Billy X. Curmano

I just returned from the U.S. release of "Futurism's Bastard Son" at the Museum of Modern Art, P.S. 1, New York Art Book Fair. The publisher sold out the editions they had on hand and I delivered a few more…

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"Futurism's Bastard Son" documents several decades of eccentric work from somewhat traditional objects to conceptual plans and live art. It includes…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Publication of BILLY X. CURMANO FUTURISM’S BASTARD SON
Mark Pezinger Verlag announces the publication and European release of Billy X. Curmano Futurism’s Bastard Son at Kunstverein Kassel parallel to the international art exposition Documenta in Kassel, Germany…

    I recently returned from Soul Fire 4 the Gulf, a healing ceremony inspired by New Orleans Medicine Person and Musician Dr. John. For the uninformed, he’s a 60‘s music legend whose latest album, “Locked Down”, has been referred to as…

NATIONAL ARTIST DINNER DAY (NADD)

" Take an Artist Out to Dinner Day"
or in exception
"Bring Them Home to a Lavish Feast Day"

Proclamation:
 
Whereas: I, Billy X Curmano, doth hereby and with out prejudice proclaim myself "Artist of…

A security team at the Los Angeles Convention Center ejected self-appointed "2012 Artist of the Year" Billy X. Curmano from the Book and Trade Fair of the College Art Association 100th Annual Conference while he was attempting to deliver his…

I awoke elated as "2012 Artist of the Year" (Please See: Entry 12/30/2011), but as the tremendous responsibility became ever more clear I sunk once again into a depression - so much so - that I decided to put the…

In a highly unorthodox move, Minnesota artist Billy X. Curmano has named himself "2012 Artist of the Year" and not just in Minnesota but in the whole world wide world (wwww). The announcement was made in January, but because of…

The Performance Art Network (PAN) in Vienna featured Billy (USA) along with Katrin Herznern (Germany), Julia Klarig and Andrea Salzman (Austria), UpStage (New Zealand) and Pascale Grau (Switzerland) in PANik3, an evening of work intended "to transact aspects of documentation"…

"Wasser"
 
Kurze Beschreibung
 
Vom Wasserüberfluss zum Wassermangel und den verschiedenen Aggregatszuständen des Wassers mischt "Wasser" Videoabschnitte, live Musik,”Performance Tricks” und Tagebucheintragungen von Extremprojekten in der Umwelt, welche die fast obsessive und manchmal sehr gefährliche Verbindung mit dem Wasser, unserer wertvollsten…

I've been selected to perform a solo work based on my "Water Trilogy" for "PANik 3 Performance as Documentation" on Sept. 26 at the Depot in Vienna, Austria.

It's especially sweet because - way, way back - my paintings were…

The release of Billy X Curmano's 3 major works onto a feature length DVD - Live Art - "THE SEARCH" will be celebrated at Ed's No Name Bar, Franklin and Third Streets in downtown Winona, MN - March 5th beginning…