DaWire

Continuing our partnership with our west coast friends at DailyServing, today we feature an excellent article written by Michael Tomeo of the current show at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh that draws comparisons between Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp, pairing works and showing archival material of two of the most fascinating artists of the 20th century.

André Butzer, who was born in 1973 and today lives in Rangsdorf near Berlin, has achieved an international reputation with works that he describes as “Science Fiction Impressionism“. The colours and their use, which is sometimes lavish yet still very controlled, distinguish these works from the very first glance.

The urban area of Santurce is fast evolving again into the center of the contemporary art scene in Puerto Rico, prefering the shabby streets of the urban core of this town. Just when the local art institutions are crumbling from lack of funding, private initiatives in Santurce emerge as the only alternative for the arts. Right now, the area is buzzing with opportunities, cheap rents and creative energy.[...]