 Hype-Beaters
SAIC students plan White Haute
exhibition
The students of a joint Fashion/Art
History course, co-taught by Gillion Carrara and Monique
Meloche, are organizing an exhibition of t-shirts for their
capstone project. This course focuses both on studying the
history of dress in the last century and its impact on other
arts and culture, with a special emphasis on the unique
considerations of curating an exbibition of garments.
 Cultural
Criticism
Buy Not. Know
Not. Why Museum Consumers Consume Consumed
How importants is a Museum's
Store not in only in terms of money but in terms of content.
Museums' stores are more important than the museum, because
its for free and you can see everything from the collections
of the museum in the store. A study conducted last year
by the Museum Retail Industry, highlighted the fiscal necessity
of the museum store.
Certainty Redefined
Kerry James Marshall,
Black Aesthetics, and the Museum of Contemporary Art
F Gallery
Interviews:
Charlie
Ahearn and Fab Five Freddy, the creators of Wild Style
Two artists talk with Free Radio SAIC
about the rise of Pop Art and how New York has changed since
then.
Art
in Transition from Communism to capitalism: or, how
two Romanian artists make up for lost time.
Romania has faced transitions since
going from a Communist country to a social democracy. The
arts are being affected by this change in the areas of state
funding, the perception of contemporary art, and the ways
art is understood in Romania. Two artists create their art
archive, CAA, to disseminate ideas that have not been introduced
into Romania.
Commentaries:
 Why
Warhol?
Since Andy hit the scene in the early
sixties, it seems that everything's been done. Within his
own lifetime, Warhol was widely considered to have lost
his "edge," making portraits of rich socialites
and art collectors for the better part of the seventies.
So why is it that fifteen years after his death, Warhol
is as relevant as ever - quoted endlessly, his aesthetics
ripped off shamelessly, and his namesake museum and archive
thriving?
The "partial
birth abortion" law and your uterus
A commentary about the new law signed
in by President Bush which out-laws partial birth abortions.
This article discusses the procedure, and the history of
the law for the past decade. What are the issues sorrounding
the controversy? Is it just?
Wal-Mart's inclusion
policy: equal opportunity oppressor?
Within Sight,
out of mind.
A thirty something's rant on living
with consumerism in your American veins, like it or not.
The worst sex
I ever had
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