quoted: In this rather undifferentiated morass of feints at video, photography, sculpture and above all earnestly political, identity-based Conceptual Art, the paintings spring out like little oases of personal thought, concentration and effort. Some nonpainting efforts come into focus with time, but the first impression is a telling lesson in why painting doesn’t die; it is at the very least a good way for young artists to grasp the kind of density of expression that any art medium requires. (It helps to remember that most of the first generation Conceptualists were educated and began their careers as painters.)...Perhaps an overfamiliarity with Conceptual Art and especially the theories it inspired can leave young artists with no sense of how to make an artwork that holds together as an experience. You can sense the lack of connection to either materials or self in their statements, which appear on the wall labels beside the work.

Quoted: Why is it so GOD DAMNED hard to sell a piece of art around here? I can’t help asking myself this as I soon join the ranks of civilians outside the Art World proper and close the doors on my 4 year long project, Lisa Boyle Gallery.

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Quoted: Szymczyk and Filipovic deliberately chose artists with little visibility. Eighty percent of the artworks were specially commissioned for the biennial. There are lots of long, very slow- moving video installations and the end result is way too cerebral. I left the press preview thinking: Where is the wow factor? Where is the show?

i'm all for wow factors. but i'm also tired of seeing how production value of art has seemingly gone up for the wrong reasons. work that push the boundaries of conventions such as context and display could be difficult but who says art has to be easy. self-aware but not self-conscious, it seems like artists mentioned here are simply returning expectations the viewing public has been throwing at them. so try a little harder. trust me you'll get more out it.

Quoted: Art critic Jerry Saltz and art dealer Jeffrey Deitch came to the Wharton School Wednesday to talk about the art biz. The talk was a collaboration between the Institute of Contemporary Art and Wharton.

Quoted: Bad Beuys Entertainment is an art collective that was founded in 1999 at Cergy-Pontoise in the Parisian suburbs. Their creative mission is summed up in their moniker: a hybrid of American showbiz-ness (aka Bad Boys Entertainment, a major U.S. hip-hop recording label) and the ideals of German artist Joseph Beuys, whose conception of social relationships as art has had enduring influence.

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Quoted: NewArtTV is the video channel on contemporary art, broadcasting video on artists and art events worldwide.

Quoted: SPACE FOR YOUR FUTURE brings together a group of thirty-four Japanese and international contemporary artists, architects and designers in an exhibition which asks them to respond to the current and future conditions of creative production in the 21st Century; a moment in which shared visions of the future are no longer possible while the eclecticism and quotations of the postmodern world are fading into the past.