Artist Stuart Pilkington asked 98 photographers to submit an image that was inspired by a book, film or painting.  As you can imagine that’s lots of contrived imagery in this series, which is exactly what memes are made of. [ Stuart Pilkington]

Only Ken Johnson would look at Thomas Houseago’s exaggerated masculine sculptures and think, “Poor Masculinity, he’s but a shell of his former self.  He’s been in decline for a long time — since as far back as the Industrial Revolution, one might say, when people began turning into cogs.  Lately, what with the shifts in gender roles and sex, and the moral undoing of so many male heroes, he finds his prerogatives challenged on every front.”  Anyway, he’s visited The Storm King Art Center. [ The New York Times]

XFR STN, a summer project from the New Museum, has begun posting recently converted video online.  The results are pretty sweet. [ Rhizome]

The future is now: with advances in 3D scanning and 3D printing a company called Twinkind can make a tiny, life-like replica of you for $300.  Compare this to a 2011 3D scan of Paddy’s head and it’s amazing how far this technology has come. [ Wired]

Oh, this is great: Old photographs of artists in their studios. [ Hyperallergic]

Brooklyn-based conceptual artist Eric Doeringer gets a review for his show at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects in Toronto.  Critic Murray Whyte says the show is better than a collection of one liners, it’s institutional critique.  A thoughtful review. [ The Toronto Star]

I like art, but sometimes I want to convey by how much, and a simple thumbs-up won’t always cut it.  Art Fag City has started rating its Recommended Show Listings.  We’re not exactly Pitchfork, but maybe just a little bit.  Our latest reviews complete with numerical ratings after the jump. 

I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me Date: FRIDAY, JANUARY 14TH 2011 – SATURDAY, MARCH 5TH 2011 Venue: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, 323 West 39th Street, 2nd Floor Made up of artists and works concerned with the art world, EFA’s latest exhibition has already received some rave reviews.  We’re particularly interested in Eric Doeringer and […]