Sentences with phrase «john about being an artist»

As heâ $ ™ s simultaneously winding down from participation in the NADA Art Fair in Miami and gearing up for his forthcoming exhibition at Peregrine Program in Chicago, I thought it would be fitting to talk with John about being an artist / curator / gallery director / art fair co - organizer / inventor in the Midwest (and beyond).

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Editor's note: Dr. John Timothy Elliott, Ph.D, biophysicist and lighting artist extraordinaire, is a founding member of Burning Sensation and was last seen on these pages in March, when he wrote about the Department of Homeland Security using Second Life.

Director John Greyson («Patient Zero») arrested in Cairo; novelist John Niven writes about his brother's suicide; David Kalat and David Ehrenstein reconsider Disney's SONG OF THE SOUTH; top 10 movies about technology; how soon is too soon for artist's to re-create real - life political violence in entertainment?

Apparently owing someone a big favor, John Malkovich eventually appears as Sid Newberry, another comic artist who's admired but still raw about losing the rights to one of his most popular creations.

Jim Carrey's excesses are tapped and artfully used in I Love You Phillip Morris, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's mostly true comedy about a con artist who is locked away in prison, but for how long?

Gus Van Sant's Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot was one such film, earning warm early reviews; the biopic about artist John Callahan stars Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara, a triple axel of awards - bait talent.

May I suggest that, aside from its lovingly realized 1920's Broadway backdrop, there is something vaguely Italian about this film: something of Fellini in the way its true artist character (a gruff gangster played by Chazz Palminteri) is willing to die for his art, unlike the weak - willed playwright (John Cusack) who is taking credit for and uncertainly directing his overblown maiden script.

The Seasons in Quincy — Four short films about British artist / critic / farmer John Berger, one of which is directed by Tilda Swinton, which is enough to get me to go see it.

In an exclusive interview with Collider, Pellington revealed how the project first emerged, what appealed to him about Stuart Ross Fink's script, how Fink created the main character with MacLaine in mind, what convinced her to sign on to star, his directing approach with a veteran actress who is superb at her craft, the importance of getting the tone right between MacLaine and Seyfried in their first big scene together, his collaboration with music supervisor Liza Richardson on a soundtrack packed with unusual and lesser known artists, and his upcoming film Nostalgia starring Ellen Burstyn, John Hamm and Catherine Keener.

Written and directed by Crazy, Stupid, Love filmmakers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the film is about an experienced con man, played by Will, who ends up falling for a novice female con artist, played by Margot Robbie.

'» John Pickford Richards is laughing at me as he takes a question about how reachy — «not at all screechy, John,» I assure him — some of the music on the JACK Quartet's new album may be for these artists.

For those who consider felines the most fascinating quadripeds on the planet, Desmond Morris» Catworld is an exhaustive encyclopedic guide to just about everything you ever wanted to know - and then some.Among the more than 1,000 entries in this captivating photo - and illustration - packed volume, Morris lists some notable ailurophiles - uh, cat lovers - through history: authors Emily Bronte, Jean Cocteau, Colette and Ernest Hemingway, who owned 30; artists Paul Klee, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso; presidents Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy; and composers Frederic Chopin, Maurice Ravel and - natch - Andrew Lloyd Webber.

There's also the fact that the image bears the signature of John Polidora, a character designer and concept artist at Blizzard, making it all but official that this is the real Sombra fans have been pateintly waiting to learn more about.

If you don't think this is important, ask Target how their law suit went, or as blind artist John Bramblitt what he thinks about website accessibility (yes, he is blind and an AMAZING artist, but he can not SEE your web page.)

About the artist John McLaughlin was an American abstract painter born in Sharon, MA in 1898 and died in Dana Point, CA in 1976.

On the occasion of «Repetition is Truth — Via Dolorosa», artist Rachel Howard talks with John Wilson, a British journalist and broadcaster, one of the regular presenters of Front Row, the Radio 4 arts programme and has written about art and cultural issues for publications including The Observer and The Art Newspaper.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 for what you are about to receive, Gagosian Gallery c / o Red October, Moscow Oranges and Sardines: Conversations on Abstract Painting with Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Mary Heilmann, Amy Sillman, Charline von Heyl, and Christopher Wool, curated by Gary Garrels, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Painting Now and Forever: Part II, Matthew Marks Gallery and Greene Naftali Gallery, New York Not So Subtle Subtitle, curated by Matthew Brannon, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York That social space between speaking and meaning, by Fia Backstorm, White Columns, New York God is Design, curated by Neville Wakefiled, Galerie Fortes Vilaca, San Paulo A New High in Getting Low, John Connelly Presents, New York Nina In Position, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Artists Space, New York Sculpture and Concepts of Spacial Illusion: 1967 - 2007, curated by Don Desmett, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Records Played Backwards, curated by Daniel Bimbaum, Modern Institute, Glasgow Blasted Allegories: Work from the Ringier Collection, Luzern Zuordnungsprobleme, Galerie Johann Konig, Berlin

John Logan's «Red» is a two - person drama about the artist Mark Rothko in 1958...

About The Artist John Currin was born in Boulder, Colorado, in 1962 and obtained a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University (1984) followed by a M.F.A. from Yale University (1986).

