Author Archives: jolanta
Robert Koch Gallery
From inception, the mission of The Robert Koch Gallery has been to help define and participate in the evolving understanding of the history of photography. Established in 1979, The Robert Koch Gallery has exhibited and offered a wide range of museum quality photography that spans the history of the medium from the 19th century to […]
Going Green
When the atom was split in the early 20th century, it changed the way humans intellectually perceived the world. The indivisible element upon which we understood the universe was shattered into infinitesimal oblivion. Painting radically shifted away from depictions of narrative and landscape to a Cubist fracturing of perception. Pioneered by Cézanne, Modernist painting did […]
Going Green
When the atom was split in the early 20th century, it changed the way humans intellectually perceived the world. The indivisible element upon which we understood the universe was shattered into infinitesimal oblivion. Painting radically shifted away from depictions of narrative and landscape to a Cubist fracturing of perception. Pioneered by Cézanne, Modernist painting did […]
Angelo Nogara
Light, peace, beauty, nature and dreams inspire his work. Timeless pictures made combining different techniques… Angelo Nogara Light, peace, beauty, nature and dreams inspire his work. Timeless pictures made combining different techniques, conveying the poetic, the dreamlike and the unfathomable. The artist impress upon his picture the emotion, not only perceive by himself but also […]
Beyond Color Theory
David Kastner’s work is vast and varied. Working both three-dimensionally and two-dimensionally, his ouevre boasts several bodies of work. Liquid Expresssions, a series of images of swirling, vibrant colors that expand from the painting surfaces onto the image frames, explores what he describes as a “sense of immediacy of expression [that] imitate the phenomena of […]
Intimate Alchemy
I’ve always seen photography as being inherently magical. Photography by its very nature is alchemical, utilizing the ability to transform silver into visible images. Therefore I have chosen to utilize the medium appropriately. Light sensitive film and papers are receptive vehicles, and I attempt to take advantage of this both literally and figuratively. Rik Garrett […]
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza’s two collections comprise almost one thousand works of art, most of them paintings, with which the museum offers… Standing almost opposite the Prado Museum and very near the Reina Sofía Modern Art Museum, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, which architect Rafael Moneo was commissioned to design, was the missing cornerstone that finally sealed the […]
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago)
The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art is to be an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art… One of the nation’s largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through […]
Austin Report: More than Just Music
Austin, Texas isn’t just about music anymore. Today, one can find a vibrant downtown visual arts community and film industry backed by big names like Quentin Tarantino, and Austin natives, Robert Rodriguez, and Richard Linklater. Major museums and contemporary art centers are revamping their spaces and galleries are growing in numbers. Major expansions are being […]
Remembering Lenore Tawney
Twenty years ago, I stepped off of a gray New York City street and into the world of Lenore Tawney. Tawney met me at the studio door dressed entirely in white. She was tiny, barely five feet tall, with clear blue eyes and hennaed hair cut in a short bob. My appointment was to begin […]
