.  Truly capturing the consumer spirit of the holidays, Altmann’s fun yet […]

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In Our Masthead: Kari Altmann, Blackmouth Cyber Monday Sale

by Art Fag City on December 1, 2008


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Tired of the same image day after day in the Art Fag City masthead? Short attention span readers consider consider your woes answered. Changing the header image each day this month, Baltimore artist Kari Altmann will count down the New Year in our masthead. Her series “Blackmouth Cyber Monday Sale”, references the artist’s recently received spam, the masthead images including an assortment of found, made, and captured media objects. Their quick turn over rate mirrors the rate of image consumption on the web, while demanding a level of performance from the artist the web frequently asks of its users.

As a means of keeping track of the artist’s work, this featured artist page will serve as an ongoing archive of all the Altmann mastheads.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Kari often explores the current state of consumption in the virtual and physical realms of her work. She has grown up alongside the internet participating in social networks and the medium of the rss feed. She still maintains a blog, myspace, flickr, blingee, and many more under the name “blackmoth“, and like many online artists views this scattered network of material as an atlas, sketchbook, exhibition, and performance of its own.

BIOGRAPHY
Kari Altmann is an interdisciplinary artist based in Baltimore and New York who received her BFA in Film and Video from MICA in 2008. She is the co-founder and curator of Netmares / Netdreams, the Super + + blog, and the new trouble-making collective R-U-IN?S.

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In Our Masthead: Media Artist Jason Corace

by Art Fag City on November 10, 2008

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Jason Corace, Night Beyond Night, 2008

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Jason Corace is a media artist and educator living in NYC. He works in a collaborative studio called DoubleTriple, teaches New Media at the Parsons School of Design and has a background in data visualization, music and game design.

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In Our Masthead: Olia Lialina

by Art Fag City on September 29, 2008

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Artist’s Biography

Born, 1971 in Moscow, Olia Lialina finished Moscow State University in 1993 as journalist and film critic. In mid 90s she was one of the organizers of Moscow experimental film club CINE FANTOM, and went on to become one of the best known net.art pioneers. A Professor of Merz Akademie (Interface Design/New Media Pathway), Stuttgart since 1999, Lialina has authored Last Real Net Art Museum and First Real Net Art Gallery. For the last six years she has been collaborating with Dragan Espenschied. Notable works include Zombie&Mummy episodes, Frozen Niki blog, Online Newspapers, MIDNIGHT, Contemporary Home Computing. She also writes on new media, digital folklore and vernacular web. (Vernacular Web 1, Vernacular Web 2)

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In Our Masthead: Neil Rough

by Art Fag City on September 16, 2008

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Neil Rough, Black and white photograph

Artist Biography

The recipient multiple Canada Council and New Brunswick Arts grants, Neil Rough lives and works in Halifax Nova Scotia and Sackville New Brunswick. His photograhs are part of The Canada Council Art Bank collection, and he exhibits regularly throughout Canada. Neil Rough will show his work at FRED as part of the Photopolis festival this October.

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In Our Masthead: Elizabeth Zans

by Art Fag City on September 2, 2008

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Elizabeth Zans, Journey to the New World, Oil on Wood. 24 x 48 inches.

Artist Biography

Originally from Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains, Elizabeth Zans currently lives and works in New York. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tyler School of Art, where she received an MFA while living in Rome. Elizabeth has received fellowships from The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and La Friche Belle du Mai in Marseille, France.

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In Our Masthead: Karla Wozniak

by Art Fag City on August 4, 2008

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Karla Wozniak,, Lil Chef, Brighton, MI, 2008, watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, acrylic on paper, 28.5 x 30.25 inches

Artist’s Biography and Statement

Karla Wozniak is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000 and her MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2005.
Karla's paintings and drawings depict an American landscape defined by automotive culture and the ramifications of suburban sprawl. Her paintings, inspired by road trips, depict places ranging from beach town strips in Florida to suburbs in New Jersey, to big cities like Los Angeles, where buildings and brand names vie for space alongside the vanishing natural landscape.

Although her work depict standardized spaces, it's handmade quality highlights localism and an individual’s relationship to landscape. Most recently her work has been on view in a solo show at the Gregory Lind Gallery in San Francisco, CA in 2008.

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In Our Masthead: Fiona Gardner

by Art Fag City on July 21, 2008

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Fiona Gardner, Neddy Garde Miss Subways: Dec 1967—Jan 1968, 2007

Artist Biography

Fiona Gardner is an artist based in New York. She received her BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, and graduated with an MFA from Columbia in 2004. Rooted in ideas of place, personal history, and the relationship between
fantasy and everyday life, her work focuses on women and performance in constructed environments. Previous projects include directing and photographing female performers at roadside attractions in Florida, including mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs and southern
belles at Cypress Gardens. She has also photographed women in fantastical costuming and props, such as a 16-foot shoe or a giant-sized treasure chest.

Over the last year, Fiona has been tracking down former Miss Subways to photograph in the places they currently live and work. Writer Amy Zimmer collaborates with her to interview these women and examines their current lives relative to their past aspirations. They are actively seeking former Miss Subways for a forthcoming book, and can be contacted at info[at]fionagardner.com.

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In Our Masthead: Elsie Kagan

by Art Fag City on June 30, 2008

Elsie Kagan, Rough Winds Do Shake the Darling Buds of May, 2008
Elsie Kagan, Rough Winds Do Shake the Darling Buds of May, 2008, 72 x 96 inches, acrylic and oil on canvas

Elsie Kagan, Statement

Elsie Kagan's paintings take Baroque imagery and architecture as reference points, pairing the familiar iconography of that period (celestial realms, elaborate framing devices and decoration, figures in states of extremity) with iconic tropes of abstract expressionism (the performed, bodily ‘gesture’, the drip). Figurative and illusionistic elements are constituted–and consumed–by marks and painted elements that lie on the canvas surface. The opposition of these languages is part of an inquiry into themes of authenticity, corporal experience, and control.

Originally from Berkeley, CA, Elsie now lives and works in Brooklyn.

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