About I'm Rock Hard (1982 - 1987) artist edition: Edition of 200, artist edition double LP $ 120 Hand signed foreword by John Giorno

Works by Leo Hurzlmeir, Richard Schur & Brent Hallard (l to r) March 12 — May 2, 2009 Exhibiting artists: Kasarian Dane, Stephan Fritsch, Brent Hallard, Leo Hurzlmeir, Robin McDonnell, Mel Prest, Richard Schur, Nancy White, John Zurier Pharmaka is pleased to present «TRANS: formal» the Los Angeles manifestation in a series of traveling shows by nine artists from Germany, Japan and the United States who are all engaged in a dialogue about Abstraction -LSB-...]

Chelsea: Viridian Artists, Inc. is pleased to present John Cullen's first solo exhibition at our gallery entitled «All About Reflections» from June 11 to June 29, 2013.

Thus in 1963 Jasper Johns and John Cage established the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts based on the belief that visual artists — painters and sculptors — were sufficiently concerned about the state of the performance arts — dance, theatre and music — enough so to donate artwork to benefit performing artists.

Questions about the relevance of painting in the aftermath of Minimalism, debates about representation, «culture wars,» and a revived interest in personal narratives are explored in works by artists such as Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Felix Gonzalez - Torres, Peter Hujar, Neil Jenney, Barbara Kruger, Robert Mapplethorpe, Agnes Martin, Richard Prince, Martin Puryear, Susan Rothenberg, Mark Tansey, and David Wojnarowicz.

This Tuesday Evenings at the Modern presentation, «40 Years: Talking and Thinking about Art,» is a biographical sketch of Michael Auping's four - decade career as a renowned curator, relaying stories of artists such as Lucian Freud, Agnes Martin, John Chamberlain, Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, Jenny Holzer, and Frank Stella.

It's not often that theater and modern art collide on stage, but the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall will be offering a melding of the two with a production of «Red,» John Logan's play about the artist Mark Rothko and his struggles with one particular commission.

Established through a bequest by Australian expatriate artist John Power (1881 - 1943), who left his personal fortune to the University of Sydney to inform and educate Australians about international contemporary visual art, the MCA is dedicated to exhibiting, collecting and interpreting contemporary art.

Studio International spoke to Easton and her co-curator John Stark, both of whom are also exhibiting, as well as to a third participating artist, Trisant, about the ideas behind the project, their working methods, and how being involved has impacted on their thinking about their own practices.

It was the conceptual artist John Baldessari, if I recall correctly, who defined the difference between the East Coast artist and the West Coast artist: The former worries about how his art fits into history, while the latter worries about how his art fits into his car.

Weller, Allen S, «Chicago: French Classic and Three Americans», Arts Digest (New York), February, volume 29, no. 10, pp. 14 - 15 Morris, J.A, Two Hundred Years of American Painting, catalogue, Vancouver Art Gallery Williams, Hermann Warner, The 24th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, catalogue, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Three Young Americans, catalogue, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Whiteside, Forbes, «Three Young Americans», Oberlin College Bulletin, volume 12, no. 3, pp.91 - 97 Preston, Stuart, «The Artist in Europe — And in America», New York Times, 8 May, section 6, pp.28 - 29 Devree, Howard, «About Art and Artists: Painting and Sculpture: American Show at Whitney, European at Modern Art», New York Times, 11 May, p. 29 Devree, Howard, «Modern Surveys» Development Since 1920 Seen in Three Shows», New York Times, 15 May, section 2, p. 9 Rosenblum, Robert, «The New Decade», Arts Digest (New York), 15 May, volume 29, no. 16, pp.20 - 33 Devree, Howard, «Response to Today: Museum Surveys Reveal Artists» Reactions», New York Times, 22 May, section 2, p. 11 Coates, Robert M, «The Art Galleries: The Grand Tour», New Yorker, 28 May, volume 31, no. 15, pp.90 - 92 Hess, Thomas B, «Mixed pickings from 10 fat years», Art News (New York), Summer, volume 54, no. 4, pp.36 - 39 & 77 - 78 Ashton, Dore, «Young Painters in Rome», Arts Digest (New York), 1 June, volume 29, no. 17, pp.6 - 7 Baur, John I.H, The New Decade: 35 American Painters and Sculptors, catalogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Laverne, George, «Joseph Glasco», Arts (New York), November, volume 30, no. 2, pp.32 - 36 Hodgins, Eric and Lesley Parker, «The Great International Art Market», Fortune (New York), December, volume 3, no. 6, p. 118

