Steve McQueen, Ashes (2014), all images courtesy of the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery
On view currently at Thomas Dane Gallery are two new works from Steve McQueen, together making up an exhibition entitled Ashes. The first is an immersive projection with sound and the second is a new sculptural work entitled Broken Column, both produced in 2014.
The New Yorker reviews the career of Ryan Trecartin this month, taking a look back at the artist’s series of videos from the past ten years, and examining his depictions of youth culture, internet dialects and his “breaking news about the future.” (more…)
The New York Times profiles the upcoming release of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, and the recent panel discussion the filmmaker and artist gave with writer Nelson George and fellow artist Kara Walker, discussing the influences for the film, and its place as a historical perspective on slavery. “There’s a uniquely American exuberance for violence or an exuberance for getting ahead in the world and making a name for themselves. I’m talking about the sort of plantation class that fought for the entrenchment of the slave system,” Walker notes. “That’s not something that can be overlooked when you think about the mythology of what it means to be an American, that one can become a self-made man if one is white and male and able.” (more…)
American actor Willem Dafoe has been named to the role of Andy Warhol in the French film Saint Laurent, a biopic about the famous French designer. The film is already in production for a May 14th, 2014 release. (more…)
