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    Witless Whitney Wasteland

    ByMark Vallen March 19, 2008January 20, 2023

    The Whitney Biennial 2008 at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art is thought of by some as an important but frequently contentious survey of contemporary American art. It unveils the latest trends and directions in the U.S. art scene as well as plumbing the zeitgeist of the nation. If you accept that premise then you might conclude that the…

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  • “Apostles of Ugliness” – 100 Years Later
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    “Apostles of Ugliness” – 100 Years Later

    ByMark Vallen February 29, 2008April 6, 2023

    February, 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of “The Eight Independent Painters” exhibition at New York’s MacBeth Gallery. The event changed the face of American art and established the country’s very first avant-garde art movement. The Eight broke the rules of convention by painting the realities of New York’s working poor instead of the lives and accomplishments of the well-to-do class,…

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  • The Unveiling of Robert Scull
    Postmodernism-Remodernism

    The Unveiling of Robert Scull

    ByMark Vallen February 20, 2008March 28, 2023

    There are few independent observers of the art world who have not commented on the role money has played in shaping and distorting the arts in recent years. That reality was probably best expressed, inadvertently, by Tobias Meyer, Sotheby’s Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art and chief auctioneer, who in 2006 said, “The best art is the most expensive because the…

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    Body Worlds: Diary of the Dead

    ByMark Vallen February 17, 2008June 11, 2009

    On January 29, 2005, I wrote an article titled Body Worlds: The Art of Plastic Corpses?, in which I criticized the popular traveling exhibitions of plasticized human bodies that have garnered so much national attention in the United States. On March 4, 2005, I wrote a follow-up article, Body Worlds Corpse Factory, which took a closer look at Gunther von…

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  • BP Grand Entrance | Broad Contemp. Art Museum | LACMA

    Broad Contemporary Art Museum Soirée

    ByMark Vallen February 12, 2008January 20, 2023

    Tables at the elite soirée cost $25,000 (silver), $50,000 (gold) or $100,000 (platinum). Guests included Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger and California’s first lady Maria Shriver, as well as Tom Cruise, Christina Aguilera and a bevy of Hollywood stars. And what was the occasion? – the ostentatious debut party for the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM), which houses the modern art collection…

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    Una visión de religión totalitaria

    ByMark Vallen February 11, 2008January 20, 2023

    My painting, A People Under Command: USA Today, is included in the traveling exhibit, Fundamental, which opens at Espacio de Cultura LA BOCA in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 21, 2008. Exploring the sensitive subject of religious fundamentalism in the 21st century, the group show at the Madrid gallery runs until until March 2nd, 2008. LA BOCA is located in the Lavapiés…

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  • Modernism

    The Los Angeles Art Students League

    ByMark Vallen January 15, 2008June 11, 2009

    The modernist movement as it grew out of – or was associated with – the Art Students League of Los Angeles (ASL-LA), is the subject of a fascinating exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art – A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906-1953. The exhibit presents over 100 works of art from students and…

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    Peace, Love, and Crass Art

    ByMark Vallen January 8, 2008January 20, 2023

    Mostly known for the remarkable graphics she produced for the late 70’s British anarchist punk band Crass, Gee Vaucher continues to create extraordinarily insightful imagery that strips away society’s veneer to reveal hidden truths. Introspective, her current exhibition at the Jack Hanley Gallery in San Francisco, gives further evidence of her importance as a socially conscious artist for our time….

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