Ed Gilbert , owner and director of Anglim Gilbert Gallery in San Francisco , died over the weekend at the age of 67. A spokesperson for the gallery identified the cause of death as cancer. Beginning in the 1980s, Gilbert championed California formative art movements, including work among the Beats and Bay Area Conceptualists. He was a tireless promoter of West Coast experimentation at a time when the evolving art scene around it was viewed with indifference—or even contempt—by New York’s cultural arbiters. Gilbert served as the long-time director of Gallery Paule Anglim and, following the death of its founder, Paule Anglim, in 2015, assumed leadership. The enterprise was subsequently renamed Anglim Gilbert Gallery, and a second gallery space was opened in 2016 in San Francisco. Though maintaining an international roster of artists, the gallery specializes in Gilbert’s foremost interest in art from California. Gilbert moved there in 1980, following a year in New York an...
Sunrise by Rob Ottesen Kinetic Pointillism is a technique used in painting , where an image is created with points of color applied in patterns of movement, with the intention of reinforcing the message of the artwork. Founder of the technique is Rob Ottesen, who first showed works made from the technique in 2013, and who focused on teaching the technique to adolescent students. Mediums used include paint, ink, and other mediums. An aspect of the technique includes the use of cultural images and spelled-out words. Light House by Rob Ottesen Jesus by Ganesh Kelagina Beedu Shenoy Bhagavad Gita by Ganesh Kelagina Beedu Shenoy Exhibitions of the artwork have been shown at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center Art Gallery. Ottesen’s personal work has been shown at the Gutenberg Museum in...
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) has suspended an exhibition of work by Jon Rafman , a high-profile artist from Montreal whose work appeared in last year’s Venice Biennale. Over the past decade, Rafman has been considered one of the most important artists of his generation for video-based work that explores the darkest corners of the internet. His 2014 video work Mainsqueeze , which includes footage of a woman killing a live crawfish, has been widely exhibited. Rafman’s show, which featured two video works Disasters Under the Sun (2019) and Poor Magic (2017), has been suspended “until further notice,” according to a message posted last week on the museum’s website. Asked about the development, a spokesperson for the museum told ARTnews on Friday, “For the time being, the MAC won’t comment any further on the matter.” The museum reopened to the public in late June after a temporary closure due to the coronavirus. Rafman’s exhib...
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