Including 121 artists from 40 different countries as selected by 79 curators, critics and established artists, Vitamin Ph includes the following artists: Armando Andrade Tudela, Alexander Apostól, Miriam Bäckström, Yto Barrada, Erica Baum, Valérie Belin, Walead Beshty, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Frank Breuer, Olaf Breuning, Gerard Byrne, Elinor Carucci, David Claerbout, Anne Collier, Phil Collins, Kelli Connell, Eduardo Consuegra, Sharon Core, Rochelle Costi, Gregory Crewdson, Nancy Davenport, Tim Davis, Tacita Dean, Olafur Eliasson, Hans Eijkelboom, JH Engström, Lalla Essaydi, Roe Ethridge, Peter Fraser, Yang Fudong, Anna Gaskell, Simryn Gill, Anthony Goicolea, Geert Goiris, David Goldblatt, Katy Grannan, AES+F group, The Atlas Group / Walid Raad, Mauricio Guillen, Jitka Hanzlová, Anne Hardy, Rachel Harrison, Jonathan Hernández, Sarah Hobbs, Emily Jacir, Valérie Jouve, Yeondoo Jung, Rinko Kawauchi, Annette Kelm, Idris Khan, Joachim Koester, Panos Kokkinias, Luisa Lambri, An - My Lê, Tim Lee, Nikki S Lee, Zoe Leonard, Armin Linke, Sharon Lockhart, Vera Lutter, Florian Maier - Aichen, Malerie Marder, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Gareth McConnell, Scott McFarland, Ryan McGinley, Trish Morrissey, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muholi, Oliver Musovik, Kelly Nipper, Nils Norman, Catherine Opie, Esteban Pastorino Díaz, Paul Pfeiffer, Sarah Pickering, Peter Piller, Rosângela Rennó, Mauro Restiffe, Robin Rhode, Sophy Rickett, Noguchi Rika, Andrea Robbins / Max Becher, Ricarda Roggan, Anri Sala, Dean Sameshima, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Markus Schinwald, Gregor Schneider, Collier Schorr, Josef Schulz, Paul Shambroom, Ahlam Shibli, Yinka Shonibare, Efrat Shvily, Santiago Sierra, Paul Sietsema, Alex Slade, Sean Snyder, Alec Soth, Heidi Specker, Hannah Starkey, Simon Starling, John Stezaker, Clare Strand, Darren Sylvester, Guy Tillim, Nazif Topçuoglu, Danny Treacy, Fatimah Tuggar, Céline van Balen, Annika von Hausswolff, Bettina von Zwehl, Deborah Willis, Sharon Ya'ari, Catherine Yass, Shizuka Yokomizo, Amir Zaki, Liu Zheng, Tobias Zielony With and introduction by TJ Demos and individual texts about the artists by Rodrigo Alonso, Thomas Boutoux, Isolde Brielmaier, Stuart Comer, Dina Deitsch, TJ Demos, Frits Giertsberg, Mark Godfrey, Catherine Grant, Alison Green, Katerina Gregos, Rachel Haidu, Jens Hoffmann, Michael Ned Holte, Ana Finel Honigman, Vincent Honoré, Vasif Kortun, Sarah Lewis, Roxana Marcoci, Dominic Molon, Shamim M Momin, Jessica Morgan, Jonathan Napack, Sally O'Reilly, Tetsuya Ozaki, Bethany Pappalardo, Alona Pardo, John Reed, Catsou Roberts, Jose Roca, Barry Schwabsky, Brian Sholis, Luke Skrebowski, Kerstin Stremmel, Margaret Sundell, Gloria Sutton, Nato Thompson, Sarah Thornton, Grant Watson, Axel Wieder

ABOUT JOHN GIORNO John Giorno (b. 1936, New York City, USA) is an artistic innovator who has been defying conventional definitions of poet, performer, political activist, Tibetan Buddhist, and visual artist since he emerged upon the New York art scene during the late 1950s.

About the Artists David St. John David St. John has been honored with many prizes for poets, including both the Rome Fellowship and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the O. B. Hardison Prize (a career award for teaching and poetic achievement) from The Folger Shakespeare Library, and the George Drury Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Foundation.

JEFFREY DEITCH — Why shouldn't a major artist be as important as a rock musician — be someone who can transmit radical ideas about progressive culture to the world, in the model of, say, John Lennon?

From loneliness to collaboration, I ended up re-reading Cassavetes on Cassavetes (2001), a printed essay that was brought to my attention while curating a group exhibition, which, at its core, prompted the artists to question or evaluate their collaborative impulses.8 In the text, the director John Cassavetes writes plainly about how he works with actors: «I just think that you give somebody something they can do, and allow them to be a person.»

This exhibition is billed as «the first major U.S. exhibition about the American poet, artist, activist and muse John Giorno.»

About the artist: John Nixon was born Sydney in 1949 and lives in Briar Hill, Melbourne.

«NOMA 100 is about telling stories: the story of the museum's evolution from an eleven object collection to a wide - ranging encyclopedic collection of over 35,000 works today; that of Director Emeritus John Bullard's enthusiasm and tireless pursuit of extraordinary works; and the stories those works of art tell us about a culture, artist, and moment in time,» said Director Susan Taylor.

Best Reactor «Five Facts About Artists That Aren't Exactly True» by Corinna Kirsch «John Baldessari and R.H. Quaytman on Jack Goldstein: «Nobody Knew Who He Was»» by Corinna Kirsch

This programme was the first documentary film about a living artist made for British television and its producer John Read went on to make five more about Henry Moore throughout his life as well as many others on leading artistic figures of the 1960s and 1970s.

There was an interesting piece in the Independent on Sunday about the involvement of John Piper and other British artists in textile design in the 1950s while in the Sunday Times (#), Waldemar Januszczak enjoyed Tate Modern's «Performing for the Camera», while puzzling over the origins of the word «performative».

Texts by exhibition curators Janet Bishop and Katherine Rothkopf are rounded out by an introduction by John Elderfield, an essay on Diebenkorn's drawings by Jodi Roberts, and a bibliography documenting Diebenkorn's collection of books about the French artist.

