tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61353670521045382322024-02-06T21:22:39.296-08:00ARENA Renée Riccardojust what you need...ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-55587056495093334062011-07-01T19:39:00.000-07:002011-07-05T15:20:43.452-07:00ARENAgal by Renée Riccardo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLysaBa6n84y8-pOq1ud_ryCoWSAZQveOLKCot9_JSizl1IbAV2Sxg8wLralaXFuG4UmkWHqP50ptuQTRxXznSCUT6en4N1946v-_RGGRmCIyDvU2v8v4UM_A8mVIVjPJJG1syvwJAcw/s1600/268120_133633026716699_119696418110360_251895_2215022_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLysaBa6n84y8-pOq1ud_ryCoWSAZQveOLKCot9_JSizl1IbAV2Sxg8wLralaXFuG4UmkWHqP50ptuQTRxXznSCUT6en4N1946v-_RGGRmCIyDvU2v8v4UM_A8mVIVjPJJG1syvwJAcw/s400/268120_133633026716699_119696418110360_251895_2215022_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625995563637394082" /></a><br /><br />After years of being a curator, gallerist and art consultant I have added a new obsession to my list of activities, jewelry design. In the Spring I launched a jewelry line of one of a kind necklaces and bracelets, <a href="http://arenagalbyreneericcardo.tumblr.com/">ARENAgal by Renée Riccardo</a><br /><br />They are available at <a href="http://www.mcandco.us/">mc & co.</a> on North 6th Street in Williamsburg and through ARENA. For inquiries please contact arenagal@thing.net.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-90671472621173149832010-12-27T13:40:00.000-08:002010-12-27T14:21:03.576-08:00I Am Love and my brief encounter with Tilda Swinton<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5uzxE3aUsj77_H2FXkikWrZuk1Xb_qsbZoHxR6j39znH42Vj_6feEWYLzs7gX92XfNSHM6acEaE_Yz64NoJjcVM-dxt99Tx29BvLmovShTkf7r4pRSafDQavQpVwzbz6uimgkx5g7IQ/s1600/Tilda.Swinton.Miami.Beach.10.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5uzxE3aUsj77_H2FXkikWrZuk1Xb_qsbZoHxR6j39znH42Vj_6feEWYLzs7gX92XfNSHM6acEaE_Yz64NoJjcVM-dxt99Tx29BvLmovShTkf7r4pRSafDQavQpVwzbz6uimgkx5g7IQ/s400/Tilda.Swinton.Miami.Beach.10.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555483120710880210" /></a><br />During the Summer I was working in my old neighborhood in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn and needed to get out of the 95 degree weather. I stumbled upon a film, <a href="http://www.iamlovemovie.com/"><span style="font-style:italic;">I Am Love</span></a> at the local cinema and saw that Tilda Swinton who has been one of my favorite actresses for years was starring so I did something I rarely do, went to a matinee. I thought the film would be the standard 90 minutes but it wasn't so I couldn't see the ending because I had an appointment. It was an intriguing film and I never got to see the ending until I got the opportunity to see it on DVD several months later. I was blown away. This is a must see. <br />Recently while in Miami for all the Art Basel Miami Beach festivities I went to the <a href="http://vimeo.com/8727939"><span style="font-style:italic;">Pringle of Scotland</span></a> party at the Webster on Miami Beach and Tilda Swinton was the guest of honor. The event, <a href="http://artbasel.aol.com/2010/12/04/great-scot-tilda-swinton-holds-court-at-the-pringle-of-scotland/"><span style="font-style:italic;">195 Collaborations</span> </a>was presented by the <a href="http://www.serpentinegallery.org/"><span style="font-style:italic;">Serpentine Gallery</span></a>, an exhibition space where she once did a collaborative performance with Cornelia Parker where <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/visual-arts--tilda-swinton-serpentine-gallery-london-1599685.html">she slept in a sealed glass cabinet</a>. I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with her briefly because I arrived early. I told her that I thought that I Am Love was the best movie I've seen this year and her performance was stellar and she replied to me, "You are so kind Renee". To hear this from one of the greatest living actresses made my entire trip. She was gracious enough to let me take this photograph of her with a custom designed Pringle of Scotland sweater designed by <a href="http://ryanmcginley.com/">Ryan McGinley</a>. Photograph: Renee RiccardoARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-78877905198413528322010-11-12T17:51:00.000-08:002010-11-12T19:19:25.224-08:00Making the Leap: Crossing Borders at A.I.R. Gallery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG_x-yPFEzWyhoveJrLwHChVKVJq3X-Cg9QhhwzeamAJRa8gdIP8xqZKucfVABzJUOl2rOHjWQP5jVTf4IRXS4XRjCGDDpVuqo4r8iW3kfsf0nuNhXcdlVx69NW8dzkbOitbBzszRdnM/s1600/yijunliao.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG_x-yPFEzWyhoveJrLwHChVKVJq3X-Cg9QhhwzeamAJRa8gdIP8xqZKucfVABzJUOl2rOHjWQP5jVTf4IRXS4XRjCGDDpVuqo4r8iW3kfsf0nuNhXcdlVx69NW8dzkbOitbBzszRdnM/s400/yijunliao.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538852575348574674" /></a><br />I am very excited about the upcoming <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://kiragreene.com/wordpress/2010/11/04/making-the-leap-crossing-borders/">Making the Leap: Crossing Borders</a></span> at <a href="http://www.airgallery.org/">A.I.R. Gallery</a> which I am the guest curator/juror for. The exhibition features the work of 14 Asian-American women Immigrant artists who confront issues of identity, separation from the familiar, and deviation from conservative social structures and gender roles with diverse perspectives and methods. It will be exciting to see the show come together with a whole group of fresh faces at a gallery with such a rich history of support for women artists. The show opens December 1st, with a reception from 6-8 p.m. on December 2nd and runs through January 2nd. A.I.R. Gallery is located at 111 Front Street, Studio#228 in the D.U.M.B.O. section of Brooklyn. Image: Photograph by Yijun Liao.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-87924683145096560882010-03-29T17:53:00.000-07:002010-03-29T18:43:14.065-07:00Zooey Deschanel, Nellie McKay, and Meaghan Smith<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCsQZoevdvUZCwLx_cdQ66I4rDdue_VsnN_PrdBOhyphenhyphen-mkJ2R4CeZ3UBI-92FkvU-54zHqz6_hF-XDvTdx01yNdPI58hVXi9ShK1SvLXQJFUaKf1gnTjSFyQWv-7eP1I0-z7uCog2Vx58/s1600/zooey_deschanel.