The Art Of Julian Opie Sep 21, 2008
But when you work like that, or you are a person like that, it's hard to define, whether you are Paul McCarthy or Jeff Koons, or Bill Viola you can sense the essence - whether it has a sense of ridiculousness or doesn't or a sense of humour or doesn't. A lot of art trips back and forth across those things in a fantastic way and I can only hope to deal with those difficult elements - that my work itself often has those very elements that people relate to Pop artists. (Suite101.com)
The Dalai Lama Offers His Shoes to You; Proceeds to Support The Missing Peace Project Sponsored by the Dalai Lama Foundation and the Committee of 100 Jul 15, 2008
Artists in the exhibition include Bill Viola, El Anatsui, Richard Avedon, Christo, Guy Buffet, Chuck Close, Marina Abramovic, Herb Ritts and Anish Kapoor, among others. As San Francisco's premier art authority, Baxter and Cook Art Advisors offer a full range of services that include research, presentation, procurement, shipping, framing, installation, site-specific commissions, curatorial services as well as exhibition design and installation. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Unusual Spaces Jul 13, 2008
" Portrait of a young artist Criscitello studied art at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, which houses a collection of modern and contemporary art rivaling that of the Everson in Syracuse. He recalls his early artistic practice as heavily influenced by developments taking place in the early nineties, which he articulates as 'a shift from the glamour of the eighties to an emphasis on the body, personal politics, political correctness, and identity.' He cites Matthew Barney as... (Ithaca Times, NY)
Away from home, atop the world Jun 16, 2008
The exhibit included several multimedia installations: a wall of riot helmets from South Africa, racks of systematically tattered uniforms from China, and a video called "Observance" by American artist Bill Viola. "Observance," presented on a large wall-mounted plasma screen, featured 18 actors lined up and walking in slow-motion. (Boston Globe)
All their eggs in one basket May 10, 2008
Southern Exposure includes pieces by relatively well-known artists such as Ed Ruscha, Bill Viola, James Turrell, Chris Burden, Robert Irwin and Vija Celmins, as well as works by younger-generation figures such as Glenn Kaino or Kota Ezawa. As is so often the case with such surveys, the overall impression belongs to the category of "not bad". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
21C, Louisville's hipster hotel, and a housemade tonic Apr 17, 2008
Some edgy Louise Bourgeois (she's more fun when she's not predictable); a riotous mixed media piece from the Cuban duo Guerra de la Paz; inflatable sculpture from Max Streicher; some Jock Sturges photos; and a Bill Viola video that's more installation than video. For me, Viola's 2002 Guggenheim installation called "Going Forth by Day" was one of the greatest video works I've ever seen. (Epicurious.com)
Artist's baptism of fire - and water Apr 10, 2008
Bill Viola plays with illusion to explore the ultimate reality - death ... "You have an idea, you see it, then you do it, you make it" Bill Viola with Fire Woman projected behind him ... Bill Viola was just six when, on a family holiday, he jumped from a raft into a lake and sank to its depths. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Liberation of the senses Apr 5, 2008
Inspired by the power of the desert pioneering visual artist Bill Viola ... Video artist Bill Viola first came to Death Valley with a friend in 1973 ... Connecting them is Bill Viola, his video camera and a flickering image on the wall of a museum, art gallery, church or even a handheld communications device with a screen the size of a matchbox - each of them, at various times, the medium through which his work appears. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gallery reaps high returns on lifelong habit Apr 4, 2008
He will bring US artist Bill Viola to Sydney next week. "It keeps me young," Mr Kaldor said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
$35m collection given to NSW gallery Apr 3, 2008
In 1995 Koons's Puppy was erected in Sydney and next week Mr Kaldor is bringing the prominent video artist Bill Viola to Sydney to install a work at a church in Redfern. Richard Jinman is the Herald's Arts Editor. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Southern Exposure Mar 21, 2008
Some of the artists are well-known internationally: Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Ed Ruscha and Bill Viola. Others, such as Ezawa, Glenn Kaino and the Torolab collective from Tijuana - the Mexican city on the other side of the border from San Diego - are relative newcomers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
In Bologna, a 'Factory of the Arts' blooms Mar 1, 2008
The inaugural show, "Vertigo," was curated by Germano Celant, a curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and featured an impressive array of contemporary artists, from Anselm Kiefer and Bill Viola to Enzo Cucchi and Andreas Gursky. Current exhibitions include a solo show of the Italian artist Luigi Ontani and the collaborative works of American artists Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker. (International Herald Tribune)
A collector's item: art dealer's 125m gift to the nation is ... Feb 29, 2008