Honorary Chairs Robert Klein John Patrick Shanley Artist Chairs Dillon Cohen Katie Holten Tim Rollins Co-Chairs Laura Blanco Olivia Douglas Marilyn Greene Ruth Corn Roth Location: Conrad New York 102 North End Avenue New York City (Between Murray and Vesey Streets) Special Guest Performer Kevin Harris Jazz Pianist and Faculty at Berklee College of Music Master of Ceremonies Lynda Lopez Journalist; Anchor, CBS Newsradio — AUCTION Featuring Artists Diana Al Hadid Miya Ando Alexandre Arrechea Jared Aufrichtig Donald Baechler Claudia Baez Patrick Berran Janet Biggs Julien Bismuth Ernesto Burgos Alberto Casado Willie Cole Caetano De Almeida Shepard Fairey Tony Feher Ramiro Fernandez Jake Fernandez Dan Finsel Tony Fitzpatrick Fragments Jewelry Mary Frank Jane Freilicher Richard Garet Theaster Gates Leon Golub Dan Graham Joel Greenberg Clinton Hill Steven Hirsch Katie Holten Carl Holty Michael Joo Anna K.E. Tim Rollins and K.O.S. Maira Kalman Betsy Kaufman Mike Kelly Keizo Kitajima George Kovacs Thomas Lanigan - Schmidt Lisa Leone Dean Levin Jeff Chien - Hsing Liao Rubén Torres Llorca Hew Locke Vivian Maier Gordon Matta - Clark Mary Mattingly George McNeil Jessica Mein Sean Mellyn Jose Toirac and Meira Marrero Pat Moser Richard Mosse Isamu Noguchi JJ PEET Karlos Pérez Jon Pestoni Elizabeth Peyton Chloe Piene Liliana Porter Jon Pylypchuk Jon Pylypchuk Lee Quinones Raquel Rabinovich Pedro Reyes Katrin Saigurdardottir Emilio Sanchez Jessica Sanders Kate Shepherd Alan Shields Harriet Shorr Samara Shuter Amy Sillman Xaviera Simmons Michelle Stuart Rachel Sussman Swoon Jorge Tacla Tats Cru Henry Taylor Ana Tiscornia Gladys Triana James Turrell Nicola Tyson Manuela Viera Gallo Darren Waterston Madeline Weinrib Stanley Whitney Timothy Woodman — Benefit Committee Rae Alexander - Minter ** Eric Appel * Augusto Arbizo * Sigmund Balka ** Laura Blanco ** and Robert F. Shainheit Holly Block ** Linda Blumberg ** Marianne Boesky Laura Bohn * James - Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach Deborah Buck Victoria Cabanos ** and Philip Hecht Ellen Cantrowitz * Katherine Chan * Fiona Cibani James Cohan Alessandra DiGiusto ** Olivia Douglas ** and David DiDomenico Dana Emmott Lea and Stephan Freid * James Fuentes * Liz Goldman Gail Gregg Marilyn and Stephen Greene ** Horacio José and Julia P. Herzberg * Susan Hinko ** and Carl Batlin Joyce Hogi ** Jeanna Hussey ** Susan and Steven Jacobson Keesha Johnson Nicole Klagsbrun * Liz Klein * Alice Kosmin ** Serge and Ian Krawiecki Gazes Joan Krevlin ** Ashley Leutner, Paddle8 * Cher Lewis Teresa Liszka & Martin Weinstein Candice Madey * Mary Beth Mandanas ** Diane and Adam Max Cormac McEnery ** Lisa Melmed Cohen Joseph Mizzi ** Nathan Newman ** Ifeoma Okoronkwo Aitkenhead ** Wendy Osloff * Debra Palma Meredith Palmer Penny Pilkington * Lesley and Jonathan Plotkin ** Nancy Portnoy * Simon Preston * Stacey Richman Tim Rollins ** Ruth Corn Roth ** Mary Sabbatino Don Savelson ** Abigail Scheuer Carole Server ** and Oliver Frankel Lauren Sharfman Manon Slome ** Joshua Stein PLLC ** Lybess Sweezy and Ken Miller Sarah Sze Frederieke S. Taylor Leslie Tonkonow Madeline Weinrib Kate Werble * * Art Auction Committee ** Trustees List in formation About the Teen Council The Bronx Museum Teen Council, comprised of a group of high school students working closely with educators in the Museum's Media Lab, was created in 2005 to make contemporary art and culture accessible to urban youth.

About the Artist John Wesley has been the subject of numerous museum retrospectives including the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, curated by Rudi Fuchs and Kasper Koenig (travelled to Portikus); DAAD, Berlin; PS1 MoMA, Long Island City, curated by Alana Heiss; Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, curated by Linda Norden; Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, curated by Martin Henschel; Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX, curated by Marianne Stockebrand; and Fondazione Prada curated by Germano Celant.

