Tag: video art

Ragnar Kjartansson at Luhring Augustine Gallery

Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s 9-screen installation at Chelsea’s Luhring Augustine has been a hands-down ‘Chelsea Gallery Tour’ favorite lately.  Kjartansson and a band of musician friends occupy different rooms in a 200 year old Hudson River mansion as they perform a 53 minute song, which fades away but sticks in the memory as the group exits the house and trails away over green hills. (Through March 16th).  

Ragnar Kjartansson, ‘The Visitors,’ installation view, Nine channel HD video projection, 2012.

Paul Pfeiffer at Paula Cooper Gallery

Paul Pfeiffer, 100 Point Game, digital video transferred to 16mm film, 2012.
Paul Pfeiffer, 100 Point Game, digital video transferred to 16mm film, 2012.

Paul Pfeiffer continues to manipulate footage of sporting events in his latest solo show at Chelsea’s Paula Cooper Gallery; though he makes welcome forays into new areas, the show’s most entertaining piece collages footage of basketball games from the 50s through the 90s, only with the players and ball digitally removed.  What’s left are bright lights and a ghostly, swishing net as Pfeiffer turns a popular game into a magic act. (Through October 13th).

Christian Jankowski at Friedrich Petzel Gallery

Christian Jankowski, 'Discourse News,' video on plasma screen, 2012.
Christian Jankowski, ‘Discourse News,’ video on plasma screen, 2012.

It isn’t news that art jargon can obscure more than it illuminates.  But in Christian Jankowski’s video ‘Discourse News,’ the spectacle of a popular New York news anchor delivering the artist’s wordy definition of art from her usual desk in the NY1 studio makes visual art verbosity seem particularly absurd while also reminding viewers of how over-simplified normal news programs can be. (Jankowski’s latest solo show runs through July 28th at Friedrich Petzel Gallery.)

Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ opens at Lincoln Center Today

Christian Marclay, 'The Clock,' still from single channel video, 2010.
Christian Marclay, ‘The Clock,’ still from single channel video, 2010.

Christian Marclay’s 24 hour video installation ‘The Clock’ – praised as one of the standout artworks of the past decade – opened today at Lincoln Center as part of the Lincoln Center Festival. Composed of thousands of film clips featuring timepieces, and synched with real time, it entertains while making viewers eerily aware of the time they’re spending watching it.  Arrive early – lines snaked down the block to view it in Feb ’11, so check out the Festival’s twitter ‘line update.’ Watch a few minutes of ‘The Clock’ here. (Runs through Aug 1st).