Author Archives: jolanta
Art Moscow 15 International Art Fair, Sept 1-25, 2011.
Art Moscow 15 International Art Fair, Sept 1-25, 2011. SEPTEMBER 21 — 25, 2011 CENTRAL HOUSE OF ARTISTS, 10 KRYMSKY VAL, MOSCOW
Art Aspen 2011, Aspen, Colorado. August 6-8, 2011.
Art Aspen 2011, Aspen, Colorado. August 6-8, 2011.
All Cannibals?
All Cannibals?, ME Collectors Room, Berlin. May 29-August 28, 2011
Future: Sculpture
Can computer technologies provide strong new environments and tools for artists to create impressive sculptures? Today, with computer-aided design (CAD) methods, 3-D shapes can be mathematically represented, computationally built, interactively designed, and virtually displayed in the cyber world. These virtual objects can even be “re-built” in our real world with modern fabrication technologies. “Computer-aided […]
Bridging the Gap
Shanghai Art Fair 2011 (15th), as Asia’s celebrated art exchange with long history and high internationalization degree, will be grandly held from September14-18, 2011 at ShanghaiMART. Continuing the scale as before, presenting domestic and overseas collectors a gorgeous art event in Shanghai as well. “It is believed that Shanghai Art Fair will continue leading […]
A Humanist Vernacular
I am primarily interested in the symbolic content of images. I use objects and scenes familiar to me from my home and neighborhood. The images are embellished from memory and imagination. These settings, along with the formal elements of value, texture, and form, especially symmetry, are combined to expresses my feelings about my surroundings. […]
Dawn Till Dusk at Jen Beckman Gallery
“Dawn Till Dusk,” at the Jen Beckman Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York, seeks to explore our impression of time, forcing us to examine how human social structure defines time as opposed to time as an abstract concept. This exhibit is comprised of a collection of photographs, paintings, and collages from […]
Moral Complexity
Superheroes are a recurrent theme in the work of Indonesian painter Nyoman Masriadi. These pop cultural icons, enforcers of law and order, instantly communicate a web of moral complexity. Masriadi portrays Batman and Superman in such a manner as to question our perception of the superhero. These idols entered our hearts through the small screen […]
The Labyrinth
In “The Labyrinth,” George Bataille compares conventional architecture with the labyrinth in order to critique the repression inherent to social order. Conventional architecture imposes order upon chaos; the labyrinth is where all oppositions collide into chaos. The encounters of different beings in the labyrinth recur, making them more complex and beautiful. My work creates […]
Secret Societies. To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silence
What about secrets in the age of Wikileaks? Don’t absolute transparency and information explosion offer the best possibility for camouflage? Secrets are so obvious today that we are no longer aware of them. Man has always been fascinated with secret societies and their clandestine rites, their covert knowledge, and exclusive circle of members. The character […]
