“Is the deaccessioning debate the same when valuable art is not involved?”
— Giles Waterfield in an interesting article about the controversial topic of deaccessioning.
hyde or die
» Los Angeles Culture Calendar for September
This has something fun to do every night, so no more staying in.
Unless you want to, which is fine.
This is where the musicians* hang out before and after their performances.
*and the Hyde. Lots of chilling back there. They had free water!
Rock and Roll Fantasy.” Sound like a course you’d want to take? Last winter, a lucky handful of students at SCI-Arc—a legendary school of architecture and design in downtown L.A.—got the chance. They were tasked with project that would turn any architecture student a sickly green with envy: Designing a party pavilion that’ll debut at Coachella, the hipster music festival, being headlined this year by Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, M.I.A., and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs…The course was taught by three principals at Ball-Nogues—Benjamin Ball, Gaston Nogues, and Andrew Lyon—with directives from Coachella’s art curator, Philip Blaine. Ball-Nogues knows temporary party spaces, they cut their teeth with an award-winning vortex of golden scales, and went on to design a few more: An outdoor installation at P.S.1. via…
I can’t wait to see this next weekend! Hopefully I will be able to get some photos of it’s installation so we can see the progression.
Anyone remember when I was so lost I was pretty sure I wasn’t in LA anymore? I was on the midterm for this class so I could help choose the piece. While I am sad that I didn’t get to see it while trying to get back from wherever I was, it looks like they really used their good decision making skills(and a little of my tastes that have rubbed off on not-so-innocent bystanders).
Cindy Sherman Clown Series
I did see the series* at the Serpentine when it came out and I will say this, it scared the crap out of me. Clowns freak me out.
*Supposedly this was an direct (abstract?) response to 9/11. Ok?
Glenn Brown Senile Youth 2007
Brown is showing at Tate Liverpool, so if you happen to be in the neighborhood, it’s guaranteed to be interesting.
Everytime I see his paintings, the word globule comes to mind. It’s like his brain is always mixing oil with water.
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If you think I am not going to try and get myself a front row ticket to this shindig you are sorely mistaken.
