Author Archives: jolanta
Liisa Pajula-Mäkinen
“With these paintings, I raise the question about the moment, the past, and eternity.” Liisa Pajula-Mäkinen, Hope, 2010. 30 x 90 inches. Courtesy of the artist. The Archeology of Truth Liisa Pajula-Mäkinen The story of these paintings are presented by symbols and is based on the Finnish saga Kalevala, and experiences in my […]
Claudia Eve Beauchesne
“A London-based writer and multi-disciplinary artist with a minimal online presence, Husni-Bey is one of ArteFiera’s most intriguing new talents.” Yerbossyn Meldibekov e Nurbossyn Oris, My brother my enemy, 2001. Courtesy of Nina Lumer, Milano (G.L.O.W. Platform). Santiago Ydanez, Untitled, 2009. Courtesy of Galeria Sandunga, Granada. ArteFiera Spotlight Claudia Eve Beauchesne Now in its 35th […]
People and Other Singularities
Diane Arbus – People and Other SingularitiesApril 19 – May 27, 2011, Gagosian, 456 North Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
You Will Find Me If You Want Me In The Garden Unless It’s Pouring Down
On the 23rd March Massimo De Carlo opens Christian Holstad’s solo show You Will Find Me if You Want Me in the Garden unless It’s Pouring Down With Rain. The title of the exhibition comes from a verse of “The Garden”, 1996 song by the German band Einstürzende Neubauten, one of the most significant and […]
Diego Villasenor
Diego Villaseñor, Cara , 2011, Digital Photography, 25.2 x 16.8 inch. Courtesy of the artist. Diego Villaseñor, Corazon, 2011, Digital Photography, 25.2 x 16.8 inch. Courtesy of the artist. Diego Villasenor I was born the youngest of three in Mexico City, in 1985. I have always been very independent. Traveling […]
Painters & Poets
“He was part of a revolutionary quartet that included Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery and James Schuyler; know today as the nucleus of New York School of Poetry.” Larry Rivers, Pyrography: Poem and Portrait of John Ashbery II, 1977. Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 58 inches. Courtesy of Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York. Joe Brainard […]
Design at the Brooklyn
March 4–May 29, 2011 Wednesdays 11am – 6 pm Thursdays and Fridays 11am – 10pm Saturdays and Sundays 11am – 6pm First Saturday of Each Month 11am – 11pm200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn This season, new acquisitions including futuristic bicycles, furniture, and other design pieces will be on display at the Brooklyn Museum.Thinking Big is […]
Drawing Serra
Throughout his career, Serra has made drawings as separate, immediate, and fundamental lines of investigation to his sculptures. They are explorations in their own right, integral to the overall concerns of his sculptural practice, and unique intuitive explorations within their own established criteria. Using black paintstick or oilstick, heated to a viscous and sometimes fluid […]
SKIN Erica Simone
On the heels of an exciting new solo show at Dash Gallery in Soho, I caught up with photographer/artist Erica Simone. Her recent show entitled Nue York: Self-Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen, is comprised of photographs that critique traditional values in American culture. The show will be on view from April 14 – April […]
Fool’s Gold
April 18 – April 22, 2011 11:00 am – 6:00 pmPratt Institute, Steuben South Gallery200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11205 “I begin a project when an idea reinforced with a feeling emerges. This feeling navigates between fear, anger, and desire. It motivates me to execute the idea, and it sustains me until the […]
