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Psyche Revived by Love’s Kiss: Antonio Canova

Canova was a Venetian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that beautifully rendered nude flesh

Matthew Day Jackson: August 6, 1945: 2010: Courtesy of Peter Blum (Chelsea).

"In Jackson’s art, history is not consigned to the past but exists in and alongside the present."

Art Break Nov 3 2010.

CURRENT VIEWING: PURE COLOR: KASPER SONNE: CHARLES BANK GALLERY (NEW YORK)

Kasper Sonne, History Is Optional (black box), 2003–2009, mixed media on canvas, wood, industrial paint, mirror glass, Euro pall

'Lists of words that I see when I look at Kasper Sonne's work. Words in my own head, scrolling by, as much as in the work itself: Black holes, density, mirrors, reflections, lies, secrets, possibility, infinite, alchemy of numbers, uselessness of letters, violence.'
Shamim M. Momin - on language, secrets, violence and truth in the work of Kasper Sonne.

Guillermo Kuitca : Le Sacre, 1992 : Acrylic on mattress with wood and bronze legs : 54 beds

Le Sacre has been included in several museum exhibitions where the beds have been shown in various configurations.

Guillermo Kuitca's landmark 1992 work, "Le Sacre", is a thorough and official must see in New York right this minute. Context provided from the Sperone Westwater press release post-jump

View of the exhibition "The Immeasurable Distance" : 2009 : MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, MA : MATTHEW DAY JACKSON

The Immeasurable Distance was a solo exhibition that included works based on Jackson’s artist’s residency at MIT.

Very very excited to see the new Matthew Day Jackson at Galerie Perrotin, Paris. Here's a flashback to his "The Immeasurable Distance" exhibit last year at MIT

Laque d'Orient-Zabriske Point, 2010: Oil On Canvas. : Ida Tursic and Wilfred Mille

Laque d'Orient-Zabriske Point, 2010: Oil On Canvas.

The clarity of the Galarie Almine Rech press release that intricately discusses the process, not simply the intent of the Ida Tursic and Wilfred Mille exhibit "Come In Number 51" was very welcome and draws you to see this show.

Los Penetrados (The Penetrated) :2008 : Santiago Sierra.

Los Penetrados (The Penetrated) :2008 : Santiago Sierra.

A legendary art event of recent times of which this image is but the tip of the iceberg. The full spectrum is at the Santiago Serra site. This is what Amanda Church had to say in Art In America in 2009.

View of “Ettore Spalletti,” 2010. From left: Colonne perse (Lost Columns), 2000; Sia o no cosi’ rosa (Whether or Not So Pink), 2

For all of you who have a very formal way of seeing Ettore Spalletti shows a path as to how to formally treat color

Art Break September 20th 2010.

Ho visto con i miei occhi quanto è lontana la terra,” From Homer’s Odyssey,

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