This two-part series asks tough questions and searches for historical context for recent controversies over public art.
Archive Content by Tag ‘controversy’
01/11/13 Living Walls and the Perils of Public Space, Part I
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Tags: aesthetic common denominator, Allegory of the Human City, Alligator, Atlanta, Camille Rose Garcia, capitalism, Cinqué Hicks, community, Concerned Black Clergy, controversy, demonic, Doug Dean, Dustin Chambers, featured, fish, Gustave Moreau, interpretation, Ithaca, Ithica, Jason Butcher, Jason R. Butcher, Joe Tsambiras, low brow, Marcy Starz, Michael Kimmelman, myth, neosymbolist, New York, New York Times, Odilon Redon, Os Gêmeos, personal mythology, Pittsburgh, pop, Rilke, Rimbaud, Roti, state representative, statement, Stéphane Mallarmé, street art, street artist, Surrealism, Symbolism, Symbolists, Verlaine, Yeats
Tags: aesthetic common denominator, Allegory of the Human City, Alligator, Atlanta, Camille Rose Garcia, capitalism, Cinqué Hicks, community, Concerned Black Clergy, controversy, demonic, Doug Dean, Dustin Chambers, featured, fish, Gustave Moreau, interpretation, Ithaca, Ithica, Jason Butcher, Jason R. Butcher, Joe Tsambiras, low brow, Marcy Starz, Michael Kimmelman, myth, neosymbolist, New York, New York Times, Odilon Redon, Os Gêmeos, personal mythology, Pittsburgh, pop, Rilke, Rimbaud, Roti, state representative, statement, Stéphane Mallarmé, street art, street artist, Surrealism, Symbolism, Symbolists, Verlaine, Yeats
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08/29/12 Living Walls 2012: Was It a Success for Female Artists?
Category: Art News | Tags:
Tags: controversy, Debbie Michaud, Dustin Chambers, featured, Grace Thornton, graffiti, Huffington Post, Hyuro, Indigo, Japanese, John Ramspott, Living Walls, Living Walls Conference, mural, Olive47, RJ, South Atlanta, street art, street artist, Tina Arnold, Vandalog, wall
Tags: controversy, Debbie Michaud, Dustin Chambers, featured, Grace Thornton, graffiti, Huffington Post, Hyuro, Indigo, Japanese, John Ramspott, Living Walls, Living Walls Conference, mural, Olive47, RJ, South Atlanta, street art, street artist, Tina Arnold, Vandalog, wall
Despite some ambivalence in carrying out its feminist goals, Living Walls incites community through controversy.
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12/14/11 On Beasts and Dancers: Atlanta Artists Bring Identity into the Mix
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Tags: Alex Abarca, Anti Manners, Art on the Beltline, autobiography, ballet, Be(A)stie, Beacon Hill Theater, Beastie Boys, Bobbi Jo Brooks, Cédric Andrieux, Charleston, communal art, controversy, CORE, CORE Performance Company, Corian Ellisor, Cunningham technique, dance, dancers, Dashboard Co-op, Decatur, Emily Christianson, Greg Catallier, gunslinger, Helen Hale, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Intergalactic, James Bond, Jérôme Bel, Juel Lane, LA, Los Angeles, Marina Abramović, Merce Cunningham, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Palais Garnier, Paris Opera, Petipa, Shaken, South Carolina, Spoleto Festival, Swan Lake, TEMPO: A Non-fiction Dance Performance, Ursula Kendall Johnson, Veronique Doisneau, What Cha Don't Wanna Tap Into, Whitney Houston, Zoetic Dance Ensemble
Tags: Alex Abarca, Anti Manners, Art on the Beltline, autobiography, ballet, Be(A)stie, Beacon Hill Theater, Beastie Boys, Bobbi Jo Brooks, Cédric Andrieux, Charleston, communal art, controversy, CORE, CORE Performance Company, Corian Ellisor, Cunningham technique, dance, dancers, Dashboard Co-op, Decatur, Emily Christianson, Greg Catallier, gunslinger, Helen Hale, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Intergalactic, James Bond, Jérôme Bel, Juel Lane, LA, Los Angeles, Marina Abramović, Merce Cunningham, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Palais Garnier, Paris Opera, Petipa, Shaken, South Carolina, Spoleto Festival, Swan Lake, TEMPO: A Non-fiction Dance Performance, Ursula Kendall Johnson, Veronique Doisneau, What Cha Don't Wanna Tap Into, Whitney Houston, Zoetic Dance Ensemble
A dancer is not a racehorse, but the two career paths can have discomforting parallels. After many hours, months, and years spent in strenuous training, both perform for relatively brief periods in the light of public admiration. Both earn accolades for excellence; injuries take them out of sight to some depressing pasture we never have [...]
































karley: nice!
Jared: Excited for the Bowman collection. She is someone to keep an eye on
ruth: What do you do with difficult lines of memory? Fold them into a san
Beth Lilly: I know! That's exactly the type of work I had in mind with the call f
Jason Francisco: Davis' bulletin boards seem to me actually to be photographs themselve