Author Archives: jolanta
Dissecting Systems
Essentially abstract, yet evocative of webs, systems, and networks, my work bridges the organic and the technological. In the canvas works, intensive, hand-drawn, black-line drawings, and washes of earth-toned colors hover somewhere between the biological and the architectural. Expanding the idea of drawing into the third dimension, a dense, line-driven installation appears as though it […]
Linear Liberation
Creating large-scale, calligraphic-style graffiti paintings, on solid fields of mostly gray, tan, or off-white colors, Italian American artist Matthew Lauretti rarely presents an image of the complete human body. In his work, viewers often find only the face staring back at them—in some cases, simply a pair of eyes. The bodies inhabiting Lauretti’s more recent […]
Michael Mullaney
In my most recent work, I am searching for a personal pictorial language to concretize memory Michael Mullaney In my most recent work, I am searching for a personal pictorial language to concretize memory, dreams, and felt experience. My subconscious is allowed to play an integral role in the mark-making process. Automatic gesture, immediate […]
Faithful
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, an exhibition co-organized by the Menil Collection that brings together a multigenerational group of North, South, and Central American artists who address the value of ritual in the artistic process and the wider implications of spirituality in contemporary art. Including some 50 works of […]
Avant-Garde, Columbus Style
I moved to Columbus and opened the gallery in 1993. Although I was born here, I grew up in Northern California and studied art history in Paris. My first job was at Sotheby’s in New York, where I was introduced to the global art market. After a few years in Berlin, I decided to launch […]
Sara Conca
"My art is intended to allow viewers to forget about their everyday world and instantaneously become immersed Photo by Robert Packert "My art is intended to allow viewers to forget about their everyday world and instantaneously become immersed in their own interpretations of the visual and emotional energies that I have devoted to each […]
Heavy Metal
Columbus artist Mac Worthington prides himself on customization. Such a mission has resulted in a mass collection of metal sculpted furniture he calls “functional art.” His collection includes coffee tables, dining room sets, desks, food prep tables, end tables, mirrors, clocks, and bars. Shopping Worthington’s “galerie” in Columbus’ Short North Arts District feels similar to […]
From the Bottom of My Heart
Before making Heartfelt Wishes, I experimenting with sounds, like simulation of voices in the environment. Later I thought of imitating the sound of a heartbeat with my own voice, and then I asked a group of people to imitate the sound made by the person before them. This is how the piece was completed. Heartfelt […]
Antiwar Aesthetics
Wang Guang-Yi is one of the more renowned contemporary Chinese artists. His first major solo exhibition Cold War Aesthetics is on view until March 1 at the Louise Blouin Institute, U.K. The exhibition is part of the Louise Blouin Institute’s Culture Beyond Borders series, aimed at encouraging cultural dialogue. This ambitious show by Wang is […]
Every Bit Columbus: Curtis Goldstein’s Urban Niche
Columbus artist Curtis Goldstein’s creative fingerprint is found literally all over the city, from signature murals lining the bustling arts district, the Short North, to corporate collections displayed along the hallways of downtown high-rises and suburban golf clubs. Goldstein’s 45-by-60-foot mural recreating George Bellows’ Cliff Dwellers is one of the initial sites heading into the […]
