Tag: Art in America

  • Lu Zhengyuan on the “Good-Looking”

    “Lu Zhengyuan on the ‘Good-Looking’.” Art in America. September 26, 2012. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/news/2012-09-26/lu-zhengyuan/. “Half-truth,” the New York debut of Lu Zhengyuan at Eli Klein [through Oct. 21], features just seven works that encompass painting, sculpture and photography. Lu consistently resists adopting a signature style, but maintains that the works should be individually “good-looking”—that is, visually and…

  • Ai Weiwei’s Gilt

    “Ai Weiwei’s Gilt.” Art in America. November 28, 2011. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/ai-weiweis-gilt/ On Nov. 17, 12 golden zodiac animal heads mounted on convoluted stems atop simple pedestals provided a glamorous setting for the book launch of Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals at Paul Kasmin’s plush new space in Chelsea. The festive event came six months after a larger bronze version of…