Good friend and great artist Colleen Alborough exhibits a new solo of fantastic work in downtown Joburg, downstairs at the Standard Bank Gallery. I’m sad to miss it (in Wisconsin), but if you’re in town, it’s a must see. This opens alongside a Louis Khehla Maqhubela retrospective, the latter in the upstairs gallery. Opening, Tuesday [...]
Just finished an overhaul of compressionism.net, and uploaded content, including works, press, documentaiton, etc. Look out for upcoming books and shows that feature the new work! In this ongoing series of prints, I strap a desktop scanner, laptop and custom battery pack to my body, and perform images into existence. I might scan in straight, [...]
Wonderful day yesterday, slowly moseying around Chelsea and surrounds from gallery to gallery, afternoon drinks with good friend and great artist Sean Slemon, dinner with brilliant writer/thinker/academic and all-around fabulous lady Rebecca Schneider (and our respective partners – can’t get enough of that Nicole Ridgway, so it’s a good thing I convinced her to spend [...]
Two in Wisconsin, and more! It’s been a busy few months for Nathaniel Stern (me), and there’s more to come. My show with Jessica Meuninck-Ganger at Gallery AOP in Johannesburg has received critical acclaim in the Mail and Guardian and on Rhizome.org (among others), and the exhibition at Greylock Arts (extended for another two weeks [...]
Annette Monnier’s new blog project seeks to let her really focus in on one show she sees every month. She recently reviewed #class, a show in New York City meant to underscore the controversy about a bigger show by the famous Jeff Koons, also in New York City. In her review of the response show, [...]
On Nathaniel Stern & Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s “Passing Between” at AOP Gallery by Christo Doherty “This past month, Johannesburg’s AOP Gallery, a space devoted to works on paper, hosted the exhibition “Passing Between” which showcased the collaborative output between digital artist Nathaniel Stern and printmaker Jessica Meuninck-Ganger. At the outset, Stern and Meuninck-Ganger approached the collaboration [...]
Profundity and plasticity for the greedy This article by Chris Roper appeared in both the online and print editions of the Mail & Guardian. Also see their online video feature. “… The work is funny, pretty and accessible, but it’s also complicated, surprising, exceedingly well crafted and rewards a long-term relationship. That’s your cue to [...]
Dada South? Exploring Dada legacies in South African art 1960 to the present ‘Dada South?’, curated by Roger van Wyk and Kathryn Smith presents a collision of artistic strategies and forms that reflect the impact of Dada; works conceived and enacted in the spirit of Dada, and which seek to question the conventions, values and [...]
Although not mentioned by name, that’s a Compressionist print of mine framed in the doorway, in this article in the art newspaper: Gallery dedicated to book art opens in Brooklyn Commercial venture shows growing popularity of the medium By Andrew Goldstein | Web only Published online 5 Oct 09 (Art Market) Central Booking’s opening party [...]
I’ve penned a review for the Milwaukee Art Museum’s American Furniture/Googled exhibition, and it’s up on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Mary-Louise Schumacher’s “Art City” site. Teaser: The “American Furniture/Googled” exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum through Sunday is a surprisingly interesting show, even if only in its promise. Little did I expect, when going [...]
One of my favorite South African artists at one of my favorite South African galleries (disclosure: the latter is MY South African gallery): 8 – 31 October 2009 Opening on Thursday 10 October at 18:00 Preview by appointment Walkabout with the artist on Saturday 10 October at 12:00 Colin Richards Parrot (African Grey) I (detail) [...]
The amazing folks at turbulence.org have done it again! See below. Networked_Performance — Networked: a networked_book about networked_art Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art) INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE: Two years in the making, Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art) is now open for comments, revisions, and translations. You may also submit a chapter for consideration. Please register [...]
Officially opens 12 July. Note that Jessica and I are also giving a talk at the Sneak Preview next Friday 10 July… The Museum of Wisconsin Art is proud to showcase some of the state’s best printmakers in “FROM ONE, MANY: Contemporary Wisconsin Prints” This is an original MWA exhibition and the range of print [...]
Spending lots of time in the studio these days. Working on many pieces that continue my still very very new Distill Life series (using mostly machinima video from Second Life and combining that with prints and drawings), some Compressionist prints, and a kind of mixed reality minimalist video installation called Given Time that I am [...]
SEE THE CALL AND THE REMIXES SO FAR Wikipedia Art – originally an editable encyclopedia entry as art work – applied for and was denied citizenship on Wikipedia. It now seeks refugee status in Venice through the establishment of The Wikipedia Art Embassy. Encyclopedic ambassadors, Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern, invite writings on, and creative [...]
PRINTS: Collecting to Creating 1850′s – 2009 Elaine Erickson Gallery 207 East Buffalo Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 414-221-0613 Selected works from the Kevin Milaeger collection, works from the Sherkow collection, gallery and guest artists. Exhibition: June 6 – July 14 2009 Lecture: June 10, 6:30 pm, Kevin Milaeger, “A Passion for Collecting” Lecture: June 24, [...]
