The VIEWS: Cryptic Codes - August 20 - 26

the slant from Worldwide Aug 21st, 2012 (P D Packard, Freeman! (detail of the HUMAN CONDITION), 2011, monoprint: oil, embossing on kozo paper, 40 x 30 in. ArtSlant Showcase Juried Winner.) Codes, guises, and the uncertainty of reality... ...sometimes concealed in strings of text or hidden behind masks. Katarzyna Kozyra's transgressions are performed in the transformation of disguise; while Brody & Paetau spell out the harsh critiques they receive from outraged viewers. With twists and deceptions, Art in the Age of Truthinesscalls into question hyperreality and half-truths; while an encounter with artist-provacateurs Marilyn Minter and Ed Kienholz seduces and horrifies. Tsang Kin-Wah's videos and installation form vortexes of words, phrases, and images; while The Impossible Heap pictures a cyclical existential crisis in riots and dreams of escape. Trevor Paglen's vast photographs reveal abstractions of clandestine operations and covert underworlds; while Liz Nielsen experiments with colors in complete darkness. New ideas from young curators ask the viewer to linger and create connections; and A Romantic Measure calls up the cryptic language of desires as love letters and poetics. In the RACKROOM Charlotte Jansen talks with Frank Laws about film noir, building construction, and painstaking details. In the GEOSLANT Jon Leon recounts and ruminates on the last days of an endless summer in New York. In the EDITIONS Our Collector's Catalogue 2012 continues this week, featuring more interviews with collectors and artist spotlights. In the SHOWCASE This is the last week to enroll in Round #5! Click here to learn more about our jurors and see what our Showcase alumni have been up to.

PICKS AND PERSPECTIVES THIS WEEK Denmark's Jewel in the Crown Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Rosa Barba, Yael Bartana, Sophie Calle...

INTERVIEW WITH FRANK LAWS London, Aug. 2012: As a viewer, art can roughly be divided into two categories: art that you think you could have done yourself, and art you definitely know you could never have done yourself, and wo... [more]

THE BUZZ from other SLANT cities Los Angeles Nick Aguayo, Brandon Andrew , more... New York Rita Ackermann, Miriam Cahn, Sterling Allen, Ben Alper , more... London Sarah Sze, Ewa Axelrad, Edward Coyle , more... Amsterdam Katarzyna Kozyra Chicago Seymour Rosofsky San Francisco Water de Maria, Ant Farm , more... India Avantika Bawa Miami Amalia Caputo, Vicenta Casañ , more... China Tsang Kin-Wah