Honoring Ella Fontanals - Cisneros Philanthropist, Entrepreneur and Art Collector Cristina Garcia Author Los Carpinteros Artists Ben Rodriguez - Cubeñas Program Director, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Co-Founder, Cuban Artists Fund Honorary Chair Leon Ichaso Film Director Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler Historian of the City of Havana Artist Co-Chairs Carlos Brillembourg Omar Lopez - Chahoud Tim Rollins Karin Waisman Master of Ceremonies Arturo O'Farrill Pianist / Composer / Educator Special Guest Performance by Yosvany Terry AUCTION Featuring artists Vito Acconci David Adjaye Terry Adkins Franco Albini Grimanesa Amoros Miya Ando Eleanor Antin Julieta Aranda Alexandre Arrechea Jennifer Bartlett Richard Bosman Monika Bravo Deborah Brown Paulo Bruscky Deborah Buck Robert Buck Javier Castro Nigel Cooke Jane Corrigan Katie DeGroot Humberto Diaz Rafael Domenech Jack Early Maria Elena Gonzalez Carlos Estevez Rochelle Feinstein Magdalena Fernández Carlo Ferraris Roland Flexner Carlos Garaicoa Cristina Garcia Nereida Garcia Ferraz Florencio Gelabert John Giorno Tria Giovan Luis Gispert Jean Grisoni Jean Grisoni Alejandro Guzman Patrick Hamilton Lynn Hershman Leeson Virva Hinnemo Sheree Hovsepian How & Nosm Mark Innerst Chantal Joffe Rashid Johnson Jorge & larry Deborah Kass Leandro Katz Andre Komatsu Tom Kotik Julia Kunin Robert Kushner Stephen Laub Roy Lichtenstein Joseph Michael Lopez Rogelio Lopéz Marín (Gory) Los Carpinteros Emily Mae Smith Armando Mariño Carlos Martiel Catalina Mejia Beatriz Milhazes Ibrahim Miranda Mariko Mori Daido Moriyama Matthew Morrocco George Negroponte Reynier Leyva Novo Nela Ochoa Yoko Ono José Parlá Rey Parlá Geandy Pavon Victor Piverno Barrios Nathlie Provosty Tal R Sandra Ramos Pedro Reyes R.D. Rice Rispal Alexis Rockman Tim Rollins Emilio Sanchez Fanny Sanin Dan Shaw - Town Arlene Shechet Bruce Sherman Roger Shimomura Fran Siegel Kiki Smith Shinique Smith Rafael Soriano Nancy Spero Ezra Stoller Michelle Stuart Donald Sultan Marisa Telleria The Merger Frank Thiel Fred Tomaselli Rubén Torres Llorca Janaina Tschape Judith Turner Todd Vladyka Danh Vo Phil Wagner Karin Waisman Madeline Weinrib Martin Weinstein Daniel Wiener Martin Wong Monika Zarzeczna NEW ART EDITION Featuring arist Jorge Pardo Benefit Committee Rae Alexander - Minter ** Eric Appel * Amy Attas & Stephen Shapiro Auction.com Roland Augustine & Lawrence Luhring Yona Backer * Sigmund Balka ** Amanda & Clayton Benchley Gavin Berger ** Laura Blanco ** & Robert F. Shainheit Linda Blumberg ** Elliot Brownstein ** Deborah Buck Victoria Cabanos ** & Philip Hecht Ellen Cantrowitz * Fiona Cibani Gigi & Gustavo de Arnavat Alessandra DiGiusto ** Carol Dorsky * Olivia Douglas ** & David DiDomenico Cynthia Elliott & Doug Rice Dana Emmott Alexis Frank Lea * & Stephan Freid Alissa Friedman * Stacey & Rob Goergen Blake Grossman Marilyn ** & Stephen Greene Nohra Haime * Lesley Heller * Julia P. * & Horacio Herzberg Susan Hinko ** Joyce Hogi ** Jeanna Hussey ** Isabella Hutchinson Debby Hymowitz Ursula Kalish Lauren Kelly Mary & Sean Kelly Nicholas Kilner * Alice Kosmin ** Ian & Serge Krawiecki Gazes Joan Krevlin ** Miyoung lee & Neil Simpkins Tania Leon Ashley Leutner * Lordes López Florence Lynch * Mary Beth Mandanas ** Cormac McEnery ** Jennifer McSweeney Joseph Mizzi ** Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago Risa Needleman * Nathan Newman ** The O'Grady Foundation Ifeoma Okoronkwo Aitkenhead ** Scott R. & Melissa Persall Hirsch Alina Pedroso Penny Pilkington * Lesley & Jonathan Plotkin ** Nancy Portnoy ** Serra Pradhan * Paul Reback ** Michelle Richards Tim Rollins ** Ruth Corn ** & Gordon Roth Mary Sabbatino * Don Savelson ** Abigail Scheuer ** Alexandra Seegers Carole Server ** & Oliver Frankel Karen and Steven Shapiro ** Joyce Siegel Brent Sikkema SkyFrame Mort Spitzer * Joshua Stein ** Melissa Terrick Patrick Vega Todd Von Ammon * Karin Waisman & Carlos Brillembourg ** Madeline Weinrib Cathy & Joe Zicherman Lists in formation as of 12.21.15 * Art Auction Committee ** Trustees ABOUT THE HONOREES Ella Fontanals - Cisneros is a philanthropist and entrepreneur with an abiding passion and discerning eye for contemporary art and Artists Ben Rodriguez - Cubeñas Program Director, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Co-Founder, Cuban Artists Fund Honorary Chair Leon Ichaso Film Director Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler Historian of the City of Havana Artist Co-Chairs Carlos Brillembourg Omar Lopez - Chahoud Tim Rollins Karin Waisman Master of Ceremonies Arturo O'Farrill Pianist / Composer / Educator Special Guest Performance by Yosvany Terry AUCTION Featuring artists Vito Acconci David Adjaye Terry Adkins Franco Albini Grimanesa Amoros Miya Ando Eleanor Antin Julieta Aranda Alexandre Arrechea Jennifer Bartlett Richard Bosman Monika Bravo Deborah Brown Paulo Bruscky Deborah Buck Robert Buck Javier Castro Nigel Cooke Jane Corrigan Katie DeGroot Humberto Diaz Rafael Domenech Jack Early Maria Elena Gonzalez Carlos Estevez Rochelle Feinstein Magdalena Fernández Carlo Ferraris Roland Flexner Carlos Garaicoa Cristina Garcia Nereida Garcia Ferraz Florencio Gelabert John Giorno Tria Giovan Luis Gispert Jean Grisoni Jean Grisoni Alejandro Guzman Patrick Hamilton Lynn Hershman