Author Archives: jolanta
The Human Condition
I am a documentary photographer who has spent the last four years photographing the African-American community in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. I have photographed people in their homes, on the street, and in their churches. About two years ago I started to take portraits against a brick wall in Carey Gardens, a housing project […]
Unearthing an Era
Without a doubt, Sculpture Center’s early summer show, Decoys, Complexes, and Triggers: Feminism and Land Art in the 1970s, was an excellent exhibition of under-recognized work by female installation artists and sculptors of that decade. These exemplary artists—Alice Aycock, Mary Miss, and Nancy Holt, to name a few—created large-scale, abstract works of minimalist aesthetic that […]
Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO) is one of the leading cultural centers in Latin America Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO) is one of the leading cultural centers in Latin America whose efforts have been directed towards promoting international contemporary art with an […]
LACMA
LACMA’s mission is to serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition, and interpretation of significant works LACMA LACMA’s mission is to serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition, and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through the translation of these collections into […]
Order in Chaos
Catherine Y. Hsieh: It’s been a while since you last showed in China. As Beijing 008 is getting ready to open, why did you choose to do an exhibition this year? Why at the same time as the Olympics? Qin Yu-Fen: Dr. Ulrich Bez, CEO of Aston Martin, suggested the opening time for Beijing 008. […]
The Sacred and Divine
It’s easy to think of mankind and nature when coming face to face with the work of artist Jackie Sleper, who is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. For in every work of art that she creates, be it a painting, a photograph, or one of her intricate jewel-like sculptures, no matter what the subject matter […]
A Diary of Urban Legends
She is a white collar (toplofty looking and designer-clad), sometimes dazed, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia; she is a part-time prostitute, a masturbator, addicted to both cheap and expensive drugs, both with the same overwhelming pull; she has a love for pistols (dummy ones, of course), a wild imagination, which is actually her subconscious desire to […]
Multitude of Hilltops
This can’t be a group of hills! From a distance, they look more like mushrooms or fungi sprouting up in the grass following a spring rain. Seen from high up, they look like a group of mollusks, spread out in idle conversation. Fungi never stop evolving; man never ceases to alienate himself from others; space […]
Mind Shreds
Since 2004, I have been making “magazine clothes,” which are made of old magazines. My idea is to deconstruct and reconstruct the shredded magazine pages, giving a meaning and content to my “magazine clothes.” There is a certain containment and embodiment of society within the human form. The human form is a language that shapes […]
Daylight Dayscapes
Jade Doskow: I wanted to talk about the fact that you just got your MFA from SVA, and I’m guessing that the show at the Broadway Gallery was the first solo project you’ve done in New York. I wanted to discuss what your plans are for this summer. Yusuke Nishimura: Since that program was geared […]
