Author Archives: jolanta
Michael Lindwasser
Michael Lindwasser’s photographs use a combination of extreme angles and long exposures to create a unique genre of photography. Michael Lindwasser’s photographs use a combination of extreme angles and long exposures to create a unique genre of photography. The 30 exposures imbue his photographs with the vibrant colors of the daytime despite the fact […]
Premature Souls
The souls of the pity are the souls of people who died prematurely: the warriors on the battlefield, the resentful women who lived in the closed palace, and the children who died prematurely. The pitiful souls of these people are in the circle of a samsara. My new piece, The Souls of Premature Death 2, […]
States in the Other World
In Ethereal Minds, NY Arts Beijing Space’s recent group exhibition of the NY Arts Residency program artists, Francisco Bustamante Gubbins, Bryce Hudson, Peter Mathias, Leah Oates, and Pierre St-Jacques presented a collection of their works and works-in-progress, all of which signaled diverse approaches to the notion of “ethereality.” Chilean artist, Francisco Bustamante Gubbins usually creates […]
Lines of Engagement
Julie Mehretu: City Sitings brings together 12 of the artist’s monumental paintings inspired by community, history, and the built environment. Mehretu’s compelling canvases re-envision urban experience, and rewrite narratives of exclusion, reconciling divergent histories through her expansive, dynamic compositions. Mehretu’s work evokes highly personalized, yet distinctly universal themes that draw on her experiences as a […]
Thickness in Flatness
Liu Jian-Hua is an artist who is constantly exploring and trying to outdo himself. In his work, there has always been a concern for social issues, a critique of social problems. There has also been a reflection on how the world influences human psyche, a reflection that is strongly self-conscious and melancholy. When it comes […]
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas Presenter Location Press Release Online Review Contacts Artist Marlene Dumas Harriet Zinnes There is a difficulty in viewing the artwork of Marlene Dumas. Questions arise. What is pornography? What is nude? What is naked? All images are courtesty of MOMA. How does the reliance on the photograph as an almost exclusive source material […]
UNNATURAL ACTS and Other Illicit Thoughts about Nature
UNNATURAL ACTS and Other Illicit Thoughts about Nature Presenter Location Press Release Curator Contacts Artist Broadway Gallery, January 2, 2009-January 15, 2009 Chris Twomey As organizer of “Broadthinking; UNNATURAL ACTS and Other Illicit Thoughts about Nature” my main interest was to showcase artists whose work contains inventive content (Broadthinking is not afraid of content) related […]
Seeing the World as Sculpture
Seeing the World as Sculpture Presenter Location Press Release Online Review Contacts Artist Isamu Noguchi at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park By Edward Rubin Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi’s (1904-88) philosophy of life and artistic output are so intricately intertwined that it is near impossible to think of them separately. All images are courtesty of Yorkshire […]
The Endurance of Language
An abundance of conceptually informed exhibitions opened in New York in the space of three days at the end of October 2008, buoying the spirits in the wake of collapsing world economies. Consider that art is a language, intentions and materials, techniques, historical referents, among its parameters. The relational aesthetics, demonstrated by a core group […]
Backyard Adventures
The Adventure series was inspired from a commission to shoot nudes. Never having approached the subject matter prior to the assignment, I knew only that I would want to photograph my subjects in natural landscapes as opposed to the comfortable confines of the indoors. However, simply photographing a person nude in the great outdoors was […]