Leeson Virva Hinnemo Sheree Hovsepian How & Nosm Mark Innerst Chantal Joffe Rashid Johnson Jorge & larry Deborah Kass Leandro Katz Andre Komatsu Tom Kotik Julia Kunin Robert Kushner Stephen Laub Roy Lichtenstein Joseph Michael Lopez Rogelio Lopéz Marín (Gory) Los Carpinteros Emily Mae Smith Armando Mariño Carlos Martiel Catalina Mejia Beatriz Milhazes Ibrahim Miranda Mariko Mori Daido Moriyama Matthew Morrocco George Negroponte Reynier Leyva Novo Nela Ochoa Yoko Ono José Parlá Rey Parlá Geandy Pavon Victor Piverno Barrios Nathlie Provosty Tal R Sandra Ramos Pedro Reyes R.D. Rice Rispal Alexis Rockman Tim Rollins Emilio Sanchez Fanny Sanin Dan Shaw - Town Arlene Shechet Bruce Sherman Roger Shimomura Fran Siegel Kiki Smith Shinique Smith Rafael Soriano Nancy Spero Ezra Stoller Michelle Stuart Donald Sultan Marisa Telleria The Merger Frank Thiel Fred Tomaselli Rubén Torres Llorca Janaina Tschape Judith Turner Todd Vladyka Danh Vo Phil Wagner Karin Waisman Madeline Weinrib Martin Weinstein Daniel Wiener Martin Wong Monika Zarzeczna NEW ART EDITION Featuring arist Jorge Pardo Benefit Committee Rae Alexander - Minter ** Eric Appel * Amy Attas & Stephen Shapiro Auction.com Roland Augustine & Lawrence Luhring Yona Backer * Sigmund Balka ** Amanda & Clayton Benchley Gavin Berger ** Laura Blanco ** & Robert F. Shainheit Linda Blumberg ** Elliot Brownstein ** Deborah Buck Victoria Cabanos ** & Philip Hecht Ellen Cantrowitz * Fiona Cibani Gigi & Gustavo de Arnavat Alessandra DiGiusto ** Carol Dorsky * Olivia Douglas ** & David DiDomenico Cynthia Elliott & Doug Rice Dana Emmott Alexis Frank Lea * & Stephan Freid Alissa Friedman * Stacey & Rob Goergen Blake Grossman Marilyn ** & Stephen Greene Nohra Haime * Lesley Heller * Julia P. * & Horacio Herzberg Susan Hinko ** Joyce Hogi ** Jeanna Hussey ** Isabella Hutchinson Debby Hymowitz Ursula Kalish Lauren Kelly Mary & Sean Kelly Nicholas Kilner * Alice Kosmin ** Ian & Serge Krawiecki Gazes Joan Krevlin ** Miyoung lee & Neil Simpkins Tania Leon Ashley Leutner * Lordes López Florence Lynch * Mary Beth Mandanas ** Cormac McEnery ** Jennifer McSweeney Joseph Mizzi ** Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago Risa Needleman * Nathan Newman ** The O'Grady Foundation Ifeoma Okoronkwo Aitkenhead ** Scott R. & Melissa Persall Hirsch Alina Pedroso Penny Pilkington * Lesley & Jonathan Plotkin ** Nancy Portnoy ** Serra Pradhan * Paul Reback ** Michelle Richards Tim Rollins ** Ruth Corn ** & Gordon Roth Mary Sabbatino * Don Savelson ** Abigail Scheuer ** Alexandra Seegers Carole Server ** & Oliver Frankel Karen and Steven Shapiro ** Joyce Siegel Brent Sikkema SkyFrame Mort Spitzer * Joshua Stein ** Melissa Terrick Patrick Vega Todd Von Ammon * Karin Waisman & Carlos Brillembourg ** Madeline Weinrib Cathy & Joe Zicherman Lists in formation as of 12.21.15 * Art Auction Committee ** Trustees ABOUT THE HONOREES Ella Fontanals - Cisneros is a philanthropist and entrepreneur with an abiding passion and discerning eye for contemporary art and Artists Fund Honorary Chair Leon Ichaso Film Director Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler Historian of the City of Havana Artist Co-Chairs Carlos Brillembourg Omar Lopez - Chahoud Tim Rollins Karin Waisman Master of Ceremonies Arturo O'Farrill Pianist / Composer / Educator Special Guest Performance by Yosvany Terry AUCTION Featuring artists Vito Acconci David Adjaye Terry Adkins Franco Albini Grimanesa Amoros Miya Ando Eleanor Antin Julieta Aranda Alexandre Arrechea Jennifer Bartlett Richard Bosman Monika Bravo Deborah Brown Paulo Bruscky Deborah Buck Robert Buck Javier Castro Nigel Cooke Jane Corrigan Katie DeGroot Humberto Diaz Rafael Domenech Jack Early Maria Elena Gonzalez Carlos Estevez Rochelle Feinstein Magdalena Fernández Carlo Ferraris Roland Flexner Carlos Garaicoa Cristina Garcia Nereida Garcia Ferraz Florencio Gelabert John Giorno Tria Giovan Luis Gispert Jean Grisoni Jean Grisoni Alejandro Guzman Patrick Hamilton Lynn Hershman Leeson Virva Hinnemo Sheree Hovsepian How & Nosm Mark Innerst Chantal Joffe Rashid Johnson Jorge & larry Deborah Kass Leandro Katz Andre Komatsu Tom Kotik Julia Kunin Robert Kushner Stephen Laub Roy Lichtenstein Joseph Michael Lopez Rogelio Lopéz Marín (Gory) Los Carpinteros Emily Mae Smith Armando Mariño Carlos Martiel Catalina Mejia Beatriz Milhazes Ibrahim Miranda Mariko Mori Daido Moriyama Matthew Morrocco George Negroponte Reynier Leyva Novo Nela Ochoa Yoko Ono José Parlá Rey Parlá Geandy Pavon Victor Piverno Barrios Nathlie Provosty Tal R Sandra Ramos Pedro Reyes R.D. Rice Rispal Alexis Rockman Tim Rollins Emilio Sanchez Fanny Sanin Dan Shaw - Town Arlene Shechet Bruce Sherman Roger Shimomura Fran Siegel Kiki Smith Shinique Smith Rafael Soriano Nancy Spero Ezra Stoller Michelle Stuart Donald Sultan Marisa Telleria The Merger Frank Thiel Fred Tomaselli Rubén Torres Llorca Janaina Tschape Judith Turner Todd Vladyka Danh Vo Phil Wagner Karin Waisman Madeline Weinrib Martin Weinstein Daniel Wiener Martin Wong Monika Zarzeczna NEW ART EDITION Featuring arist Jorge Pardo Benefit Committee Rae Alexander - Minter ** Eric Appel * Amy Attas & Stephen Shapiro Auction.com Roland Augustine & Lawrence Luhring Yona Backer * Sigmund Balka ** Amanda & Clayton Benchley Gavin Berger ** Laura Blanco ** & Robert F. Shainheit Linda