Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe

Cai Guo-Qiang has literally exploded the accepted parameters of art making in our time. Drawing freely from ancient mythology, military history, Taoist cosmology, extraterrestrial observations, Maoist revolutionary tactics, Buddhist philosophy, gunpowder-related technology, Chinese medicine, and methods of terrorist violence, Cai’s art is a form of social energy, constantly mutable, linking what he refers to as “the […]

JUDY CHICAGO

View this post on Instagram ‘Humankind is represented by mankind … Fake news!’, said Judy Chicago, laughing, when she met Art Basel’s video team at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami. Most of the artist’s forty-year-long career has been spent debunking that myth. Her best-known work, ‘The Dinner Party’ (1974–1979), celebrates the role of women […]

ARTWALK

“In our digital world what separates reality from computer generated imagery is thinning, vanishing. At times the eye is barely — if at all — able to distinguish one from the other.” –Alessio De Vecchi Here are some of the items trending on the ARTWALK channel right now. Hope you find something here to enjoy! NOW PLAYING @blx (blocks) a […]