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCsQZoevdvUZCwLx_cdQ66I4rDdue_VsnN_PrdBOhyphenhyphen-mkJ2R4CeZ3UBI-92FkvU-54zHqz6_hF-XDvTdx01yNdPI58hVXi9ShK1SvLXQJFUaKf1gnTjSFyQWv-7eP1I0-z7uCog2Vx58/s400/zooey_deschanel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454235809617666210" /></a><br />Been listening to some new sounds from the talented, beautiful young singers, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQiy0dAhcvs">Zooey Deschanel</a>,<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_PBxZYPL_Q&feature=related"> Nellie McKay</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80X-RBjVC44&feature=channel">Meaghan Smith</a>...I'm fascinated by how in touch they are with their "girlie" side. They seem to like to channel singers like Doris Day, Patsy Cline, and other assorted crooners of the past with their retro hairstyles, vintage clothes and videos that echo another era. The amazing thing is they all pull it off in a fresh and inspiring new way...ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-77411557415630026812010-03-13T21:33:00.000-08:002010-03-15T17:20:51.685-07:00Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present opening at MoMA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUK0YNOha6fxXMSYk6SKXlPc58IZ36hdpytmARLx7UWMqU3fJocnqwa6_45Rf43434QesSChQqZ2MtmhRg0ZUhLV8NBCzEzjBXyCzMguPXcCCZsRFabQPRL82aXvFY540Zki5qdi2AkU/s1600-h/Marina.A.MoMA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUK0YNOha6fxXMSYk6SKXlPc58IZ36hdpytmARLx7UWMqU3fJocnqwa6_45Rf43434QesSChQqZ2MtmhRg0ZUhLV8NBCzEzjBXyCzMguPXcCCZsRFabQPRL82aXvFY540Zki5qdi2AkU/s400/Marina.A.MoMA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448363173231017266" /></a><br />After attending art fairs and all that commercial activity the previous week, it was a great relief to attend the opening of <a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/965">Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present</a> retrospective, organized by Klaus Biesenbach at MoMA this past week. It opens to the public today. The first thing I saw was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UODaRxt8Zuw">Marina</a> in the Marron Atrium at a small wooden table in a dramatic long red dress sitting across from anyone who would volunteer to sit opposite from her and <a href="http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/marinaabramovic/">stare into her soul</a>. Everyone who participated seemed like they were visiting a goddess and truly moved by the experience. I saw a young girl walk away and wipe a tear away from her eye. Marina will be performing this work for several hours a day for a total of 700 hours during the run of the show. On the sixth floor there were fascinating live <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/arts/design/14performance.html">reperformances</a> of Abramovic works by other performers amongst photographs, video, and the famous stage from her piece, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.skny.com/exhibitions/2002-11-15_marina-abramovi">The House With an Ocean View</a></span> where she lived on a spare stage at Sean Kelly Gallery for several days in 2002 with an audience observing every move that she made. Abramovic's perseverance, focus and discipline (as well as the stamina of the people <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/arts/design/12abromovic.html">reenacting her pieces</a>) is so moving that when you leave the show it almost feels like you're levitating...Photo: Renee RiccardoARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-29603698937246747332010-02-26T13:42:00.000-08:002010-02-26T14:30:40.842-08:00Dirty Fingers: Banned IPhone Apps & I Dream of Jeannie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHNngjPVqGVIKTQ8dZ3CbZx7BVUcKaj5OJcCKQlKINknU9Fas3IVneuwGmhQRCTdhlY6odKKoL1YLmiGUzCf4kfHEt_kTPFisl4QhdR-I0aCOWXWpmD5W1d3BpZ3QeHiPwjkGW0SAdGY/s1600-h/1169431296.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHNngjPVqGVIKTQ8dZ3CbZx7BVUcKaj5OJcCKQlKINknU9Fas3IVneuwGmhQRCTdhlY6odKKoL1YLmiGUzCf4kfHEt_kTPFisl4QhdR-I0aCOWXWpmD5W1d3BpZ3QeHiPwjkGW0SAdGY/s400/1169431296.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442675124467187394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSSNmeUVrbD1VCeyK_cyyP_cjSIfLzaN7Es9wzn8Peq_6tQCH1dgrxgafjqBRVdZEwuWmIJeVXwTTSe6ts1izUCH_9-_jNz1vodSvc6IsmNgWDy9fE4RVxbqtqKY2OBFk1uNyfjxk3mM/s1600-h/23apps_CA0-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSSNmeUVrbD1VCeyK_cyyP_cjSIfLzaN7Es9wzn8Peq_6tQCH1dgrxgafjqBRVdZEwuWmIJeVXwTTSe6ts1izUCH_9-_jNz1vodSvc6IsmNgWDy9fE4RVxbqtqKY2OBFk1uNyfjxk3mM/s400/23apps_CA0-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442675014963878066" /></a><br />I was reading a review on the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/arts/design/26biennial.html?scp=1&sq=The%20Whitney%20Biennial&st=cse">2010 Whitney Biennial in the New York Times</a> and a sidebar ad caught my eye about a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/technology/23apps.html?ex=1282712400&en=558da44053ddaa95&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=TE-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M138-ROS-0210-PH&WT.mc_ev=click">"Sexy IPhone apps banned" article</a> (also in the Times) in the Technology section. One of the banned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone">Apple IPhone</a> apps called "Dirty Fingers" features a young sexy girl clad in a bikini that has glass cleaner in her hands so it appears that she's inside your IPhone cleaning your screen. I thought this was such a bizarre concept, sort of an <a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4170187033/">"I Dream of Jeannie"</a> redux. If this was in the 2010 Whitney Biennial on a pedestal people would probably be amused...ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-60036159413440638652010-02-24T15:04:00.000-08:002010-03-15T08:00:52.338-07:00The 2010 Whitney Biennial: What's it all about?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMDyWPHcfureOY-0RiffVuJwrLPuJeT-Rbo_CxRqj7xPGAasQVEqC79LqHxiP__9mUHN7mckv3Tk0VEvUm8IOMvNErqPmiiPp-0UnnGQcxBPJ8744By63LIPG6NQ5dR_jFUQFofnecSc/s1600-h/BHQF.Biennial.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMDyWPHcfureOY-0RiffVuJwrLPuJeT-Rbo_CxRqj7xPGAasQVEqC79LqHxiP__9mUHN7mckv3Tk0VEvUm8IOMvNErqPmiiPp-0UnnGQcxBPJ8744By63LIPG6NQ5dR_jFUQFofnecSc/s400/BHQF.Biennial.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442302437556317522" /></a><br />My mind is still wondering what the current<a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial"> <span style="font-style:italic;">2010 Whitney Biennial</span></a> is all about. The opening night's continuous rainfall didn't stop the masses of art enthusiasts that were curious to see what curators, <a href="http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/63787/">Francesco Bonami </a>and <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/the-nifty-50-gary-carrion-murayari-curator/">Gary Carrion-Murayari</a> are presenting as the artists of the moment. There are many standouts including <a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TaubaAuerbach">Tauba Auerbach,</a> <a href="http://www.thebrucehighqualityfoundation.com/Site/home.html"> the Bruce High Quality Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/GeorgeCondo">George Condo</a>, <a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/SuzanFrecon">Suzan Frecon</a>, <a href="http://www.kategilmore.com/">Kate Gilmore</a>,<a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JosephineMeckseper"> Josephine Meckseper</a>, <a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/AurelSchmidt">Aurel Schmidt</a>,<a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-conversation21-2010feb21,0,7230971.story"> Charles Ray</a>, <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2009-06-11_piotr-uklaski/">Piotr Uklanski</a>, <a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/PaeWhite">Pae White</a>, <a href="http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/LesleyVance">Leslie Vance</a> and <a href="http://www.robtwilliamsstudio.com/">Robert Williams</a> to name just a few. After spending several hours viewing the 2010 Whitney Biennial I ventured upstairs to the 5th floor to see the stellar display of artists from past Whitney Biennials, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/arts/design/26collecting.html">Collecting Biennials</a></span> and I wondered what would last the test of time from the current 2010 exhibition. I look forward to returning to the Biennial to get a better grasp on what the curators deem important in their selections. I also look forward to the Bruce High Quality Foundation's answer to the Biennial,<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/arts/design/26brucennial.html"> <span style="font-style:italic;">The Brucennial 2010:Miseducation</span> </a>opening in Soho this week. Image: Bruce High Quality Foundation, <span style="font-style:italic;">We Love America and America Loves Us</span>, Photo: Renee Riccardo.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-27950891821954682772010-02-21T18:10:00.001-08:002010-02-21T18:17:36.645-08:00Antelope Canyon and other Slot Canyons<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPibe0hyphenhyphen-SAaCCZvZJq2DCjjtyhhnDvGHpQ-VtR55gAGWI6t_KG-92tDRPVX67uUPNXGqACoaAHjoxcHPC9uogC9cqJmM4SkjDD8WY6ZjQcEMpeHsRET28hzok-RDCFKOGWzb1yrXkqNk/s1600-h/slot-canyon-sunbeam-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPibe0hyphenhyphen-SAaCCZvZJq2DCjjtyhhnDvGHpQ-VtR55gAGWI6t_KG-92tDRPVX67uUPNXGqACoaAHjoxcHPC9uogC9cqJmM4SkjDD8WY6ZjQcEMpeHsRET28hzok-RDCFKOGWzb1yrXkqNk/s400/slot-canyon-sunbeam-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440884598219618018" /></a><br />I saw a report this morning on<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_canyon"> Slot Canyons of the American Southwest</a> and I was blown away by their beauty and mystical presence. Here is an image of the famous <a href="http://www.americansouthwest.net/slot_canyons/antelope_canyon/">Antelope Canyon</a> in Arizona. They seem like they are natural inspirations for the work of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-m_4MoKwjQ">James Turrell</a> and <a href="http://www.anthonymccall.com/">Anthony McCall</a>.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-42238683716874059202010-02-19T18:15:00.000-08:002010-02-20T12:29:15.081-08:00Spencer Tunick extends an invitation to his fan, Lady Gaga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkmSPhirGKT98Vbh4nJ4wZvYEsF4qZmp5gY0u4DNGRNVc0jjfnHK5vjuAzFrIh9mub-eNauxTPi67XlLrPgWNIvqJOO_uSUOWS8LgynWxX0LOLpt9YLv1nzowIUP-YvKjs9DsP-yP7t8/s1600-h/Lady+Gaga.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkmSPhirGKT98Vbh4nJ4wZvYEsF4qZmp5gY0u4DNGRNVc0jjfnHK5vjuAzFrIh9mub-eNauxTPi67XlLrPgWNIvqJOO_uSUOWS8LgynWxX0LOLpt9YLv1nzowIUP-YvKjs9DsP-yP7t8/s400/Lady+Gaga.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440150084163978786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55vO-IJxvE68skwcKIghzDpvoMy0DUOUFoa7ZUHYG8aTrEhbsWMVaJwxbdltx6YQ7kufIz7ALEoSBWg59644xAakXMpO45lM2XnkYZsc-NiCnp5fhi7uCfdcIa7g5cYTMVr0rL11N8dQ/s1600-h/spencer-tunick-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55vO-IJxvE68skwcKIghzDpvoMy0DUOUFoa7ZUHYG8aTrEhbsWMVaJwxbdltx6YQ7kufIz7ALEoSBWg59644xAakXMpO45lM2XnkYZsc-NiCnp5fhi7uCfdcIa7g5cYTMVr0rL11N8dQ/s400/spencer-tunick-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440147147397561378" /></a><br />Today when I read an early report that<a href="http://www.ladygaga.com/forum/default.aspx?cid=454&tid=335735"> Lady Gaga had done her thesis</a> about my friend, <a href="http://www.spencertunick.com/">Spencer Tunick</a> a few years ago I knew that it would please him. A few minutes later I read in another paper that Spencer has taken the opportunity to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2010/02/19/tunick-gaga-sydney-installation.html">invite her to participate</a> in his upcoming installation at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House">Sydney Opera House</a>. We shall see if she accepts. I think she should hire him to direct her next video...Top image: Lady Gaga. Bottom image: Spencer Tunick, <span style="font-style:italic;">Dusseldorf 4 (Museum Kunst Palast)</span>, 2006ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-10061978719620505382010-02-18T16:20:00.000-08:002010-02-18T18:07:18.737-08:00Sally Wu: Art + Craft fashion show at Chambers Fine Art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuuUsGQrO48rLgmgWuism-gFW_3iupE3h4KDgvlYwDoN62fsxEmLwZUj0v4w1V_CxLx7Lr67mSQbnwod6NOhdqhY0nxtvQg4EG-IiUopCFaCdk08-00dI0Xkjp7_jLNJC5NLFy5nCk_k/s1600-h/Sally+Wu.Art.and.Craft.