At first glance, Elad Lassry’s work can look like advertising. His bold, ambiguously retro genre photographs, showcased in the “New Photography 2010″ show opening this month at the Museum of Modern Art, feature animals, actors or still lifes of mundane or commercial objects: cosmetics, eggs, pencil-holders, would-be matinee idols. Using the language of commercial photography, Read More
Over the past few weeks, flatbed trucks sent out from Gagosian Gallery have been picking up motorcycles and newish skateboard ramps at sites all around the Metropolitan area. One of the ramps, flipped upside-down, will make up a monumental sculptures in artist Dan Colen’s solo debut at Gagosian Chelsea in September. The motorcycles Read More
Later this summer, Kalup Linzy will become the first sometimes-in-drag black performance artist on daytime television. The 32-year-old Brooklyn video artist will join Hollywood actor James Franco (better known for roles in movies like Pineapple Express and Milk) on General Hospital, with filming starting this week. It’s a breakthrough of sorts, said Mr. Franco, a Read More
