http://www.cityist.com CITY Magazine Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.cityist.com/blog/cynthia-rowley-gives-us-a-splash-of-color/ http://www.cityist.com/blog/cynthia-rowley-gives-us-a-splash-of-color/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:39:57 +0000 Jake Flanagin http://www.cityist.com/?p=8934 MOVE!, a series of performance-based installations created by well-known artists paired with celebrated fashion designers, opened at MoMa PS1 last weekend. Highlighting the event were Cynthia Rowley and Olaf Breuning, who dressed models in plain denim garments to function as canvas. The models were artfully doused with bright splashes of paint as part of the performance, and subsequently photographed as part of the exhibition.]]> http://www.cityist.com/blog/cynthia-rowley-gives-us-a-splash-of-color/feed/ 0 http://www.cityist.com/blog/moma-new-photography/ http://www.cityist.com/blog/moma-new-photography/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:18:45 +0000 Tiffany Yannetta http://www.cityist.com/?p=8126 For the past 25 years, the MoMA has held its annual New Photography exhibition, and this year (opening today through January 10) the exhibit features work by Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho. This go-around, two films have even been included—Alex Prager's Desire, and Elad Lassry's Untitled—a first for the New Photography showcase.

]]> http://www.cityist.com/blog/moma-new-photography/feed/ 1 http://www.cityist.com/uncategorized/london-underground/ http://www.cityist.com/uncategorized/london-underground/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:03:30 +0000 Eva Medoff http://www.cityist.com/?p=7038 While we can't imagine having such high regard for anything hanging in the New York subway, these posters from London's tube stations between the two world wars are nothing short of fascinating. Back then, walking through the underground railway stations was akin to walking through an art gallery, with colorful, modern lithograph posters. These ranged from PR for the railway system itself ("Quickly Away, Thanks To Pneumatic Doors!") to war-time PSA's ("In The Blackout, Wear or Carry Something White"). On top of being visually stunning, the images offer a glimpse of London's every day existence from this historically significant period. Underground Gallery: London Transport Posters, 1920s–1940s is on view now at MoMA through February of next year.]]> http://www.cityist.com/uncategorized/london-underground/feed/ 0 http://www.cityist.com/blog/matisse-radical-reinvention/ http://www.cityist.com/blog/matisse-radical-reinvention/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:10:58 +0000 Eva Medoff http://www.cityist.com/?p=5862 The MoMA's upcoming exhibition, starting July 18th, follows Henri Matisse from Morocco to Paris and finally Nice in the years 1913 through 1917. Cubism and modernism were pulling the art world in a new direction, and Matisse was not immune to this pull. His work, focusing on the human form (particularly bathers, as seen in the famous work Bathers by a River) and iconic scenery (View of Notre Dame), produced a particular brand of abstract painting—geometric and spare, but full of grace. Matisse's swooping lines and washed out color palette of greys, greens and blues makes many of the works look as if they're underwater, sharp edges and detail smoothed away, colors rinsed. ]]> http://www.cityist.com/blog/matisse-radical-reinvention/feed/ 0 http://www.cityist.com/blog/the-artist-and-the-actor-are-present/ http://www.cityist.com/blog/the-artist-and-the-actor-are-present/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:41:13 +0000 Eva Medoff http://www.cityist.com/?p=3081 © 2010 Marina Abramović. Courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York James Franco has been trying to infiltrate highbrow art circles for some time now. First it was the English degree from Columbia (although whether he learned anything or slept through it all is debatable), then the “performance art” stint on “General Hospital” and lastly the foray into creative writing with Esquire (and a rumored book deal). Now, he’s sat down with the grand dame of performance art herself, Marina Abramović, in this new promo video for Abramović’s ongoing MoMA exhibit, “The Artist is Present.”]]> http://www.cityist.com/blog/the-artist-and-the-actor-are-present/feed/ 0 http://www.cityist.com/blog/here-lies-love/ http://www.cityist.com/blog/here-lies-love/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:11:01 +0000 Eva Medoff http://www.cityist.com/?p=2251 Call it bizarre, but when it involves David Byrne of the Talking Heads, you may as well call it brilliant as well. Byrne is back with a 22-song double-disc CD and a 114-page clothbound book all about the life of, strangely, former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos—and signing the set in person next week at MOMA.]]> http://www.cityist.com/blog/here-lies-love/feed/ 5