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuuUsGQrO48rLgmgWuism-gFW_3iupE3h4KDgvlYwDoN62fsxEmLwZUj0v4w1V_CxLx7Lr67mSQbnwod6NOhdqhY0nxtvQg4EG-IiUopCFaCdk08-00dI0Xkjp7_jLNJC5NLFy5nCk_k/s400/Sally+Wu.Art.and.Craft.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439765407586775650" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/search.aspx?t=person&s=Sally%20Wu">Sally Wu</a>, fashion designer, curator and producer launched her amazing first Fall fashion line, <a href="http://fifthonmain.blogspot.com/2010/02/sally-wu-debuted-collection.html">Art + Craft </a>to a very satisfied intimate audience. The models strutted their curves diagonally down the exhibition, <a href="http://www.chambersfineart.com/en/calendar/2010-1.html">Yin Xiuzhen</a> at <a href="http://www.chambersfineart.com/en/gallery.html">Chambers Fine Art</a>'s new location on West 19th Street, Chelsea's new row of stunning gallery and residential spaces. Photo: Renee RiccardoARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-29785812929207143312010-02-16T14:38:00.000-08:002010-02-16T17:53:46.328-08:00Miroslav Tichy, the Original D.I.Y. photographer at the International Center of Photography<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPNmj3PClZI1F7UPsS6f1NjXgJ-7uYguqAozqty9-RWh5GuIzUooNp9dRKqB9OM1YW6YQIJkD5Pqb_WHt6soMXQr-LZO0CkNXUWn9fwbHPTEjkV-2sjXWZBaTbWzfIveT2jpEU5NE8YY/s1600-h/tichy_popup5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPNmj3PClZI1F7UPsS6f1NjXgJ-7uYguqAozqty9-RWh5GuIzUooNp9dRKqB9OM1YW6YQIJkD5Pqb_WHt6soMXQr-LZO0CkNXUWn9fwbHPTEjkV-2sjXWZBaTbWzfIveT2jpEU5NE8YY/s400/tichy_popup5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438974995934349234" /></a>Looking forward to seeing the recently opened exhibition of the eccentric Czech photographer, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.5708951/k.9236/Miroslav_Tichy.htm">Miroslav Tichy</a></span> in his first American museum show at the <a href="http://www.icp.org/">International Center of Photography</a>. Over 80 years old, he has <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c644b46e-1667-11df-bf44-00144feab49a.html">gained international recognition</a> only within the past 5 years for his voyeuristic photographs of women taken with a handmade camera made of cardboard and thread spools. The filthy and torn photographs were rescued by a neighbor after they'd been left to decay. Also on view, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.5708935/k.AFD1/Twilight_Visions.htm">Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris</a></span> and <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.5709011/k.93C8/Atget_Archivist.htm">Atget, Archivist of Paris</a></span>.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-6000926691085760002010-02-13T19:07:00.000-08:002010-02-13T20:47:03.822-08:00Keith Haring, David LaChapelle, the Brants, Daphne Guinness at Tony Shafrazi Gallery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcMMz-MRH4GuwX0TGReW8L1sU3ZeQl2YzRb2TVk-_1s6t4cf1xIQI6OuXyuMCc0V9FL-tkrEpG4kIK49_zvMGD-KfjBLbHV-qhzfRCm-B0lu-bpaEtJKaktw5mXeZylNsuImPSHDW_9M/s1600-h/downsize(3).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcMMz-MRH4GuwX0TGReW8L1sU3ZeQl2YzRb2TVk-_1s6t4cf1xIQI6OuXyuMCc0V9FL-tkrEpG4kIK49_zvMGD-KfjBLbHV-qhzfRCm-B0lu-bpaEtJKaktw5mXeZylNsuImPSHDW_9M/s400/downsize(3).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437930817851286610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuUU74NAjhXNwPpspeBs41AQ97OqC-2fLt9NnifLacKHdE_igVnLw9lkRIbPgktw45pVccVWyNW5IHPo_DxazUxBtTn0Usj8E5gDDl8fvpaaOvhlDldQQ4PzaaB3gYL4X_2vohvwSdRM/s1600-h/downsize.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuUU74NAjhXNwPpspeBs41AQ97OqC-2fLt9NnifLacKHdE_igVnLw9lkRIbPgktw45pVccVWyNW5IHPo_DxazUxBtTn0Usj8E5gDDl8fvpaaOvhlDldQQ4PzaaB3gYL4X_2vohvwSdRM/s400/downsize.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437930705368467106" /></a>Had a wonderful time running around Chelsea on yet another blustery winter's day with my Belgian friend, Barbara running in and out of galleries to see shows and to keep warm. Visited the <a href="http://www.robertmillergallery.com/index2.html">Patti Smith and Steven Sebring</a> show at Robert Miller Gallery again and <a href="http://www.pattismith.net/">Patti</a> was there and said "<a href="http://pulmyears.