Author Archives: jolanta
New Pyramids for the Capitalist System, Dumbo Arts Center
Robby Herbst’s exhibition at Dumbo Arts Center, “New Pyramids For The Capitalist System,” explores acrobatics, class, bodies and interpersonal dynamics through a series of large-scale drawings, installations, and performances of human pyramids. The project was inspired by photos of Herbst’s grandfather (a collection of beach and socialist acrobats) and a 1911 diagram produced […]
Space-Real and Imagined: Teka Selman Interviews Stacy Lynn-Waddell
TS: I wonder if it will be useful to frame our conversation around a trajectory?SLW: Yes—like what’s the story? Truthfully, I have trouble speaking about that, in part because I have a resistance to talking about my work and I‘m still figuring out what it is actually about. TS: I don’t think it’s necessary […]
Anatoliy Lipkin
“My point is to transfer my own vision onto the canvas” Courtesy of the artist. Anatoliy Lipkin www.arthit.ru Each artist represents his own vision, a reflection of the surrounding world over the prism of his own. Through his work people can recognize the spirit of the society, it`s values and the points […]
Jan Maliepaard
“ typical subjects are human emotions” Image courtesy of the artist. Jan Maliepaardoldpictures.nl My gouache paintings were created with a unique painting technique that I developed. I used fine brushes to apply multiple semi-transparent layers on two mid-tone opaque layers. This meticulous and labour-intensive technique results in a wide range of nuanced […]
Hans Andre
A statement from artists often tends to be pretentious. What you are creating is always a long process that takes time and it´s not that easy to comment or fully explain. Painting is a form of communication. I am happy if the viewer can spend some of his time to just reflect. Essentially, a painting […]
Eliora Bousquet
“ if my paintings could be put to music, what you would hear would be closer to jazz than to classical music ” Courtesy of the artist. Eliora Bousquet http://www.e-bousquet.com I am a French Painter. I was born in 1970. I started painting at the age of 7. Through the […]
30 Artists To Watch in 2012: Part I
The artists presented in our “30 Artists to Watch” are a band of disparates, working in mediums that stretch from soundscapes to installations, acrylics to bed sheets. In this first installment of 10/30, readers get a glimpse of what to look for this year. Particularly exciting are DeVille and Schenkelberg whose works delve […]
Beau Van Zyl: Under The African Sun
impressive landscapes “The way in which she takes on a modern interpretation of the country is something that has rarely been seen before.” Courtesy of the artist. BEAU VAN ZYL: UNDER THE AFRICAN SUN Under the heat of a gleaming sun animal’s fly, forage and charge in magnificent colors. This is the visual […]
The Paper Collagist, George Sakkal
cognitive unconscious visualism “CUVISM is not simply another art movement. Sakkal defines it as a state of mind that we as humans have always possessed, a state of mind whose development has been refined by millions of years of evolution.” George Sakkal, Syrian Massacre: Like Father Like Son, 1984, Paper Collage, 13′ H x […]
Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography
In celebration of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, the Katonah Museum of Art presents Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography, an exhibition of work created by Chinese artists in China since 2000, the last Year of the Dragon. Curated by Miles Barth, many of the 80 works in Rising Dragon have never been seen in […]
