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Monday, December 22, 2008

Visual Art My Top 10 in Art

Posted by on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:21 PM

1. WACK!. Here's Sylvia Mangold's painting of a pile of laundry, at Vancouver Art Gallery.
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2. Robert Irwin in San Diego.
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3. Dario Robleto at the Frye. (Hear Dario talk with me here and here.)
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4. The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece at Seattle Art Museum.
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5. Susan Robb at Lawrimore Project.
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6. Multiplex at Western Bridge.
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7. This Is the Worst Trip I've Ever Been On: Acculturation in a Pre-Apocalyptic Age by Anne Mathern and Chad Wentzel at Crawl Space. (This is Mathern's sewn pelt version of Wentzel's chest hair. Yes, yes, we realize "that's not art." Thanks for commenting. Bye!)
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8. Don't You F#{%ING Look at Me!: Surveillance in the 21st Century at 911 Media Arts Center.
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9. Matt Browning: Home Field Advantage at Crawl Space.
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10. Claire Cowie: 12 Views at James Harris Gallery.
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1
Thanks for this.
Posted by fARTing on December 22, 2008 at 12:56 PM
2
TEAM BRUCE
BUTT SCOURGE
Posted by The CHZA on December 22, 2008 at 1:51 PM
3
Wow. I have to become a modern artist. This seems to be the biggest scam going.
Posted by anon on December 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM
4
@3: Regardless of how much or how little you like the art, starvation-scale incomes (usually supported by another gig) don't really qualify as a big scam.
Posted by eric sic on December 22, 2008 at 3:15 PM

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