The Armory Show is all about Current Art. The International Fair of New Art, is the world’s leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art. In its tenth annual exhibition, The Armory Show 2008 celebrates the spirit of contemporary art. The exhibition includes many of the most important contemporary dealers showcasing new art from around the world. It could be argued that there hasn’t been any real Art since before 1900-or before the impressionists, or before Picasso, but Art has always had it’s odd followers who liked the latest things. Even if the latest things look mostly like what you…
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Micheal Kalish -License to Sample
Micheal Kalish was featured on CBS Sunday Morning today. He’s a young artist who uses old car license plates to make art. He does some original work, such as groupings of metal flowers and US maps. But he is most famous for his portraits and this is where I have a problem with him. These are not his portraits. In music they call it sampling when you steal someone else’s music and drop into a song and call it your own. Micheal Kalish has sampled images from the greatest photographers and illustrators in history to make his art. Does he…