Tag: Michael
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Michael Joo Looks Back On His Career, With Another Venice Biennale Appearance on the Horizon
On a recent quiet, cloudy afternoon in Tribeca, artist Michael Joo and I crouched beside a tower of aluminum baking trays. The towers covered a whole section of Space ZeroOne, the Hanwha Foundation of Culture’s new institutional initiative. The gallery was otherwise empty. Joo moved slowly between the columns of trays, occasionally bending down to read more
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Vanity Fair Launches Revamp of Nate Freeman’s Newsletter With Michael Govan Interview on LACMA’s New $720 M. Building
Los Angeles County Museum of Art director Michael Govan is speaking publicly for the first time about the museum’s long-awaited David Geffen Galleries. The interview, which went live today, appears in the relaunch of True Colors, Vanity Fair’s art-world newsletter written by Nate Freeman. The newsletter will now land in inboxes weekly on Fridays with read more
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Four Suffer Minor Injuries After Michael Joo Sculpture Is Damaged in New York
A large sculpture by Korean American artist Michael Joo collapsed after an accident, reportedly caused by a careless visitor, during the February 20 opening of his exhibition “Sweat Models 1991–2006,” at New York’s Space ZeroOne. The collapse of the piece Saltiness of Greatness (1992) injured four, who were taken to the emergency room via ambulance, read more
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"Old Iron" by Photographer Michael Dean Lemon
A series documenting demolition derbies by photographer Michael Dean Lemon. Known for capturing dynamic images of daily life, “Old Iron” is a collection of eight images taken from a larger body of work. The demolition derby is an enduring, yet often overlooked subculture, once central to midwestern county fairs and true Americana. In the summer read more
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Michael Jackson’s Rarely Seen Art to Go on View in Traveling Museum Debuting in Monaco
While Michael Jackson‘s music will come into focus through a blockbuster biopic set for the big screen this year, a lesser-seen part of his oeuvre, his visual art, could soon be headed to a gallery near you. Jermaine Jackson, the singer’s older brother, revealed plans this past December to launch a touring museum that will read more
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Time Traveling with Painters Mike Davis and Michael Kerbow – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Michael, your allegorical paintingspresent themes of disaster and climate change. While it is an existential threat, is there any hope for humanity, at all? I suppose my honest answer is I try to be hopeful, but I fear things are going to get a lot worse before they improve. I used to be more optimistic read more
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