Author Archives: jolanta
In Conversation: Joshua Abelow Interviews Ted Gahl
Joshua Abelow: One of the things I like about your work is that it is both abstract and figurative. Can you elaborate on how you began working this way? Ted Gahl: I’ve always responded to both kinds of work. Like a lot of people who paint and draw, I grew up trying to represent the […]
Manifesta 9: The Deep of the Modern
“Manifesta 9: The Deep of the Modern” opened recently in the coal mining complex André Dumont in Waterschei, Genk, Belgium. The unusual combination of art and heritage, as well as the first attempt in history to provide visitors with an overview of how coal mining influenced modern art, are intensely felt at this exhibit. The […]
artMRKT Hamptons Takes Off This July
This year artMRKT Hamptons will feature 40 leading galleries from across the U.S. who will present painting, sculpture, drawings, photography, video and installation. Showcasing a tightly focused selection of work by important artists in a boutique setting, artMRKT Hamptons will create an ideal context for the discovery, exploration, and acquisition of art. Their Evening Preview […]
RARE Gallery Presents “STRANGE FRUIT”
The original inspiration for STRANGE FRUIT comes from the poem written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx that was then turned into a song of the same name popularized by Billie Holiday. While the poem and song refers to the horrors of lynching throughout the United States, particularly in the South, […]
ZONA MACO 2012: Mexico City Hits the Mark
Mexico City’s contemporary art fair Zona Maco, now in its ninth edition, has consistently shown the ability to innovate the presentation and choice of participating galleries, challenging visitors and fulfilling collectors’ expectations with art from 108 venues. Organized by Zelika Garcia and Pablo del Val, the fair is divided into four sections and has a […]
Bruno Maximus
I’ve been working as a full-time artist for over 20 years. I’ve exhibited around the world in over 90 exhibitions, with many works in various publications. brunomaximus.net *** This article was published by NY Arts Magazine, 2011. NY Arts Magazine is published by Abraham Lubelski. Sponsored by Broadway Gallery, NYC and World Art Media.
Ola Öhlin
“ the picture comes to me almost like magic“ Courtesy of the artist. Ola Öhlin www.olaohlin.se Ola Öhlin’s working process is filled with drudgery, pain and permanent loss before the painting reaches through. He has to denounce the virtuoso and there is no mercy and no short cuts. In fortunate moments of […]
Painting In The Present Past
Rinas’s work triggers memories of traditions and rituals that are instilled in Greek citizens since childhood. These paintings depict abandoned industrial edifices co-existing with the fragments of ancient architecture. Within these tableaux loom imaginative symbolic structures in which a musical, stringed instrument becomes a chariot with rusty smokestacks. The strips of paint that intersect and […]
Jamie Dalglish Delves Into New Forms
Jamie Dalglish’s art plows many fields. As a biophilist walking, his site contains many changing forms – nature/art/darkness/light/silence/chance/music/colour/poetryhis paintings are presentations of cinematic space/the story of his morphoglylph, which is the presence in dawn’s early light or stopping light. The viewer extrapolates freely, letting go and levitating in a state of frottage. “Art is the […]
In Conversation: Vanessa Saraceno Interviews Michael Rees and Robert Gero
VS: Even though they look heavy, all the sculptures are suspended and thus have an ethereal, weightless quality to them. MR: We used foam for construction and wanted to elevate the sculptures to allude to a kind of rapture for the viewers. We wanted to communicate the idea of the cosmos as being open to […]
