Author Archives: jolanta
The Visual History of a Chinese Woman
I was born in a northern village in China in the 1970s. I spent my childhood in domestic violence. As I grew up, I was moving around, like a nomad. I never had a steady relationship. I suffered from illness, an abortion, unemployment, poverty, an unhappy marriage, childbirth, and betrayal. These experiences make up half […]
Breaking Out of the Siege
Catherine Y. Hsieh: Can you tell me a little more about how you came up with the idea for Maximum Security? Liza Lou: Well, for the last couple of years I’ve been really making a body of work that’s been focused on the Middle East, just what’s been going on politically and kind of inspired […]
Jon Axelrod
These current paintings are investigating new systems for graphic notation. The forms are constructed from many drawings These current paintings are investigating new systems for graphic notation. The forms are constructed from many drawings that are composed of closed loops with a limited contour arc. This allows me to place the form in a […]
Jon Axelrod
These current paintings are investigating new systems for graphic notation. The forms are constructed from many drawings These current paintings are investigating new systems for graphic notation. The forms are constructed from many drawings that are composed of closed loops with a limited contour arc. This allows me to place the form in a […]
Jon Axelrod
These current paintings are investigating new systems for graphic notation. The forms are constructed from many drawings These current paintings are investigating new systems for graphic notation. The forms are constructed from many drawings that are composed of closed loops with a limited contour arc. This allows me to place the form in a […]
The Ties That Bond Us
Together Forever, a group show of four female artists on view at Broadway Gallery this past September, should be lauded for its unique approach to representations of identity and the relationship between the self and the other, as well as for its compelling presentation of four diverse and distinctive female voices that in concert harmonized […]
Flesh Fixations
In the early days I just wanted to be given a chance. I got rejected numerous times by the fashion and adult industries, photo reps, and advertising agencies. I have kept every rejection letter and every fan mail I have ever received. The Art Center College of Design and the rest of the people that […]
A Papercutting Peasant
Gong Jian: You’ve had many interesting experiences in life. Li Hong-Jun: My experiences are perhaps quite different from average people. I lived in the country until I was 20 years old. Then I was transferred to the county cultural center, and was in charge of public education about prints, traditional paintings, and oil paintings. I […]
Swiss Subversion
I became interested in photography because of portraits of people and nudity. I don’t have any issues with being naked, and I like pictures of naked people. If I can take pictures of other people being naked, I have to be able to take pictures of myself naked. I like the honesty that flows when […]
Made In China
We are a generation born after the 80s. We have not experienced wars or hunger. We have not been a part of China’s rebuilding process, but we enjoyed the happiness that resulted from that process when we were young as we watched animation films and ate our Jell-O. When we grew up, we began to […]
