Author Archives: jolanta
Wave that Flag
Trigger and motive of my work are the friction and unease that arise from the contradictions in current and historical context. In my continuing examination of the events of the day, artistic concepts are developed that congeal into single images. The basis is often formed by photographs I find in magazines, books, and other visual […]
An Intimate Diorama
I create installations and environments, which imitate the natural world. My interest lies in the artifice that results from this mimicry. We desire wilderness and unspoilt nature that is not beyond our control, yet this is a contradiction. The work investigates the antagonism this creates. On first encounter, the skeletal creatures and plants that inhabit […]
Get the Party Started
Teng Chao-Ming: How did you start doing photography?Christophe Kutner: I started working as a photographer when I was 24. I worked as the assistant of Horst P. Horst. From his teaching, talking with him, and after that, with my own experience, I cross the whole history of photography. TC: So you didn’t go to art […]
Kristina Asvarn
Kristina Asvarn’s serene paintings create an innovative world within a world. Each of these “worlds” have led to the artist to develop a reputation for poetic epic works that display both delicacy and fragility, revealing a deep respect for something fundamental, some primal, indigenous sense of shape and color. Kristina Asvarn’s serene paintings create an […]
Twists in the Ordinary
Catherine Y. Hsieh: How did you become a photographer? And how did you make the transition?Asger Carlsen: I have a background in newspaper. I was doing newspaper for a few years. I was doing crime stuff mostly. I started back in…’91; I can’t remember anymore. You know, up until 2000 I was working as a […]
The Vicinity of the Body
The body has always attracted my attention. Our body has never belonged to ourselves less than it does today. Long ago, the body was extremely personal. When one’s heart or lung became diseased, the only thing we could do was to wait and see the person weaken and perish. Today, as every body part can […]
Digesting Dystopia
The Morro Fortress in Havana is one of the most emblematic of Cuban fortresses. It is also one of the most internationally known images of Havana; it has become a symbol. Built between 1589 and 1630 it served as a defense against pirates and invaders. People go now to see the sunset and dream of […]
Looking Inward
I model for, photograph, and process my own photographic portraits, a passion which I developed through online photo-sharing in 2006, and which led to solo exhibitions both locally and internationally. My approach to photography is one of simplicity and spontaneity; I was first attracted to the medium by the ease of using a digital camera, […]
Overspreading
Hairs have increasingly grown and spread. I believe that they come from a dark and mysterious place. Since one’s puberty, black hairs have spread on the person’s body, from outside to inside. The Hair series, which started in 2003, refers to a profound impression related to my personal experience and this warfare-inflicted world. The Hair […]
The Artist, As An Explorer
Annunziata Fiumi-Loosli creates epic worlds of clarity, beauty, playfulness, simplicity, logic, and openness. Annunziata’s dynamic works resonate with essential aesthetics and intellectual values. Her works are straightforward and legible. Yet, upon closer observation and consideration, even the works that initially appear direct and obvious reveal complex subtlety in their maker’s craft and decision-making. Certain formal shifts […]
