Some of you were looking for South American artists a while back.....
"Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color" is on view through April 1 at the
Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston.
New York times review of exhibit - included slide show
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/17/arts/design/17oiti.html?th&emc=th
"...'Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color,' an exhilarating survey that
emphasizes the earlier, lesser-known stages of this artist's career —
a rapid progression from abstract paintings to painted reliefs and
objects to performance props and interactive installation art — which
was fueled by a passion for color as theoretical as it was obsessive."
More New York Times articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/design/index.html
Including one on aesthetic issue "What is Art?"
Southern Group Protests a Depiction of the Confederate Flag
By CHRISTINE JORDAN SEXTON
A museum exhibit titled "The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag"
depicts the emblem being lynched from a 13-foot-high wooden gallows.
The group claims that this is not art.
Here is a picture of the work:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=511
Done by African American artist, John Sims