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/patti-smith-leibovitz-740049.jpg">Hello</a>" with that famous smile of hers when I opened the door. Then we walked over to the opening day of the <a href="http://www.haring.com/">Keith Haring</a> 20th Anniversary show at<a href="http://www.tonyshafrazigallery.com/"> Tony Shafrazi Gallery</a> and ran in to none other than <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/runway/2010/02/13/chris-brown-naomi-campbell-walk-runway-for-haiti-benefit-alexander-mcqueen-honored/">Naomi Campbell</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436724/">David LaChapelle</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Guinness">Daphne Guinness</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_M._Brant"> Peter Brant</a> and his two children, Peter Jr. and Harry. <a href="http://www.lachapellestudio.com/">David LaChapelle</a> was very gracious telling us stories of his memories of his friend, Keith Haring and what a thoughtful and giving artist he was. David (who's film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436724/">Rize</a> is incredible) took the opportunity to photograph Peter's beautiful children with his good friend and muse, <a href="http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=Daphne+Guinness&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=MXl3S_DCM4O0tgeP_4nGCg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CCQQsAQwAg">Daphne Guinness</a> with the Haring works and 80's music playing in the background. I took some pics with my phone to record the moment of the brilliant photographer and director finding his inspiration for the day...Photos above: Renee RiccardoARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-58179460534128084062010-02-12T14:23:00.001-08:002010-02-12T20:08:45.523-08:00Marina Abramovic: The Energy Blanket from More Art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiza7JkAU9JXpEXW_fEI7doiZjetRlbYzJK3-gif0spNwof1pge3TR9uN9PQDKA0KLzMQnMsEjG8UrLgrYFJ3CDSUX-AuDmh7MTg38ozrWuD6geFqU6Gv1pD4B0BSwHkfbF8TtNxmippC8/s1600-h/Marina.A.blanket.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiza7JkAU9JXpEXW_fEI7doiZjetRlbYzJK3-gif0spNwof1pge3TR9uN9PQDKA0KLzMQnMsEjG8UrLgrYFJ3CDSUX-AuDmh7MTg38ozrWuD6geFqU6Gv1pD4B0BSwHkfbF8TtNxmippC8/s400/Marina.A.blanket.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437489568789976130" /></a><br />Everyone knows that <a href="http://www.skny.com/artists/marina-abramovi/">Marina Abramovic</a> has been the ultimate performance artist in contemporary art. Her deeply moving and controversial works of endurance and self examination have been known to bring people to tears. A performance, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://bombsite.com/issues/84/articles/2561">The House with an Ocean View</a></span>,(where she lived and fasted on a special stage that she didn't leave for 12 days) at Sean Kelly Gallery <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/arts/design/06kenn.html?pagewanted=all"> was so popular that it was imitated by an actor on a Sex and the City episode</a>. <a href="http://www.moreart.org/">More Art</a>, a non-profit outreach organization is producing <span style="font-style:italic;">The</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">Energy Blanket</span> by Abramovic to coincide with her upcoming career retrospective, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/965">Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present</a></span> at <a href="http://moma.org/">MoMA</a>. This seems like the perfect affordable gift of art to give right now in this dark time of winter when we need some healing. It comes with instructions and an outline of Abramovic's body on the blanket with drawn points to receive energy from the magnets provided.<span style="font-style:italic;"></span>ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-58915440910800078832010-02-11T11:19:00.000-08:002010-02-12T11:12:09.452-08:00The passing of Alexander McQueen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5cfQl2f_SdeOyxGPWYJ2UiT5CaCTVibQWcuiDpGFQM2lP0IZ4JeN18kUcyEMu6HccBfXtUorbWjmN1pvtmUrWwXFP0VKXJx891gCDYf8PQVPOXZ-V9ZvknidhAIFIWGf2Wzj2dgRFbY/s1600-h/alexander-mcqueen-fashion-designer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5cfQl2f_SdeOyxGPWYJ2UiT5CaCTVibQWcuiDpGFQM2lP0IZ4JeN18kUcyEMu6HccBfXtUorbWjmN1pvtmUrWwXFP0VKXJx891gCDYf8PQVPOXZ-V9ZvknidhAIFIWGf2Wzj2dgRFbY/s400/alexander-mcqueen-fashion-designer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437068493712942530" /></a><br />I'm in shock at hearing the news today that perhaps the greatest fashion designer of his generation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McQueen">Alexander McQueen</a> has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/fashion/12mcqueen.html">died</a> at the age of 40, apparently only a week after his beloved <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00683/Alexander-McQueen_7_683833a.jpg">"Mum"</a> passed away. R.I.P.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-43848509036076953152010-02-10T16:31:00.000-08:002010-02-12T11:17:57.817-08:00Kiki Smith: Sojourn at the Brooklyn Museum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv2mqj8Oys3ssn86bVinSxslHl2zrTcyrijt5QQWntLErvvJijCAw9oUDo6fde4o6_ckiQWZTJPZq7Ob5zZXw06TXBqEGTxqnpWJgGUQx3pd7IhD-87qCWrGz4-FksXWKbp27SIO1xIk/s1600-h/Kiki-Singer_428-wide-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 356px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv2mqj8Oys3ssn86bVinSxslHl2zrTcyrijt5QQWntLErvvJijCAw9oUDo6fde4o6_ckiQWZTJPZq7Ob5zZXw06TXBqEGTxqnpWJgGUQx3pd7IhD-87qCWrGz4-FksXWKbp27SIO1xIk/s400/Kiki-Singer_428-wide-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436777567005422354" /></a>What better artist than <a href="http://www.pacewildenstein.com/Artists/ViewArtist.aspx?artist=KikiSmith&type=Artist&guid=0aaeb14d-1cbe-4b73-9b66-04d55e5281a8">Kiki Smith </a>to create a site-specific installation exploring ideas of creative inspiration and the cycle of life in relation to women artists? For her exhibition, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/kiki_smith/">Kiki Smith: Sojourn,</a></span> this mystical artist has created an elaborate installation in the galleries of the <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/">Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art </a>and in the nearby Decorative Arts galleries of the museum, taking as her point of inspiration an important eighteenth-century silk needlework by a young woman named Prudence Punderson, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.yale.edu/glc/citizens/stories/module1/documents/prudence_punderson.html">The First, Second and Last Scene of Mortality</a></span> (Collection of the Connecticut Historical Society) who's independent spirit proved to be way ahead of her time. <span style="font-style:italic;">Image</span>: Kiki Smith, <span style="font-style:italic;">Singer</span> (detail), 2008. Courtesy of the artist and PaceWildenstein.