Author Archives: jolanta
Art Verona 2011. Italy Oct 6-10, 2011
Art Verona 2011. Italy Oct 6-10, 2011 Art Verona website
Art Elysees 2011. France Oct 20-24, 2011
Art Elysees 2011. France Oct 20-24, 2011 Art Elysees Website
Wendy Waugh
“It is this depth of Beauty that I am expressing as I see it.” Courtesy of the artist. Wendy Waugh www.puretraits.com The purpose with my portraits/ figurative work is to depict the Beauty that I see in my subjects and in the world. I am exploring and defining my version of Absolute Beauty. Does […]
Sibel Tetik
“I’ve had many solo and combined art exhibitions both domestic and international, which demonstrate that my art is based on special color combinations and also my personal feelings about being part of the circle of life.” Courtesy of the artist. Sibel Tetik www.sibeltetik.com I began painting in Bakirkoy Art School,Istanbul-Turkey in 1989 and […]
Rafat
“I was thinking about a special woman with a beautiful, interesting face.” Courtesy of the artist. Rafat www.rafat.eu I was thinking about a special woman with a beautiful, interesting face. The person hidden behind something references concealing and revealing. The necklace reminds of an Oriental or African necklace with ornaments.
Christopher Leach
“Today’s society values the mass product, the copy, the Internet, the knowledge, over and above know-how.” Courtesy of the artist. Christopher Leach www.christopherleach.net Today’s society values the mass product, the copy, the Internet, the knowledge, over and above know-how. This image represents the distortion and blurring that occurs in a high speed, dynamic […]
Nadia Ayari: Multiplicity
I have always felt that the materiality of painting has the visceral command necessary to address the hardest of subjects. My interest in the eye began a few years ago. In it, I found a character that focuses complex narratives into simple, abstract forms. This reduction is paired in my recent work with the multiplicity […]
Suspension of the Covered Woman
As a foreigner living in the Middle East, I was often caught between a desire to look at covered women and the realization that the clothing worn was expressly designed to discourage looking. Over the course of a six-month residency at the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, I explored this tension by researching the history […]
“Disponible: A Kind of Mexican Show” Opens at SMFA Boston
“Disponible: A Kind of Mexican Show” is a project generated from an accelerated research in Mexico and a long-term dialogue between the curators. It presents a few individuals’ visions from the Mexican art scene, particularly those who are not directly related to the linage of the over-exposed, post- conceptual “magical realism,” which is highly […]
Middle Eastern Artists in the Diaspora
Art Platform-Los Angeles and Leila Heller Gallery, New York will present a group exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern artists living in the Diaspora. The presentation will create a dialogue amongst expatriate artists, and the result will be a rich and dynamic exploration of nine artists, all at various stages in their lives and careers. Four […]
