top 10 trends
The current issue of ARTNEWS has an interesting article on the top 10 trends in contemporary art. You will have to pick up a copy to read everything but to sum up:
1. artworks dealing with ritual, meditation and the effort to heal the world
2. poetic-obsessive-sprawling installations
3. videos that blur the line between fact and fiction
4. postmodern mannerism- like the pic above- sweet, sad, repulsive, cute, creepy..
5. graffiti-hip-hop-influenced works
6. imagery from the civil war and other dark moments in history
7. fabrics, beads, clay and other craft materials
8. skeptical artists in the pursuit of perfect world - think rainbows and peace
9. psychedelic esthetic - think "Mushroom Room" currently on display at LA MoCa
10. knights, princesses, and shipwrecks that receive a 21st century makeover
posted by art blogs are fun at 2:22 PM
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Some good painters -- no scrotums!
Andre Butzer
Albert Oehlen
Michael Krebber
Steve DiBenedetto
Rita Rubas
Jonathan Meese
Cornelius Völker
Jules de Balincourt
Dana Schutz (from livonia)
Dirk Skreber
Wilhelm Sasnal
Franz Ackermann
most of those painters are at the Saatchi Gallery?
nolan: you might want to pick up the latest vogue b/c dana schutz has a big spread in it! and I am sure you got the email from center gallery that she is coming in oct.
the triumph of painting...
I've been checking out Wendy Cooper Gallery - http://www.wendycoopergallery.com/artists.htm - She shows Chris Dorland and Rita Rubas.
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