Blumberg ** Elliot Brownstein ** Deborah Buck Victoria Cabanos ** & Philip Hecht Ellen Cantrowitz * Fiona Cibani Gigi & Gustavo de Arnavat Alessandra DiGiusto ** Carol Dorsky * Olivia Douglas ** & David DiDomenico Cynthia Elliott & Doug Rice Dana Emmott Alexis Frank Lea * & Stephan Freid Alissa Friedman * Stacey & Rob Goergen Blake Grossman Marilyn ** & Stephen Greene Nohra Haime * Lesley Heller * Julia P. * & Horacio Herzberg Susan Hinko ** Joyce Hogi ** Jeanna Hussey ** Isabella Hutchinson Debby Hymowitz Ursula Kalish Lauren Kelly Mary & Sean Kelly Nicholas Kilner * Alice Kosmin ** Ian & Serge Krawiecki Gazes Joan Krevlin ** Miyoung lee & Neil Simpkins Tania Leon Ashley Leutner * Lordes López Florence Lynch * Mary Beth Mandanas ** Cormac McEnery ** Jennifer McSweeney Joseph Mizzi ** Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago Risa Needleman * Nathan Newman ** The O'Grady Foundation Ifeoma Okoronkwo Aitkenhead ** Scott R. & Melissa Persall Hirsch Alina Pedroso Penny Pilkington * Lesley & Jonathan Plotkin ** Nancy Portnoy ** Serra Pradhan * Paul Reback ** Michelle Richards Tim Rollins ** Ruth Corn ** & Gordon Roth Mary Sabbatino * Don Savelson ** Abigail Scheuer ** Alexandra Seegers Carole Server ** & Oliver Frankel Karen and Steven Shapiro ** Joyce Siegel Brent Sikkema SkyFrame Mort Spitzer * Joshua Stein ** Melissa Terrick Patrick Vega Todd Von Ammon * Karin Waisman & Carlos Brillembourg ** Madeline Weinrib Cathy & Joe Zicherman Lists in formation as of 12.21.15 * Art Auction Committee ** Trustees ABOUT THE HONOREES Ella Fontanals - Cisneros is a philanthropist and entrepreneur with an abiding passion and discerning eye for contemporary art and artists Vito Acconci David Adjaye Terry Adkins Franco Albini Grimanesa Amoros Miya Ando Eleanor Antin Julieta Aranda Alexandre Arrechea Jennifer Bartlett Richard Bosman Monika Bravo Deborah Brown Paulo Bruscky Deborah Buck Robert Buck Javier Castro Nigel Cooke Jane Corrigan Katie DeGroot Humberto Diaz Rafael Domenech Jack Early Maria Elena Gonzalez Carlos Estevez Rochelle Feinstein Magdalena Fernández Carlo Ferraris Roland Flexner Carlos Garaicoa Cristina Garcia Nereida Garcia Ferraz Florencio Gelabert John Giorno Tria Giovan Luis Gispert Jean Grisoni Jean Grisoni Alejandro Guzman Patrick Hamilton Lynn Hershman Leeson Virva Hinnemo Sheree Hovsepian How & Nosm Mark Innerst Chantal Joffe Rashid Johnson Jorge & larry Deborah Kass Leandro Katz Andre Komatsu Tom Kotik Julia Kunin Robert Kushner Stephen Laub Roy Lichtenstein Joseph Michael Lopez Rogelio Lopéz Marín (Gory) Los Carpinteros Emily Mae Smith Armando Mariño Carlos Martiel Catalina Mejia Beatriz Milhazes Ibrahim Miranda Mariko Mori Daido Moriyama Matthew Morrocco George Negroponte Reynier Leyva Novo Nela Ochoa Yoko Ono José Parlá Rey Parlá Geandy Pavon Victor Piverno Barrios Nathlie Provosty Tal R Sandra Ramos Pedro Reyes R.D. Rice Rispal Alexis Rockman Tim Rollins Emilio Sanchez Fanny Sanin Dan Shaw - Town Arlene Shechet Bruce Sherman Roger Shimomura Fran Siegel Kiki Smith Shinique Smith Rafael Soriano Nancy Spero Ezra Stoller Michelle Stuart Donald Sultan Marisa Telleria The Merger Frank Thiel Fred Tomaselli Rubén Torres Llorca Janaina Tschape Judith Turner Todd Vladyka Danh Vo Phil Wagner Karin Waisman Madeline Weinrib Martin Weinstein Daniel Wiener Martin Wong Monika Zarzeczna NEW ART EDITION Featuring arist Jorge Pardo Benefit Committee Rae Alexander - Minter ** Eric Appel * Amy Attas & Stephen Shapiro Auction.com Roland Augustine & Lawrence Luhring Yona Backer * Sigmund Balka ** Amanda & Clayton Benchley Gavin Berger ** Laura Blanco ** & Robert F. Shainheit Linda Blumberg ** Elliot Brownstein ** Deborah Buck Victoria Cabanos ** & Philip Hecht Ellen Cantrowitz * Fiona Cibani Gigi & Gustavo de Arnavat Alessandra DiGiusto ** Carol Dorsky * Olivia Douglas ** & David DiDomenico Cynthia Elliott & Doug Rice Dana Emmott Alexis Frank Lea * & Stephan Freid Alissa Friedman * Stacey & Rob Goergen Blake Grossman Marilyn ** & Stephen Greene Nohra Haime * Lesley Heller * Julia P. * & Horacio Herzberg Susan Hinko ** Joyce Hogi ** Jeanna Hussey ** Isabella Hutchinson Debby Hymowitz Ursula Kalish Lauren Kelly Mary & Sean Kelly Nicholas Kilner * Alice Kosmin ** Ian & Serge Krawiecki Gazes Joan Krevlin ** Miyoung lee & Neil Simpkins Tania Leon Ashley Leutner * Lordes López Florence Lynch * Mary Beth Mandanas ** Cormac McEnery ** Jennifer McSweeney Joseph Mizzi ** Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago Risa Needleman * Nathan Newman ** The O'Grady Foundation Ifeoma Okoronkwo Aitkenhead ** Scott R. & Melissa Persall Hirsch Alina Pedroso Penny Pilkington * Lesley & Jonathan Plotkin ** Nancy Portnoy ** Serra Pradhan * Paul Reback ** Michelle Richards Tim Rollins ** Ruth Corn ** & Gordon Roth Mary Sabbatino * Don Savelson ** Abigail Scheuer ** Alexandra Seegers Carole Server ** & Oliver Frankel Karen and Steven Shapiro ** Joyce Siegel Brent Sikkema SkyFrame Mort Spitzer * Joshua Stein ** Melissa Terrick Patrick Vega Todd Von Ammon * Karin Waisman & Carlos Brillembourg ** Madeline Weinrib Cathy & Joe Zicherman Lists in formation as of 12.21.15 * Art Auction Committee ** Trustees ABOUT THE HONOREES Ella Fontanals - Cisneros is a philanthropist and entrepreneur with an abiding passion and discerning eye for contemporary art and design.

