by Zadok Ben David.
April 20, 2013
Janine Gordon: Fuckshitup Opening August 11—September 1 2001 Refusalon Gallery is pleased to announce the first West Coast solo show of Brooklyn-based artist Janine Gordon. This exhibition, titled Fuckshitup, features large-scale photographs of mosh pits, punks, and fetishism, as well as a series of paintings. Gordon’s work unfolds as a whirlwind of punk rock, sex, and urban decadence. In her Mosh Pit series, Gordon has captured the intensity and violence…
April 19, 2013
GROUP SHOW UTSA Sattelite Space Gallery in San Antonio, Texas This group show of eight artists represented by or affiliated with the Refusalon gallery in San Francisco. The exhibition developed from a desire to present a very, very, strong group of artworks, whose original, uniqueness and independent, individuality curate the show on their own. The art in this exhibition ranges in both media and content – Vegar Abelsnes’ manipulated…
April 19, 2013
FRENCH CINEMA & VIDEO-ART GO TO THE OLYMPICS February 15 to 21 2002 When Video Meets Films It has been a desire amongst videoegraphers to take part in the cinematography world, this events marks the on going artistic attempt to explore this frontier. It begins 2 years ago, when a group of French artists participated in a show at refusalon art space in San Francisco. That show’s name was…
April 19, 2013
CultureLounge & refusalon present: high light Oakland Hills, CA April 2002 ‘high light’, the most recent joint venture produced by CultureLounge & refusalon, is a unique exhibit in which contemporary, modern art has been precariously installed within the Goldstrom Fine Art Collection. The exhibition’s title reflects the art collective’s notion to shed new light on a previously reputable collection, by ‘highlighting’ both existing and new works of art. This truly…
April 17, 2013
An older man in Muscatine, Iowa decides to paint his kitchen windowsill. At the local hardware store he peruses paint chips and finds one that matches his house. It is named ‘Palo Alto’. He asks the young lady at the counter to mix a quart for him. As she mixes the paint, the young lady tells the man a story that her boyfriend had recently told her . She tells…
April 17, 2013
Let’s collaborate in a complicated matter so that things get in a muddle. The only remaining idea will be the project itself, for the sake of it’s latest updated version. In 1994 the VERSION exhibition context started off by organizing events in the hybrid field of art and technologies. 9 shows later, VERSION produced a new type of museum. Actually i don’t know yet how we can define this…
April 17, 2013
Artists :Anthony Discenza, Nina Katchadourian, Luisa Kazanas, Rachael Neubauer, Philip Ross, and IMAGE Yoram Wolberger CONFESSIONS OF A PROMISCUOUS MUSE: THE LINEAMENTS OF GRATIFIED DESIRE Marcia Tanner THE QUESTION ANSWERED What is it men in women do require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire. What is it women do in men require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire. -William Blake I came to curating late in life, a Grandma Moses among…
April 17, 2013
Forgot I forgot to mention that little notice that came in the mail? You’ve been evicted and now you have to live in Fremont. And I forgot to tell you there are lilies climbing up the chimney, choking on the pollen, each one with a little face that whispers, “Murder” Well, I forgot to tell you that when the master is talking what matters is that the cotton is pure…