Best of CH 2009: Top Five Street Art Shows

by Ariston Anderson This year saw a fresh wave of art in the streets with more than one homecoming and some clever new approaches. Steve Powers: Philadelphia Love Letter Seizing on the power of extremely personal art, Steve Powers swathed his native Philadelphia in his typography-based murals. A 50-work strong love letter spread across the entire city of brotherly love, the project enlivened the urban …

Davide Tranchina: Big Bang

by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab In his latest solo exhibition Italian photographer Davide Tranchina presents a cycle of new works that experiments with a different side of photography. Placing everyday objects on photographic paper, Tranchina scans and enlarges the negative shadows to create his large-scale black-and-white images. While previous projects like “Safari Metropolitano†and “Natura Morta†aimed to find reproductions of animals and …

Highlights from Miami’s Art Week 2009

Hitting the beach earlier this month to check out the festivities surrounding Art Basel Miami Beach, we of course met an overwhelming array of inspiring artists and designers who filled us in on the backstories behind their work. Below, we've gathered up a cursory survey of our favorites, but keep an eye out for upcoming longer profiles of artists such as Brian Dettmer, Kate Clark, …