John Miller and Aura Rosenberg featured in Gary Indiana's feature article about the «Pictures Generation» These 80s Artists Are More Important than Ever in the New York Times Style Magazine.

One particular standout is this video of John Baldessari talking about Philip Guston's 1973 Stationary Figure, what Baldessari describes as Guston's attempt to seem like a «dumb artist.»

I have been writing about art throughout my career and I have written monographs and catalog essays for many artists and exhibitions including: Jean - Michel Basquiat (several,) John Baldessari, Beat Culture and the New America 1950 - 1965 (Whitney Museum,) The Warhol Look (Bullfinch,) Unseen Warhol (Rizzoli), Richard Prince (Whitney Museum 1992 and Guggenheim Museum 2007,) Christopher Wool (Taschen), Jeremy Blake, Keith Sonnier, Georg Herold, Tom Sachs, Jane Dickson, Stephen Ellis, James Nares, Alix Lambert, Roxanne Lowit, Mati Klarwein, Patrick Demarchelier, Edo Bertoglio, Ron Galella, Sante D'Orazio, Ricky Powell, Les Rogers, Jerry Schatzberg, Toland Grinnell and Jessica Craig - Martin.

Writing about Knowles» work, White Columns» director Matthew Higgs said: I first encountered Christopher Knowles» work in the late 1980s via his artist's book Typings (Vehicle Editions, New York, 1979) and his contributions to the legendary 1978 «Schizo - Culture» issue of the seminal anti-journal Semiotext (e) where his work was framed alongside that of Jack Smith, Jimmy De Sana, Andre Cadere, The Ramones, Kathy Acker, William Burroughs, John Giorno, and Robert Wilson amongst others.

It was 5:30 pm on a Wednesday afternoon when I received the fateful, and equally grateful, opportunity to link up with New York based artist John Gordon Gauld to chat about his latest exhibition - «Interstellar Overdrive «now on view at Salomon Contemporary through May 10th in NYC's notable Chelsea Gallery district.