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-82732223092375579902010-02-09T19:57:00.001-08:002010-02-09T21:07:34.216-08:00Yesterday's and Tomorrow's Snowflakes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66o11zJTAkOanlDsKdGFDa2MSTHbHe2QjWGJ3QgBkH0AHtPniCCXbMNns0J0yz090TfOqMeeNfkD2sM-9qYVomrC-bsZMXjMBikcdmJal2dv2I4QO84o3cX-fm4OnTVmB-DQ02BH3S4Y/s1600-h/H+15_small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66o11zJTAkOanlDsKdGFDa2MSTHbHe2QjWGJ3QgBkH0AHtPniCCXbMNns0J0yz090TfOqMeeNfkD2sM-9qYVomrC-bsZMXjMBikcdmJal2dv2I4QO84o3cX-fm4OnTVmB-DQ02BH3S4Y/s400/H+15_small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436459272322841186" /></a>Looks like everyone in NYC is anxious to see what the great blizzard of 2010 brings to our great city. I remember many years ago walking down the middle of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Street_%28Manhattan%29">34th Street</a> during a blizzard having a <a href="http://www.hellorockford.com/Images/People/4222005Rockford_n069702.jpg">snowfight</a> with all traffic halted. We all know the magic of snowflakes and the exhibition, <a href="http://www.hammergallery.com/Artists/Bentley/Bentley.htm">Snow Crystals, Vintage Micrographs</a> by Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley at Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago (which just closed) had some of the earliest documentation of the unique design of every flake. Interesting to see how the big <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/">snow </a>effects <a href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_04/spotlessL2603_468x533.jpg">our fast pace</a>...ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-26913321912583874722010-02-08T14:03:00.000-08:002010-02-08T17:53:20.203-08:00Anne Collier & The Eyes of Laura Mars<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG9vtIC2Hcq-caQ1gioHNmDcctReuvOmp3MMZVPxnshCG5nO7IhWW0s_blow5O7k_6u3aOl4Kc6Squa34Yj0jC7Vwj8QC99nD_U0A0UostG7_IV8ZZnMM5dnyjsPjKhVsiPwdRXqJfzA/s1600-h/A.Collier.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG9vtIC2Hcq-caQ1gioHNmDcctReuvOmp3MMZVPxnshCG5nO7IhWW0s_blow5O7k_6u3aOl4Kc6Squa34Yj0jC7Vwj8QC99nD_U0A0UostG7_IV8ZZnMM5dnyjsPjKhVsiPwdRXqJfzA/s400/A.Collier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435997309897360754" /></a>One of my favorite films as a teenager was <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_of_Laura_Mars">The Eyes of Laura Mars</a></span> starring the fabulous <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoaEkz5oF_U">Faye Dunaway</a> in her prime. The film had it all, a very stylish Faye Dunaway as a photographer that had premonitions about crimes that were about to happen. I was also an aspiring photographer, slightly psychic and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKQG4h2qt7E&feature=related">dreamed </a>what it would be like to be like her in NYC. I remember Laura's photographs were reminiscent of <a href="http://www.guybourdin.org/">Guy Bourdin</a> and <a href="http://www.helmutnewton.com/">Helmut Newton</a>'s fascinating staged images. Anne Collier is having her first solo show at <a href="http://www.antonkerngallery.com/index.php">Anton Kern </a>with a special slide projection piece, <span style="font-style:italic;">Woman with a Camera</span><span style="font-style:italic;">(35 mm)</span> that borrows images of the film of Laura having a premonition and shooting but this time you are looking right at her and you become the strange object of her desire. Collier's smart and quirky <a href="http://www.antonkerngallery.com/index.php?page=6&eid=160">images about images </a>in the main room are stunning and stick with you. Image above: <span style="font-style:italic;">Anne Collier, Woman with a Camera (35 mm)</span>, Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-16501520060701353292010-02-06T19:36:00.000-08:002010-02-08T07:15:24.930-08:00Tino Sehgal: To Each His Own<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7fWoDw0F1j9SLJimTdPTQlaF9ZZRYvsNNwScdLUIuuH46SrSu9LwfNnqU0eHDpuSsN2ZtGRJFi4vvNBoBCwrQux9jrKk5brGJ9oQW_li8M6Yy1mXIE5u-Y7qs032B4vt8PkcosiEHZo/s1600-h/sehgal_490.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7fWoDw0F1j9SLJimTdPTQlaF9ZZRYvsNNwScdLUIuuH46SrSu9LwfNnqU0eHDpuSsN2ZtGRJFi4vvNBoBCwrQux9jrKk5brGJ9oQW_li8M6Yy1mXIE5u-Y7qs032B4vt8PkcosiEHZo/s400/sehgal_490.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435340983940924370" /></a>Last night, I talked for hours at dinner with someone about my memories of all the amazing galleries, artists, performers, musicians and posers of the <a href="http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/10557/">East Village Art Scene</a> in the 80's. I worked at a gallery, Mo David, owned by artist extraordinaire, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mikeosterhaut">Mike Osterhaut </a>on E. 9th St. The gallery had very early shows of <a href="http://www.tonyoursler.com/">Tony Oursler</a>, <a href="http://sfai.edu/People/Person.aspx?id=1435&navID=6§ionID=2&typeID=1">Robin Winters</a>, <a href="http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=5020">David Ireland</a> and <a href="http://karenfinley.com/">Karen Finley</a>. Karen used to leave extremely long messages on the phone machine which were like her performances. I mentioned that I wished that I had recorded the messages because they were so funny and bizarre. I see that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/arts/design/01tino.html">The New York Times</a> has <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view-now/tino-sehgal">Tino Sehgal</a> in a bit of a <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2010/02/04/art-world-drama-tino-seghal-ca.htm">tizzy </a>because it published i-Phone photos of his basically empty <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/">Guggenheim </a>show (except for the lovers on the ground floor who are enacting Seghal's, "The Kiss") when the artist and museum clearly have a sign that no photos are allowed. I thought to my myself that it was bold of The New York Times to break the artist's rule and preserve images for us all to remember. Can't wait to visit the bare <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum">Guggenheim</a>, walk the rotunda, engage with the "interpreters" and make my own visual memories.