Work by Michael Mahalchick, at New Britain Museum of American Art

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/arts/hc-artweek-0321-20130319,0,7014556.story

Xylor Jane and B. Wurtz
January 17 – March 24, 2012
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Museum of Contemporary Craft

Xylor Jane and B. Wurtz is a two-person show highlighting recent work of two important artists who consistently surprise with the simplicity of their means and process. B. Wurtz (b. 1948) makes sculptural assemblages from string, socks, buttons, household implements and plastic bags. Xylor Jane (b. 1963) draws on basic mathematical algorithms to make intricate painted patterns.

Dealing simply in the complexity and specificity of color and material, Xylor Jane‚s and B. Wurtz‚ artworks are rigorously executed translations of environment and experience. This exhibition is curated by MFA in Visual Studies Chair, artist and curator, Arnold J. Kemp.

Gerald Ferguson’s Choral Reading
In 1972 Gerald Ferguson scored a reading of his Standard Corpus of Present Day English Language Usage Arranged By Word Length in 20 units for a chorus of 26 voices. It was performed at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design that same year.

Ferguson (1937-2009) published “The Standard Corpus of Present Day English Language Usage arranged by word length and alphabetized within word length” in a small edition of 300 copies in 1970. It represents the culmination of a series of conceptual artworks exploring the alphabet, which began in 1968. This series includes Ferguson’s typewritten Alphabet Pages and stenciled Period or Dot Paintings. Together with the Corpus, they form an integral part of the canon of systemic and process art and stands alongside the most significant achievements of concrete poetry in Canada. Ferguson considered the Corpus one of his most important works, once describing it as “a variable serial sculpture through time”.

The Choral Reading will be performed at CANADA on February 11th starting at 7pm and a reception will follow.

David Askevold Exhibition curated by Anne Pontegnie

This will be the first solo exhibition of work by conceptual artist, David Askevold in the UK. From the end of the sixties to his death in 2008, Askevold was a pioneer in experimental video, sound, photography and text and an influential teacher at some of the most renowned American art schools. This exhibition is a survey of his work bringing together seminal pieces from the 1970s with documentation of later performances and collaborative works he made with artists Mike Kelly and Tony Oursler. Curated by Anne Pontegnie and organised in collaboration with Le Consortium, Dijon.

Katherine Bernhardt Rug sale and reading room  May 2010

Xylor Jane: CRISSCROSS l Galerie Almine Rech, Paris l Sept 10- October 30, 2010

Joe Bradley l FREEKS l   Peres Projects  http://www.peresprojects.com/exhibit-overview/260/0/

OCT 8 – OCT 30, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 7 – 10PM