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Lights, Action, Plywood: Artist Jay Gard deconstructs in America

Berlin-based artist Jay Gard sits down with NYAB to talk about his first U.S. solo show DoubleGard running at Half Gallery through July 10, 2008.

by Samuel Holleran

For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba’s 2001 underwater film Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam is a haunting & poetic meditation on Vietnam’s journey into an unknown future.

by Kristen Hewitt

Future (Im)Perfect

[The Future as Disruption] considers a global perspective on technological advancement and its impact on issues ranging from race and gender to economic exchange, but it is also relevant to the more localized anxieties of its New York audience.

by Rob Sgobbo

Thanks for Taking the Time

A last look at one of NYAB’s favorite pieces, from one of the best shows of the summer—Olafur Eliasson’s “Take Your Time” at MoMa and P.S.1, which closes June 30.

by Teri Duerr

Opening at the Project

The Project, coexisting quite peacefully on 57th Street with its more blue chip neighbors, held its opening reception for their summer group show “The Left Hand of Darkness” on June 26, 2008.

by Aneta Glinkowska

Bourgeois Looms Large at the Guggenheim

The spiral is a crucial metaphor for Bourgeois, who incorporates the symbol into much of her work as a representation of control and freedom, of space and movement.

by Anna Rosencranz