Author Archives: jolanta
The Cult of Youth: How Young Artists Are Shaping a New Art World
T.A.G. (Teen Art Gallery) is an organization run by teens for teens, devoted to displaying works by artists ages 12-19 in galleries. Its founder and curator, Audrey Banks, is eighteen years old and a senior in high school. Their first show opened in July, 2011 at the Open Center in New York City and was […]
Broadway Gallery Lights Up Armory Week
Broadway Gallery, NYC is setting up for Armory Arts Week. And this year, it is displaying work at Fountain. The gallery will be featuring an international line up with artists whose concerns range from hyper-texture to human sexuality to Neo-Pop. A confirmed list of participants includes Sophia Dang, Nikki Romanello, Jessica Manley, Patricia Mota, Jamie […]
Love From Mt. Pom Pom
idiosyncratic characters “All gallery furniture will be remodeled as Kawai’s idiosyncratic characters: snakes, dogs, people and blocks” Misaki Kawai, Airshow, 2007. Installation at Kenny Schacter Contemporary, New York Love From Mt. Pom Pom By CMA Misaki Kawai has created site-specific installations for galleries and museums throughout the world, and she has found that […]
Week in Review: I’ve Been Bushwicked
Bushwick has bloomed into an avant-garde art bubble; original and creative vibes are permeating through the diverse and small neighborhood. And with new spots like Luhring Augustine in the hood, a new crowd is coming in. The spontaneity of Bushwick’s art scene is what keeps it stimulating and thought-provoking. Other spaces such as ArtsinBushwick and […]
Sally Aurisch
“Most of us share common myths and legends.” Courtesy of the artist. Sally Aurisch http://sallyaurisch.com/ I am possessed by the notion we each are the painters, the creators, of our dreams. Most of us share common myths and legends. It is fascinating to realize that such images are often symbols shared by […]
Kusama’s Medium: Retrospective at Centre Pompidou
From October 2011 to January 2012, a spectacular exhibition set apart a privileged section of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Occupying the largest gallery on the second floor, the Yayoi Kusama retrospective challenged visitors to see the world through the eyes of this radical and exceptionally influential artist. Diagnosed with a hallucinatory mental illness, Kusama […]
Awareness of the Void: An Interview With Paola Schmidlin
Paola Fiorido: Your work in ten words? Paola Schmidlin: An ironic, inevitably dramatic conceptualization of human reality’s emptiness. PF: What is the sensation you wish to inspire in viewers of your work? PS: The awareness of the void and the inescapable loneliness of being. “An ironic, inevitably dramatic conceptualization of human reality’s emptiness.” Paola […]
Liste 17
Liste 17 June 12 – 17, 2012 Opening: June 11th Every year since its opening in 1996, the LISTE – The Young Art Fair in Basel has presented new and important galleries and highly contemporary young art. The LISTE’s concept of introducing galleries in general no more than 5 years old and artists under 40 […]
Rafael Kolinski
“Man intrigues me in the emotional and spiritual sphere” Courtesy of the artist. Rafael Kolinski www.illuminartestudio.pl A human being and their confrontation with something — mysterious, unknown or uncertain — is always the starting point for me. Man intrigues me in the emotional and spiritual sphere, often noted in extreme situations. I am […]
Peter Koschak
“Improvising is unbelievably creative and releases the best results. ” Courtesy of the artist. Peter Koschakwww.koschak.ch The paintings in my exhibition, can be described as visual artistic offerings to the spectators, inviting them to enter into an inner dialogue with the work and examine aspects of their own perceptions. Sometimes the seemingly […]
