Author Archives: jolanta
Roelof Rossouw
“Painting for me is all about capturing the effect of sunlight and the juxtaposition of color and tone.” Courtesy of the artist. Roelof Rossouwwww.art.co.za/roelofrossouw Painting for me is all about capturing the effect of sunlight and the juxtaposition of color and tone. I want to stimulate the visual senses and therefore subject […]
Friday’s Links: The Art of Revolution
More than a year has passed since the Egyptian Revolution initiated a falling domino effect throughout the Middle East and the rest of the world. The opening of the new Middle Eastern Art wing serves as proof that the Middle East and its intricate, yet fascinating, conflicts are of interest to a large audience, and […]
In Conversation: Cassandra Louise Baker Interviews Devin Troy Strother
Cassandra Louise Baker: The first time we ever met, I visited your studio in late Fall 2011. You told me this whole meta-narrative about these characters in your painting. There was an entire back-story that I would not necessarily glean from my initial viewing of the work. At that very moment I realized there was […]
Oh Girl, It’s a Girl! Investigating With Sarah Maple
And what a girl this is: The subtle yet powerful artworks of Sarah Maple recently displayed at her London solo show at Aubin Gallery, London, picks up the ever prevailing question on what it is to be a woman in today’s world. The British artist’s show offers a nuanced, confrontational, intelligent, as well as […]
Hypertexture: Then & Now
In an attempt to chart the criterion for the canon of this still emergent perceptual manifestation in the visual arts, let’s look to forerunners such as Jackson Pollock and David Reed. Both of whom have made works where the movement of film and/or cinema enters the movement of the paint—or in the case of Frank Stella sculptures […]
Toronto Via New York With Eight Artists
As its title and subtitle imply, the human figure informs storytelling, whose attendant connotations of fantasy, intimacy, and attentiveness set the exhibition’s tone. Ernest Concepcion’s black-and-white paintings tell war stories through the lens of the news media and cinema. Further stressing cinema, Concepcion embellishes these war scenes with science fiction genre monsters, for instance, a […]
Volta, Basel
Volta8, BaselJune 11th – June 16th VOLTA is a platform for presenting the vision of contemporary art galleries of global repute whose artists represent new and relevant positions for curators and collectors alike. Conceived to bridge a gap between Basel’s pre-existing fairs, VOLTA showcases galleries – whether young or mature – that choose as their […]
Grid/Un-Grid
Baras’ small, quirky paintings are varied in application—overworked in parts, encrusted or otherwise incised. Untitled 8081 looks like caked cement dipped in a puddle of gasoline. It’s surface is violently scratched and scraped down like a palette, yet unable to get all those old globs fully off. After grating away to the bottom layer, the […]
Week In Review: Wasted In Manhattan
America is, and has been for decades, drowning in a massive pile of trash. We produce trash many times a day. Eventually, it accumulates and we end up not knowing where to put all of it, but in a trashcan. And why is this? Because of excessive consumerism and a state of mind we have […]
Berlin Slows Down To Take A Seat
You cannot visit Berlin without visiting a museum. Some might think this is because of the fabulous collections and great choice of exhibitions constantly offered in the German capital. But, it is also because you don’t necessarily pay for a ticket to enter a museum. You can get it all for free! Why is that? […]