Works by Jeff Koons, Bill Viola, Bruce Nauman, Georg Baselitz and Richard Hamilton will also feature. The Prime Minister said the gift would "open up art to new audiences" and that "individual acts of generosity like this impact on the lives of millions, and reinforce the UK's richly deserved reputation as having a range of world-leading museums and galleries". (Independent)
Laugh? You must be joking Jan 29, 2008
No Bill Viola, and he's always good for a laugh. I didn't laugh once, not even at David Shrigley's drawings. (Guardian Unlimited)
50m grant to make Tate Modern into 'world's best' Dec 6, 2007
These include works by Damien Hirst, Mark Rothko, Bill Viola, Bruce Nauman and Olafur Eliasson. The donation, announced yesterday, is a reflection of the Bankside venue's remarkable success, both commercially and artistically, over the past seven years. (Independent)
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama Dec 6, 2007
Curated by Randy Rosenberg, formerly the curator for the art collections of The World Bank and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the roster of artists includes: Marina Abramovic, Seyed Alavi, Jane Alexander, El Anatsui, Laurie Anderson, Ken Aptekar, Richard Avedon, Kirsten Bahrs Janssen, Chase Bailey, Tayseer Baraket, Sanford Biggers, Phil Borges, Dove Bradshaw, Guy Buffet, Dario Campanile, Andy Cao, Squeak Carnwath, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Chuck Close, Constantino Ciervo, Christo... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Painting gets a broader brush in L.A. Dec 4, 2007
Just because painting has to move over a bit and give up some gallery space for us all to view works lby the likes of Bill Viola and Tim Hawkinson does not mean painting is dead ... Rarely do production assistants, teams of fabricators and collaborators gather in a painter's studio, as they do for movies at Paramount, TV shows at HBO and at the far-flung art factories established by video artist Bill Viola, sculptor Jeff Koons or installation artist Ann Hamilton. (Los Angeles Times)
Crowds the key to museum's funding push Oct 18, 2007
Next year's first crowd-puller will be Southern Exposure, from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, including works by American artists such as Barbara Kruger and Bill Viola. The museum in San Diego will stage a reciprocal exhibition of Australian video art drawn from the Sydney museum's collection. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Expo in Ahmadinejad's Iran showcases avant-garde art Oct 15, 2007
TEHRAN (AFP) - A video installation by world-famous US artist Bill Viola ... The star attraction is US conceptual artist Bill Viola's "Reflecting Pool." A six-minute video installation shows a fully clothed man jumping and then suspended above a pool. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Actress Cate Blanchett installing filtration system at home; 'Drink own wastewater'... Sep 18, 2007
The performance will turn the entire rotunda of the Guggenheim into a theater, and Blanchett a contemporary-art enthusiast who counts Gerhard Richter and Bill Viola as favorites will deliver a monologue by Pirandello. "I needed somebody who had a very iconic presence but at the same time a very specific acting capability," says Vezzoli. (The Drudge Report)
Market heats up for independent game developers Aug 5, 2007
"Night Journey" takes the works of artist Bill Viola and combines them with verses from poets and mystics. A meditative game, it is about reflection and memory. (Herald Online, SC -- Technology)
LA Philharmonic hires 26-year-old conducter Apr 9, 2007
Next month, Salonen brings the orchestra to Lincoln Center for "The Tristan Project," a Peter Sellars production of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" that includes video projections by the artist Bill Viola. Dudamel will inherit one of the country's most exciting if sometimes erratic orchestras. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Mortier to head New York City Opera Feb 28, 2007
That production, which comes to New York this spring, included video by Bill Viola that received more attention than the singers. At City Opera, he succeeds Paul Kellogg, whose tenure was marked by many productions shared with the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Gerard Mortier named new general manager of New York City Opera Feb 28, 2007
" That production, which comes to New York this spring, included video by Bill Viola that received more attention than the singers. At City Opera, he succeeds Paul Kellogg, whose tenure was marked by many productions shared with the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown. Peter Gelb, who took over as general manager of the Met last summer, has pushed his own regime of innovation at the Met. "I don't consider there to be a great rivalry at Lincoln Center. My efforts since I've come to the Met have... (Newsday -- State)
- Nicholas Wroe meets conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen Jan 27, 2007
He found the Californian response to music refreshingly open-minded compared to Europe, where there has been "suspicion about things that are not in your compartment. When I arrived in LA, I learnt that things I thought were universal weren't. I had a list of great art that included Shakespeare and Beethoven and Thomas Mann and Rilke. But in a city where 160 languages are spoken, the European top ten is not the only option. I realised there were other lists, which took me back to square one in... (Guardian Unlimited)
