This web site is worth at least four to five hours of your time: http://www.davidshrigley.com/. This piece made me laugh until I cried: http://www.davidshrigley.com/draw_htmpgs/31_7_07/7_07_001.htm...
life on
mars
55th Carnegie International
5.3.08-1.11.09
Featured Artists
- Doug Aitken
- Kai Althoff
- Mark Bradford
- Vija Celmins
- Phil Collins
- Bruce Conner
- Cao Fei
- Peter Fischli & David Weiss
- Ryan Gander
- Daniel Guzmán
- Thomas Hirschhorn
- Richard Hughes
- Mike Kelley
- Friedrich Kunath
- Maria Lassnig
- Sharon Lockhart
- Mark Manders
- Barry McGee
- Mario Merz
- Marisa Merz
- Matthew Monahan
- Rivane Neuenschwander
- Manfred Pernice
- Susan Philipsz
- Noguchi Rika
- Wilhelm Sasnal
- Thomas Schütte
- Ranjani Shettar
- David Shrigley
- Paul Sietsema
- Rudolf Stingel
- Katja Strunz
- Paul Thek
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Rosemarie Trockel
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Andro Wekua
- Richard Wright
- Haegue Yang
Audio/Video Library
Artist's Lecture: Haegue Yang
Posted 10|13|08
Artist's Lecture: Ryan Gander
Posted 09|29|08
Remainder, a new process/performance by Attack Theatre: Phase one
Posted 09|23|08
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