Monthly Archives: September 2011

Vhils – Deconstruction – Making Art in Venice, California

Posted on September 21, 2011 by adminbena

One of my favorite streets in L.A. is Abbott Kinney Boulevard in Venice. I once had an office there before it was renamed Abbott Kinney after Venice’s founder. This video of Portuguese artist Vhils captures the area’s current sensibility. MB … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Artist Karen Green on Her New Show—“Tiny Stampede” & Memory, Grief, and Faith

Posted on September 15, 2011 by adminbena

Max Benavidez Interviews Karen Green on Art and Forgiveness In 2009, artist Karen Green made “The Forgiveness Machine.” It was a strange seven-foot-long plastic apparatus that allowed people to write down whatever they wanted to forgive or be forgiven for. … Continue reading →

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29 Minutes on 9/11 and Then the Language of End Times

Posted on September 11, 2011 by adminbena

Guest Blogger Matthew Battles from HiLo Brow on 9/11 In the grey-knuckled grip of insomnia last night, a moment of weakness: I succumbed to an access of piteous 9/11 nostalgia. Finding my way to CNN’s morning-of coverage; and donning my … Continue reading →

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LUMINESCENT CITY

Posted on September 8, 2011 by adminbena

Luminescent City from Dan Tassell on Vimeo. A cloud of light-emitting spores are released from a clandestine lab deep beneath London’s Barbican Estate and weave a new architectural landscape.

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Catherine Dixon on José Luiz Benicio da Fonseca

Posted on September 7, 2011 by adminbena

From We Made This The Brazilian illustrator José Luiz Benicio da Fonseca, or simply Benicio, would be speaking in Rio while I was there. All I knew was his reputation, a career spanning some 60 years, and a sense of … Continue reading →

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