The VIEWS: Pleasure Maps - August 13 - 19

(Ben Rosecrans, spatial surgery 2.75, 2011, mixed media, approx. 22 x 23 in. Artslant Showcase Juried Winner.) X marks the spot... As summer winds down, we're seeking pleasure, delight, and daydreams. In the flutter of leaves, reflections on windows, the purr of a cat, we find the expression of sensuality and pleasure in Carolee Schneeman's films. In the play of light on surface, the improvisation of motion, the passing blur, we locate the energy in John Chamberlain's photographs. In the balance between control and wildness, we navigate the complexities of Sarah Sze's installations. We roam the coastline, taking in the views, spotting sculptures along the seascape. Or we experience land art via replicas, interactive maps, and games of miniature golf. Playing with pipes, tape, scaffolding,Avantika Bawa responds to geography, construction, and architecture.Seymour Rosofsky and Keiichi Tanaami draw pop and anti-pop in portraits of eccentric dreamers and sexy girls. And It's Always Summer on the Inside gives us a late-summer dose of unadulterated visual pleasure. In the RACKROOM Andrea Alessi talks with Maarten Vanden Eynde about Manifesta 9, rubbish, and self-referential art. In the EDITIONS ArtSlant chats with collectors in our Collector's Catalogue 2012, coming out this week. In the SHOWCASE Jurors are at the ready for Round #5. One week left to enter your work!

INTERVIEW WITH MAARTEN VANDEN EYNDE Brussels, Aug, 2012 - I met up with Belgian artist Maarten Vanden Eynde as he installed the finishing touches on his latest show, The Museum of Forgotten History XXX, at MuHKA in Antwerp. The cacophonous sounds of Jimmie... [more]

THE BUZZ from other SLANT cities Los Angeles Robert Barry, Barbara Bloom , more... New York Rita Ackermann, Miriam Cahn, Yuji Agematsu, Harold Ancart , more... London Sarah Sze, Bruce Lacey Amsterdam Katarzyna Kozyra Paris John Chamberlain Chicago Seymour Rosofsky San Francisco Water de Maria, Ant Farm , more... India Avantika Bawa