Abraham Ingle

10th NW Biennial Wrap Up

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:01:55 +0000

“In this case the TAM show is too full but it does one thing that none of the recent spate of institutional survey shows have attempted… it has a coherent curatorial criteria, exploring the theme of multi-disciplenary art. Apparently, it helps having a consistent curator who is tasked with making the exercise intellectually viable? Novel [...]

Music Awakens Minds

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:05:42 +0000

An old man reacts to hearing music from his era.

An Interview About Pants Exchange at the 2012 NW Biennial

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:26:22 +0000

Buying This Will Make Me Happy

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:39:13 +0000

via McSweeney’s: “Buying things never makes you happy, so why would you buy this thing? It won’t make you happy. But you haven’t seen this thing. It’s really cool. They just started making it and not many people have one yet. It does all sorts of stuff and can fit in my pocket, but it [...]

Kony 2012 Amazing Campaign

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:54:57 +0000

This video was uploaded on Monday and has been viewed over 4 million times on youtube, and over 6 million times on vimeo. Social media is serious business. With a $30 donation, they provide a full action kit to help people spread the word. They’ve made this completely actionable and brainless – a really impressive [...]

News Tribune Critics Pick

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:35:08 +0000

“Join three artists from the current Northwest Biennial at Tacoma Art Museum this Sunday and become part of their interactive art. Abraham Ingle presents “Fake Up” at from 12-4 p.m., Ariana Jacob strikes up personal political conversations from 1-5 p.m. and Wynne Greenwood asks for participants in “Video, Performance and Identity” from 2-4 p.m. All [...]

Pants Exchange in the Seattle Times

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:59:06 +0000

“Neatly folded stacks of pants can be found throughout the museum, part of Portland-based artist Abraham Ingle’s efforts to generate social, noncommercial exchanges. The pants are a fantastic example of the kind of beyond-the-museum approach taken by many of the artists, although better wall labels would let visitors know that they can actually try them [...]

Art From the Heart at the Tacoma Art Museum

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:32:13 +0000

I’ll be doing a presentation of Fake Up at the Tacoma art Museum as part of their Art From The Heart event. Join several of this year’s honored artists featured in The 10th Northwest Biennial in this day of interactive works of art inspired by the idea of “art and social practice,” a contemporary movement in [...]

Awesome Breakdancing at Beat battle 2012

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:03:31 +0000

I swear – breaking gets more and more amazing every year. How long until we have Break Companies along side Ballet Companies?