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The Visual Wit of Designer Alan Fletcher Is Now Online
All work and no play infuses graphic design with a corporate dullness, but that was never the case with Alan Fletcher.
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In Channa Horwitz’s Orange Grid
LOS ANGELES — There are generally two favored narrative arcs used to describe an artist’s life. There is the story of the hot young art star who takes the art world by storm with new ideas and a mediagenic personality. And there is the solitary artist, who works quietly for years, before finding suc
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10 Artists to Watch from the 2013 Bushwick Open Studios
This year, we asked the Hyperallergic team to pick a few artists they deemed "worthy to keep your eye on" from their travals across the mega-swathe of Brooklyn and Queens known as Bushwick Open Studios (BOS).
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A Guerrilla Registry of Historic Places Pops Up in Brooklyn
For a borough with a dense and diverse history, Brooklyn doesn't have much in the way of public historic recognition. Artist Anna Robinson-Sweet's current installation project adds historic plaques around the borough, to highlight what has been forgotten.
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A Place to Rest Your Internet-Weary Head
CHICAGO — When I was but a wee young twin, a powerful psychic told me that I should keep a dream journal. I never forgot that moment, because it came to me in a dream during a wonderful evening of REM-induced magic. That psychic reappeared to me one day in the form of the tumblr blog tag #psychic mo
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Art Rx
This week, the start of summer group shows, trespassing/transgressive placemaking, an electronic art festival, and hip-hop in the age of YouTube.
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Howling at the Pyramid Club
Legendary Lydia Lunch, confrontationalist post-punk no-wave singer, spoken word artist, poet, writer, photographer, and actress, has never been one to hide the madness — that’s putting it mildly. Broadcasting her inner angst has always been her style as well as her gritty charm. A Lunch quote: “I'm
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Venturing Beyond the White Box in Bushwick
Stocked with Havarti cubes and iced kegs, Bushwick artists swept up and opened their doors to the public this weekend for the 2013 Bushwick Open Studios (BOS). Air-conditioned workspaces became premium real estate as the festival’s seventh incarnation, hosted by nonprofit Arts in Bushwick, welcomed
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Learning to Love Your Image: Fan Art Meets Contemporary Art
CHICAGO — Anyone who has ever spent more than three consecutive hours listening to their favorite band on repeat, attempted to dress up as the lead singer, or camped out overnight to get tickets has more than just a passing interest in said band. This person, a bit fanatical in their behaviors and e
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Exploring the Southern Edge of Bushwick Open Studios
There aren't as many outskirts to Bushwick Open Studios as there once were. The 2013 edition was brimming even at the very edges of designated "Bushwick," which really oozes over into the adjacent East Williamsburg and Ridgewood, though it seems steadfast in not stepping over the Broadway line to Be
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In Bushwick, Two Takes on 3-D Modeling
One type of artwork Bushwick probably does not need more of these days is abstract painting. Another type it may or may not need more of is work in 3-D imaging and modeling (discuss). But two artists who use this medium in very different ways are being presented at gallery spaces near each other in
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A Bushwick Warehouse Filled with Earnest and Honest Sculpture
There are a lot of studios in Bushwick, and a lot of white boxes and apartment galleries, too. If you need a break from any or all of those, I recommend venturing out to 299 Meserole Street, where recent alumni of Virginia Commonwealth University's Sculpture and Extended Media MFA program have taken