Author Archives: jolanta
What Photography Is
As I’ve grown older, I’ve tended to look more than I actually see: scanning the room, sizing things up, and then making assessments. Since childhood, I’ve been trained for this kind of pattern recognition. Sadly, for my generation, seeing is becoming a thing of the past, largely because seeing necessitates reflection and a certain […]
Csaba Fürjesi
“He tries to effectively detach from pure description, in order to always be in a point between here and beyond.” Courtesy of the artist. Csaba Fürjesi www.csabafürjesi.com The pictorial world of Csaba Fürjesi is on the border between real and unreal. It seems a “concrete” scene, the description of a situation, but with fine […]
Jean Huh
“Through my works, I want people to understand that comics and illustrations are connected to each other while containing their own different stories.” Courtesy of the artist. Jean Huh www.karitori.com I am an illustrator who creates their own imaginary world and shows their expressions through manga-style comic books and illustrations. Through my works, I […]
Benno Worth
“Two aspects in his work are of deciding importance: spontaneity and improvisation.” Courtesy of the artist. Benno Worth www.bennowerth.de The sculptor and painter Benno Werth, who lives and works in Aachen, can look back on a more than 60 yearsof creativity. His art work is distinguished by an enormous complexity. His oevure consists of […]
Fly While Arab
“The Idea of an International passport always seemed appealing to my thoughts, it’s liberating! Although that Idea is impossible, filmmaking is not and in Fly While Arab my random thought became one of my favorite lines in the film. “… We are all citizens of one world.” Fly While Arab, Youssof Fakher (James […]
Blooming in the Shadows: Unofficial Chinese Art, 1974-1985
In recent decades, contemporary Chinese art—the art produced between 1985 and the present—has been widely exhibited in the West. Inside Out, held at Asia Society in 1998, exhibited Chinese art from the second half of the 1980s and early 1990s, and there have been many other solo and group exhibitions at venues throughout the […]
Talk to Me, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, July 24-Nov 7, 2011
Talk to Me, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, July 24-Nov 7, 2011 Talk to Me Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York July 24-Nov 7, 2011 Curated by Paola Antonelli and Kate Carmody
Gabriele Beveridge, Tomas Downes, and Stuart Elliot
“Each artist uses the idea of rupture within his or her own works in order to display a unified whole.” Courtesy of Rod Barton Gallery. Gabriele Beveridge, Tomas Downes, and Stuart Elliot Jessica Redmond Rod Barton Gallery presents a group exhibition featuring the works of Gabriele Beveridge, Tomas Downes, and Stuart Elliot. These […]
Projects 95: Runa Islam, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, May 27—Sept. 19, 2011
Projects 95: Runa Islam Museum of Modern Art, NYC May 27—Sept. 19, 2011 Projects 95: Runa Islam Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY May 27—Sept. 19, 2011 Organized by Christian Rattemeyer
Paul Thek: Diver, a Retrospective, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, Thru Sept. 4
Paul Thek: Diver, a Retrospective, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, Thru Sept. 4 Paul Thek: Diver, a Retrospective Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California Thru Sept. 4 Curated by Elisabeth Sussman and Lynn Zelevansky
