Author Archives: jolanta
Schizophrenic State
I started out as a painter, drawn to the medium’s inherent plasticity, but eventually I began seeking more resistance and brittleness, so I started making installations of cheap everyday materials gleaned from my Brooklyn surroundings. Then, by turning to the medium of sound, I returned to fluidity. While visual art investigates the space between artist […]
Shaving a Shaman
In my photographs, I skate upon the friction between the rational and the emotional. A consistent engagement in this conflict of meaning has been propelling me forward since the beginning. What I’ve culled from this process is an idiosyncratic combination of the objective, documentary photography style characteristic of the Düsseldorf School (evidenced in my earlier […]
Lightness of Being
Though the artists in Lightness of Being work across media, one aspect of their practice, the medium of charged particles in light, has been highlighted in this exhibition to demonstrate the unique potential it has when manipulated by the creative mind. The play of light has been a mainstay of painting for hundreds of years. […]
Kimberly Baker
Kimberly Baker is an Artographer, who examines historical and contemporary cultural juxtapositions. She draws on a surprising array of themes and disciplines Kimberly Baker Kimberly Baker is an Artographer, who examines historical and contemporary cultural juxtapositions. She draws on a surprising array of themes and disciplines in the creation of her work, including cultural geography, […]
Kimberly Baker
Kimberly Baker is an Artographer, who examines historical and contemporary cultural juxtapositions. She draws on a surprising array of themes and disciplines Kimberly Baker Kimberly Baker is an Artographer, who examines historical and contemporary cultural juxtapositions. She draws on a surprising array of themes and disciplines in the creation of her work, including cultural geography, […]
Kimberly Baker
Kimberly Baker is an Artographer, who examines historical and contemporary cultural juxtapositions. She draws on a surprising array of themes and disciplines Kimberly Baker Kimberly Baker is an Artographer, who examines historical and contemporary cultural juxtapositions. She draws on a surprising array of themes and disciplines in the creation of her work, including cultural geography, […]
Resplendent Thousand Fold
A new breed of painting and photography, French artist Marie Péjouan’s work invites viewers to a world full of vibrant colors and mysterious visages. Péjouan gracefully incorporates picturesque elements into the photographs she takes—photographs that stand for a reality observed through her lens. The result is a representation that is dreamy, capricious, and out of […]
New History
To exhibit something causes a break in reality. Suddenly, there is a stage where something is happening, a platform, a frame, and the display itself becomes just as prominent as the thing it’s displaying. Objects become a little strange when their relative autonomy is enforced. What interests me about the creation of genres is how […]
Contemplating the Cosmological
While British artist Richard Hoey’s paintings have the swirling energy of many abstract works, they also suggest something quite different: the murmuring of numerous voices beneath each layer. The artist’s work has changed greatly over the years, and is seldom truly abstract. He courageously goes beyond the given and familiar, pioneering new techniques and materials […]
Optical Allusions
Imagine driving down the interstate, gazing out of your vehicle’s window, watching images of trees, hills, and concrete whirl by. The soft blur of foliage, punctuated by guardrails and highway signage, blend into the road ahead. Whether landscape is seen through a train window or on the television, our physical contact with nature is lessened, […]
