A TOPICAL PICK FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ariane Lopez-Huici
A film review from 2009 coincides with the artist’s show at Hionas Gallery
Brooklyn DIY: A Story of Williamsburg Art Scene 1987-2007 directed by Martin Ramocki
by David Brody
In Julian Schnabel’s film Basquiat, the title character, exemplar of the flameout credo of the East Village, is assisting an artist-installer at the Mary Boone Gallery. This mediocrity, played by Willem Da Foe, attempts to counsel the hero about the benefits of a reliable day job. Basquiat replies that someday he would show on those very…
Alex Mcquilkin: Joan of Arc at Marvelli
by Joe Fyfe
Alex Mcquilkin’s new two-screen projection film is ironic, sincere, casual, rigorous, knowing, adolescent, narcissistic, and emotionally generous. It is a small masterpiece about another masterpiece.
