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Man of Refraction

By Posted 01/26/12
The human-powered Resistance, 2009, pointed toward the glowing doorways of Death Row, 2006–2009, at the 2009 Venice Biennale. On the floor, Bed, 2009.

Using light, mirrors, and neon and with a sensibility at once political and poetic, Iván Navarro creates glowing gateways of endless space Read More

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Viper Realism

By Posted 12/08/11
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Critic’s Pick: Leslie Thornton Read More

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Head in the Clouds

By Posted 11/16/11
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With the spirit of an artist, inventor, scientist, and engineer, Tomás Saraceno creates enormous bubbles, giant ethereal webs, and basketball court−size balloons that aspire to be lighter than air Read More

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Hip-Hop Heraldry

By Posted 10/27/11
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Through his collages, performances, and videos, Rashaad Newsome mixes ‘ghetto’ vernacular with staid European tradition Read More

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Planned Obsolescence

By Posted 10/18/11
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Relentlessly devoted to the antiquated medium of film, Tacita Dean chronicles misbegotten journeys, elderly relatives, and obscure moments in great artists’ lives Read More

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Separating the Trees from the Forest

By Posted 08/15/11
Disappearing Forest of Germany, 2009. ©ALAN SONFIST/COURTESY THE ARTIST

Alan Sonfist has built a career as an urban land artist. Read More

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A Minimalist Maximalist

By Posted 08/15/11
Untitled, 2009, a haunting work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. COURTESY GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY, NEW YORK

In large abstract paintings, Jacqueline Humphries puts a contemporary spin on the AbEx and Minimalist tradition. Read More

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Cosmic Comic

By Posted 06/01/11
White Frosted Cruller at Dawn, 2011. COURTESY PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, NEW YORK, ISTANBUL

Kenny Scharf’s loopy, Pop-saturated paintings are back—in galleries and on the street. Read More

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Signs of the Times

By Posted 06/01/11
Empire, 2008, a watercolor on paper, is based on a sign above the Empire movie house in Montgomery, Alabama. ©ROBERT COTTINGHAM/COURTESY FORUM GALLERY, NEW YORK

Robert Cottingham’s paintings bring back the marquees and neon glitz of midcentury America. Read More

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Britain’s Curator of Garbage

By Posted 06/01/11
Visitors could walk through the partly disassembled Gulf Stream camper featured in the installation Quiver of Arrows at 303 Gallery in New York last year.

Mike Nelson’s multiroom installations hint at marginal lives and fallen ideologies. Read More