Week in Review: February 19th, 2010
Filed Under: Week in Review On: February 19, 2010 posted by: casey
Welcome back to the Week in Review! What's that, you ask? Every Friday we look back on the highlights of the week, point out some great things we saw on the internet and drop hints about what the future holds.
Digital rendering of Doug and Mike Starn’s “Big Bambú,” a site-specific sculpture made of 3,200 interlocking bamboo poles lashed together with nylon rope. (image: NYT)
20x200 News
- This summer, edition-makers Mike and Doug Starn (whose four 20x200 editions nearly sold out within minutes of appearing on the site) will be constructing a 50-foot tall bamboo structure (above) on the roof of the Met Museum in New York. Did we mention you can CLIMB ON IT? Check out our post for renderings of the insane view and the full scoop.
- A photograph by JBG-represented artist Nina Berman was published in today's Wall Street Journal as part of an article about the 2010 Whitney Biennial.
- Gregory Krum has curated, Quicktake: Rodarte at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, a show surveying the work, process, and inspiration behind these avant-garde fashion designers.
- In the past few weeks, you might have noticed some great new posts by Stacy Oborn, who—it was officially announced this week—will be joining the JBP crew and contributing daily to all of our beloved blogs. Welcome to the team, Stacy!
- Jonathan Melber, legal eagle turned JBP's Director of Biz Development, wrote a great article for the Huffington Post on how the Brooklyn Museum is using Creative Commons to allow remixing of their content.
- Yesterday marked the conclusion of Jason Polan's collaborative art project and exhibition The Assembled Picture Library of New York City. We posted a little bit about it, but will keep you updated on how this experiment turned out as we hear more.
- Penelope Umbrico gave a lecture last night at SVA. We wrote a bit about her awesome work, some of which is still available on 20x200.
- 20x200 got a shout out on feminist blog Feministing, who ran a picture of our "Live With Art" motto and this wonderful quote by Angela Davis: "Ultimately, [progressive art] can propel people toward social emancipation." We concur!
Prospect Park by Joe Holmes
From the Web
- We're smitten with this photograph of dogs in Prospect Park by Joe Holmes and—if the like-and-reblog count is any indication—so is the rest of the internet.
- Check out how good these prints by Mike Monteiro and James Deavin look framed against a brick wall.
- Bland desktop blues? Noah Kalina has got you covered.
- Kate Bingaman-Burt has been posting daily drawings for February on her Flickr, including an instant camera which we totally covet.
New Editions
This week we went art-crazy, bringing you not two, not three, but four editions! The fresh perspective (or is it non-perspective?) of Justin James King's manipulated image and wittiness of Carrie Marill's visual aid painting are complemented perfectly by two nostalgic drawings by Hollis Brown Thornton.
All-in-all 'twas another insane(ly great), art-filled week at 20x200 HQ. 'Till next week, collectors!
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