Author Archives: jolanta

The boldness of Zadok Ben David’s solo exhibition, Human Nature, at the Tel AvivMuseum of Art, lies in its investigation of the human condition without relying on commonly central themes like evil, depression, death, and loneliness. These have come to provide a kind of safety net for many artists as they are always relevant, and […]

We absorb and filter out the things of the world, spit back their insecurities into the vortex. We treat the ambiguity of perception, and question the impartiality of the written word. Language, video, and photography are used to make new connections between things and reveal hidden worlds. Our purpose is to dismantle symbols and codes […]

Since moving to Kunming from the countryside, I find that I couldn’t get close to nature every day. So when I get the chance to experience the natural world, I want to disappear into nature so that I can reduce the human impact on my consciousness. I care about each journey; I pay attention each […]

I really like the Czech film director Jan Svankmajer. He once said in the making of one of his films, “Art is not swinging between different concepts. Artistic concepts can only rise from the artist’s mastering of the subject expressed, and only then, can the correct concept emerge. The birth of a concept is part […]

My approach to illustration is a combination of mediums that over the years have layered upon each other to create what I hope is a rich visual language. I use photography, painting, drawing, and lately a little model making to create the elements for each image with no part of the process being more important […]

Christian Holstad recently had his solo exhibition showcasing a new body of work at Daniel Reich Gallery, titled The World’s Gone Beautiful. Holstad’s title is based on a haunting Malvina Reynolds song in which the end of the world is anticipated with hyper-real observation. Reynolds experiences the world intensely—feeling wind on skin: seeing “hands flexing […]

In global surveillance society, the technologies and strategic alliances that constitute surveillance regimes are variously embraced and held suspect, loved and feared. Artistic practices have kept pace, scrutinizing the social, political, and aesthetic dimensions of surveillance. Tapping into current expressions of this phenomenon, Sorting Daemons: Art, Surveillance Regimes and Social Control has been developed in […]

The Dreamers celebrates the lives and outstanding work of eight distinguished Aboriginal artists who have contributed significantly to Australia’s cultural landscape through their creative endeavors. The exhibition is drawn exclusively from the Art Gallery of New South Wales’s collection, and includes artists from across the country, working in diverse mediums and styles. Cara Pinchbeck The […]

The Whitney Biennial, 2010, takes over the Whitney Museum of American Art from February 25 through May 30. This is the 75th in the ongoing series of biennials and annuals presented by the Whitney since 1932, two years after the museum was founded. The 55 artists were selected by curator Francesco Bonami and associate curator […]

Faced with the question of how to operate as an artist within an exuberant art market Cai Nyahoe plays with the parameters of an instantaneous society in his recent work: Towards a Semi-Autonomous Self-Perpetuating Art (Phone Sex). Shown at Satellite project space in Newcastle upon Tyne as a bare audio installation, the work presents a […]