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-12206653057587715842010-02-05T14:08:00.000-08:002010-02-05T15:00:02.506-08:00Bright Star: Three Such Days...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXPPc6CiVt31hpmjV9xAHJHRWiUvZZVCNVEJAeQ3uTPOyirmEuc-ys4y8guEfNg2qZdzwQz3mONQIw_zEnrQzlBo4-cTYZT4Gdxv9zA2njIwYNclFnBRaGpHtX4JZEfUUjp_IAMtNZoI/s1600-h/bright-star-2009-001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXPPc6CiVt31hpmjV9xAHJHRWiUvZZVCNVEJAeQ3uTPOyirmEuc-ys4y8guEfNg2qZdzwQz3mONQIw_zEnrQzlBo4-cTYZT4Gdxv9zA2njIwYNclFnBRaGpHtX4JZEfUUjp_IAMtNZoI/s400/bright-star-2009-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434894333857988818" /></a><br />Just watched <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTetIodauIM">Bright Star</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Campion"> Jane Campion's</a> brilliant depiction of <a href="http://englishhistory.net/keats/letters/brawne13October1819.html">John Keats and Fanny Brawne's </a>three year intense relationship and the <a href="http://www.brightstarthemovie.com/default.aspx">exquisite letters</a> that they exchanged. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_Cornish">Abby Cornish</a> gives an incredibly moving performance of young Fanny who's obsession with the beautiful, devoted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats">Keats</a>, is wonderfully complemented by the fragile, waifish,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats"> Ben Whishaw.</a> This movie has everything: a wonderful soundtrack, stunning scenery, incredible costumes, beautiful cinematography and a great depiction of young love and the struggles of an unknown artist. Campion's earlier masterpiece,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano"> The Piano</a> has always lingered in my mind. I can hardly wait to catch the exhibition of eccentric Victoriana, <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={07E0F589-3CF2-4929-9F71-469BC40A403E}">Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage</a> at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-26419479746906823792010-02-04T12:01:00.000-08:002010-02-04T15:06:17.722-08:00Don DeLillo's Point Omega inspired by Douglas Gordon's 24 Hour Psycho<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffeQ0KFtRCmwIYAChoAL_zvXre6086KjBb-ux03gGMG-bOp36pw_2pwV6grP6Gf-JqXPPmPbWSI4JlCfvuO2-nht0rhI1cs2T-MHna66yIdMNwpDmgRusfnbLFX2rxrx1J7elgYCeiek/s1600-h/point_omega.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffeQ0KFtRCmwIYAChoAL_zvXre6086KjBb-ux03gGMG-bOp36pw_2pwV6grP6Gf-JqXPPmPbWSI4JlCfvuO2-nht0rhI1cs2T-MHna66yIdMNwpDmgRusfnbLFX2rxrx1J7elgYCeiek/s400/point_omega.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434482061748146402" /></a><br />Read a brief piece in The New York Times today about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/books/04delillo.html?scp=2&sq=Don%20Delillo&st=cse">Don DeLillo</a>'s new novel, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/books/02book.html">Point Omega</a> which was inspired by his visits to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Gordon">Douglas Gordon</a>'s, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1jkoMfPa40&NR=1">24 Hour Psycho</a> exhibition at MoMA in 2006. It's interesting to note that DeLillo's good friend, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster">Paul Auster</a> wrote an earlier novel, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_%28novel%29">Leviathan</a> that was based on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Calle">Sophie Calle</a> book,<a href="http://www.iniva.org/dare/themes/space/calle.html"> The Shadow</a>, where she was followed for a day by a private detective, who had been hired (at Calle's request) by her mother.<span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span></span>ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-75578513503372312712010-02-03T09:57:00.000-08:002010-02-03T19:24:12.608-08:00I'm Late for a Very Important Date: Tim Burton's Alice in 3D<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGTO5l-do3LG4dsOpW_q3SO95k3PRW6xcAFU1cCap8Nh1Ypcc10_wTE4iX1Rwrk7ZMA1q6KN0xpvUpbSY7EGyypgpegOaAvyM4COCL8_CoZS4LaqnejT2iBLtTI-RVAnEUx-auSHPEQ8/s1600-h/alicedepp3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGTO5l-do3LG4dsOpW_q3SO95k3PRW6xcAFU1cCap8Nh1Ypcc10_wTE4iX1Rwrk7ZMA1q6KN0xpvUpbSY7EGyypgpegOaAvyM4COCL8_CoZS4LaqnejT2iBLtTI-RVAnEUx-auSHPEQ8/s400/alicedepp3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434078644893771746" /></a>Anxiously awaiting Tim Burton's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMkNrX60mA">Alice in Wonderland</a>. His interpretation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a>'s 1865 masterpiece, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</a> has an amazing cast of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp">Johnny Depp</a> as the Mad Hatter, (of course), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Bonham_Carter">Helena Bonham Carter </a>as the Red Queen, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hathaway_%28actress%29">Anne Hathaway</a> (pictured above) as the White Queen, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry">Stephen Fry</a> as the Cheshire Cat, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispin_Glover">Crispen Glover</a> as the Knave of Hearts, and newcomer<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia_Wasikowska"> Mia Wasikowska</a> as Alice...ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-32071401467482057112010-02-02T15:17:00.000-08:002010-02-02T16:29:14.684-08:00X Initiative: BYOA... Artists: Come On Down!