Jolene Delisle
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Wednesday, May 26th 2010 5:45pm
I’ve posted before about text artist Jenny Holzer, most recently regarding her show at the Whitney.
Above is a video clip from her current installation at the north entrance of the Aria in Las Vegas. Over 200 sayings are programmed into the LED display art such as; “It’s important to stay clean on all levels.” “Overeating should be criminal.” “If you live simply, there is nothing to worry about.” “It’s not good to operate on credit.”
According to the Las Vegas Sun, “Holzer was tapped by Michele Quinn, whom MGM Mirage tasked with overseeing its ambitious public art effort. Quinn describes herself as “kind of a groupie” of Holzer’s, and says she thought such an LED installation could be the best use of such an awkward, dark space as this lower-level valet area. People would be waiting around anyway, so why not give them something to look at — and think about — as they departed?”
Designboom also has a nice overview of projects by Jenny Holzer worth checking out here.
Thanks to NotCot for the heads up on this!
artists installation las vegas
Thursday, March 4th 2010 10:05pm
Wooster Collective interviews artist Rebecca Ward at the Kate Spade store in Soho, New York for the opening of her latest installation.
video fashion retail artists installation
Friday, September 25th 2009 2:55pm
Friday, August 21st 2009 12:47am
The above isn’t a PR stunt for the Amazon Kindle, but an installation by artist Alicia Martin. Linz in Upper Austria is currently European Capital of Culture and these cascades of books can be viewed pouring out of windows onto the main street.
Tuesday, August 18th 2009 10:54pm
Street art pieces by Aakash Nihalani have recently popped up on the streets of New York City. Very graphic in style, each highlight the contours and geometry of the city surroundings.
Monday, April 6th 2009 10:23pm
Ron van der Ende’s perspective reliefs in old wood are amazing. He doesn’t paint the wood itself but keeps a large collection of old planks and doors in the colors he needs, subsequently constructing collages. More info about him here.
Thursday, February 26th 2009 1:00pm
Berlin-based artist Simon Evans has a great exhibition right now at James Cohen Gallery in Chelsea. It’s the New York debut show for the London-born artist, who is a former pro-skateboarder and writer. The show’s title is “Island Time,” which is a nod to Robinson Crusoe and the handmade objects he needed to survive on a desert island. Evans implicitly compares being shipwrecked, to the role of the artist as an outsider, to his own experience living in a foreign city. He’s also obsessed with counting and charting, “an activity key to survival as a castaway,” says the gallery.
Evan’s text-based works are collaged and assembled from prosaic materials including found paper, scotch tape, pencil shavings, colored pencil and white out. My favorite piece is the “One Hundred Mix CDs for New York” which is a collection of album covers that are arranged together in one frame. Evans attempts to encapsulate his feelings regarding the gesture of exchange that typifies the making of a mixed CD.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 12:31am
