Author Archives: jolanta
Reign of Humor
My drawings, sculptures, and installations serve as visual comedy, or a form of concrete poetry, and can mostly be credited to a failed attempt at mastering the English language. To me, rhyme, homonyms, puns, and euphemisms are more historically vital discoveries than fire. Although I interject social satire and politics into my work at times, […]
Walk the Walk
My art practice is invested in creating a free space for contemplation that lends itself to mutual understanding and the promotion of non-violence. My work has taken a variety of forms including performance, installation, photography, film, video, text, sculpture, and sound. For the 13th annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, feel free to join […]
…Yet You’re My Favorite Work of Art
An intriguing group exhibition, My Funny Valentine: A Tribute to Chet Baker curated by the outsider Tchera Niyego, featured Carl Andre, Ilsabé von Dallwitz, Jennifer Contini Enderby, Rudi Keimel, Ayşe Küçük, Robert Le Biez, and Michelle Sakhai. The subject matter of the exhibition explores the nature of love, and perception, visual and otherwise, in relation to the theater of passions and life. […]
Structure of the Malleable
Navedenga is an installation of the room-size sculpture Navedenga (1998) by Ernesto Neto (born 1964), one of the most influential Brazilian artists working today. Navedenga was acquired in 2007, and is on view for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art from January 22 to April 26. The installation is organized by Doryun […]
Pompidou’s Women
Catherine Y. Hsieh: How did the concept for the show develop?Camille Morineau: Well, it was in a strange way when I arrived in the museum six years ago. I thought about putting up an objectionism show. And then three years later it appeared on a show called The Revolution and Independence of Spain, a European […]
A Green Thumb and a Survival Kit
Maurizio Cattelan: When you talk about your work, you use the term “formula.” Now you’ve even made it the title of your exhibition in Berlin. What is it, this formula?Gianfranco Baruchello: Every day, the artist constructs his world and his way of being, which is coherence and contradiction at the same time. In doing so, […]
Everything Has Its Place
Everything Has Its Place Group Exhibition, Everything Has Its Place, March 27, 6-9pm @ Mother Dog Studios www.artisk.net
An Observer of the Undercurrent
Catherine Y. Hsieh: Gender, relationships, and identity are recurring themes in your work. A lot of times, your work deals with men’s conventional image coined by social standards. What was it that spurred this overthrow of stereotypes in your work?Jesper Just: For a long time my work did revolve around stereotypical images of men and the […]
A Shot of Oddness
Aaron Hobson: Let me start off by saying I really enjoy your work, especially the Doppelgänger series (which is what I will be referring to in the Q&A). One thing I admire about your work that differs from other work I’ve seen (mine included) is how eerie and unsettling the images make me feel, but […]
Until the End of the Road
Ric Blackshaw: First off, could you tell me a bit about your background, and what inspired you to begin making street art and street interventions?Roadsworth: I’m actually a musician by training, but growing up I was exposed to visual art in different forms partly because my mother was an artist, and many of her friends […]