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAQqaM4IZfn8_CeA77nXjaKXqSsW_7NN5CWaTOT7mzGFBEf2q7TrZQr6yDGh0XdC82RcMza2AaBf2NO7zch3Yx-Hqvtxto4kcBY_ID4z-bt_Tpsk8l2vNUfnwIIpwl76sYzXCO3u843U/s1600-h/Untitled-1+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAQqaM4IZfn8_CeA77nXjaKXqSsW_7NN5CWaTOT7mzGFBEf2q7TrZQr6yDGh0XdC82RcMza2AaBf2NO7zch3Yx-Hqvtxto4kcBY_ID4z-bt_Tpsk8l2vNUfnwIIpwl76sYzXCO3u843U/s400/Untitled-1+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433789604755224594" /></a>Starting February 3rd at 11:00 a.m. <a href="http://x-initiative.org/">X Intiative</a> is having their last blow out show entitled, <a href="http://x-initiative.org/blog/">Bring Your Own Art (BYOA)</a>. This is a show where <a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/x-initiative-goes-out-with-a-byoa-art-that-is/">anyone</a> can bring their own art and display it. Should be crazy fun...The show will last for 24 hours. They are also providing a stage for performers to do whatever they feel like doing. It reminds me of the massive <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/07/arts/art-in-review-083054.html?scp=1&sq=The%20Art%20Exchange%20by%20Roberta%20Smith%20June%207,1996&st=cse">Art Exchange Show</a> at 60 Broad Street in the Wall Street area which I co-curated with John Good in the mid-nineties where we invited artists, galleries, curators, anarchists and musicians to take over an abandoned office building and do whatever they felt like.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-31767726972235708692010-02-02T12:25:00.000-08:002010-02-02T13:06:25.071-08:00Terence Koh, Sir Elton John and Lady Gaga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHx4qaxDktwM7creu82Th7a4IncUBfkY9_L1OgDxupyBzAGR_orUeZWoK48EU0VuFe-Xmy8WqCHPVKZEiDJNqGNStiYlJBPQ-ShrQ-u3ceed_-2_7KHCcZQmdiuJMVRrMZrL3lv9zR_w/s1600-h/grammy1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHx4qaxDktwM7creu82Th7a4IncUBfkY9_L1OgDxupyBzAGR_orUeZWoK48EU0VuFe-Xmy8WqCHPVKZEiDJNqGNStiYlJBPQ-ShrQ-u3ceed_-2_7KHCcZQmdiuJMVRrMZrL3lv9zR_w/s400/grammy1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433749188574870514" /></a><br />Just in... I received an e-mail from none other than the inimitable <a href="http://www.peresprojects.com/artist-works/terence-koh/0/">Terence Koh</a> himself that he created the custom charred pianos for the opening performance of the Grammy's played by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKH2DmYJiU&feature=related">Lady Gaga and Sir Elton John</a>..I'm sure we'll be seeing clips from this for years to come. Here's <a href="http://www.ladygaga.com">Lady Gaga's</a> personal tweet..."piano designed by my famous and dear friend TERENCE KOH, inspired by and in honor of my little monsters, and their sweet little hands."ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-66104076179059710432010-02-01T15:21:00.000-08:002010-02-01T16:47:52.364-08:00The Life Aquatic: Underwater Hotels in Istanbul and Fiji and Key Largo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwVB6Ho5EK6n0-_cqXcA6Vj83TLRPLHrh3WtT5fKKZsH-kzKVL7Qhsx0PRnVu3cbhvyiH6EsUoh3-vxWSVQAKHVFQeoizl9OmCZSpOBTe9WkzphLz-2DdcjZpdsEquvaHYkIJAvHc0sc/s1600-h/022608underwater.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwVB6Ho5EK6n0-_cqXcA6Vj83TLRPLHrh3WtT5fKKZsH-kzKVL7Qhsx0PRnVu3cbhvyiH6EsUoh3-vxWSVQAKHVFQeoizl9OmCZSpOBTe9WkzphLz-2DdcjZpdsEquvaHYkIJAvHc0sc/s400/022608underwater.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433434849484068626" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.istanbulview.com/underwater-hotel/">Underwater Hotel In Istanbul</a> and the <a href="http://www.poseidonresorts.com/poseidon_flash.html">Poseiden Undersea Resort</a> in Fiji, or for smaller budgets, the existing <a href="http://www.jul.com/">Jules' Undersea Lodge in Key Largo</a> are designed for underwater relaxation. They look like the future or something from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbPUiaRnQkU">a Wes Anderson film</a>. Whether they ever will be realized or not is yet to be determined. I wonder if it would be easier to fall asleep or not; perhaps, if they piped in early <a href="http://www.davidbowie.com/">David Bowie</a> music...ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135367052104538232.post-26467166944291065732010-02-01T06:52:00.000-08:002010-02-01T08:57:48.142-08:00Jean Shin, Calvin Klein and L.A.N.D.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdyGEzjscWOyjbJi0N-oLZ6pE8yps1kWyq3ts1OLs4Pjq4toRJ9DKkSu7OIRuQlRXa2wVUSx1xr3f1bwGk8Nf-5An7TWGJWb1VPfpjK-x9L9CDBS3Gklee4HwnsJ_W5axoGjZcgTD9nM/s1600-h/ck-exhibit1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdyGEzjscWOyjbJi0N-oLZ6pE8yps1kWyq3ts1OLs4Pjq4toRJ9DKkSu7OIRuQlRXa2wVUSx1xr3f1bwGk8Nf-5An7TWGJWb1VPfpjK-x9L9CDBS3Gklee4HwnsJ_W5axoGjZcgTD9nM/s400/ck-exhibit1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433295872337573026" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.jeanshin.com/">Jean Shin's</a> installation of pattern cut-outs paired with actual <a href="http://www.calvinkleininc.com/">Calvin Klein</a> designs for the Spring Collection was presented by Calvin Klein and the Los Angeles Nomadic Division <a href="http://www.nomadicdivision.org/aboutus.html">(L.A.N.D.)</a>. The collaboration coincided with <a href="http://www.losangelesartsmonth.com/">L.A.’s arts month</a> and the Art Los Angeles Contemporary. (ALAC). I've had the pleasure of working with Jean on an exhibition that I curated in 2004 and I've been following her work since I accidently discovered,<a href="http://www.jeanshin.com/umbrellas_stripped_bare.htm"> Umbrellas Stripped Bare</a> while riding my bicycle at Long Island University in Brooklyn in 2001. Her installations always enchant me. She has a great knack for taking all the things that are discarded in the world and recycling them into a fascinating study of consumerism.ARENA Renée Riccardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195977676873961982noreply@blogger.com0