Author Archives: jolanta

On opening night in the Drawing Center’s main gallery, a palpable vibration filled the room, where mostly artists, critics and art collectors converged to see a rare apparition—that of the “hallucinatory chimeras” of enigmatic German poet/artist Unica Zürn (1916-1970). Valery Oisteanu reviews Unica Zürn: Dark Spring, on view at the Drawing Center earlier in July. […]

Sergey Bratkov is a photographer who was active in the Fast Reaction Group, an urban interventionist collective prominent in Ukraine during the mid-1990s (together with Boris Mikhailov, Sergey Solonsky, and Victoria Mikhailova).    Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt Sergey Bratkov is a photographer who was active in the Fast Reaction Group, an urban interventionist collective prominent […]

Rarely does a photojournalistic exhibit go so far beyond the gallery as Jonathan Torgovnik has taken his series, Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape. Éva Pelczer Rarely does a photojournalistic exhibit go so far beyond the gallery as Jonathan Torgovnik has taken his series, Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape. In raising awareness […]

I select all my works via instinct and intuition rather than any intellectual reasoning. David Laity I select all my works via instinct and intuition rather than any intellectual reasoning. At times it almost seems as though the images select me. I paint what I love and I love the luscious curves and exaggerated hips […]

My photographs reflect a fascination with the body as form. Bill Durgin My photographs reflect a fascination with the body as form. The complex figurations and undulating arrangements of flesh—as the body seems to collapse into itself—create the image of an almost abstracted figure lacking appendages and hair. The physical structure becomes more than just […]

When I paint I like to do so on printed materials; it is a way to unite my passion for topics such as anatomy and mechanics, and my hobby for collecting posters, maps, atlases, and geography with my work. Fernando Vicente When I paint I like to do so on printed materials; it is a […]

Vanitas is the newest body of photographic and video-based works by celebrated Canadian husband-wife collaborative team Nicholas and Sheila Pye. In Vanitas, the Pyes play with themes present in the art historical genre of still life painting to examine their own relationship. Andrea Pollan Vanitas is the newest body of photographic and video-based works by […]

While Art Basel Miami, the most important contemporary art fair in the country has been raking in the press as well as the big bucks, the adjacent city of Fort Lauderdale, with much less fanfare, has been silently growing by leaps and bounds. Ed Rubin While Art Basel Miami, the largest and most important contemporary […]