Author Archives: jolanta
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
Tenri Cultural Institute is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the study of Japanese language and the appreciation of international art forms. Tenri Cultural Institute is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the study of Japanese language and the appreciation of international art forms. The Institute hosts a variety of traditional […]
Nippon Gallery
In 1905, The Nippon Club was established by Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a famous chemist, to tighten the unity of the Japanese community… In 1905, The Nippon Club was established by Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a famous chemist, to tighten the unity of the Japanese community and to develop a better relationship with the American People. For […]
Muse
The images from the Muse Series are all independent entities tied together only by the common theme of the erotic nude, and the relationship between the artist and the muse. The muse becomes the canvas from which I hang my feelings and thoughts, fears, and desires. She represents all things to one man. She is […]
TRANSactions
TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art features the work of more than 40 highly acclaimed artists working over the last two decades. They engage fully with the language of contemporary, so-called “postmodern,” art, working across media and between disciplines. Included in the exhibition are artists from the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, […]
Emancipated from It All
Wires are a very important part of my performance. I am suspended by wires during all performance that takes place high above the ground. Take 29 Levels of Freedom for example. It took place in Beijing’s most important business area, CBD, at a building called Jian Wai SOHO. I flew in and out of a […]
Cold War Aesthetics
I am interested in exploring the nuclear-powered sublime on a firsthand basis. Over the past several years, this interest has provoked excursions to malignant locations like the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, former East German Atomic Bunkers, and the Swedish Space Corporation’s Esrange Launch Site in the Arctic Circle. In addition to these specifically charged spaces, I […]
Elizabeth Peyton at Gavin Brownââ¬â¢s Enterprise
Portrait painters often choose to accentuate particular qualities in their subjects. Louis XIV’s court painter, Hyacinthe Rigaud, idealized the king to make him appear youthful and to glorify the monarchy. Napoleon’s painter, Jacques-Louis David, highlighted the leader’s military prowess. Although she too has painted Napoleon and Louis XIV (Rigaud’s version as well as Leonardo DiCaprio’s), […]
Danica Phelps
Danica Phelps is best known for her drawings and paintings that expose intimate aspects of her personal life with a remarkably systematic diligence. Stark illustrations depict her daily activities, from the mundane to the erotic, while painted stripes denote the frequency of both. She also carefully tracks and displays her financial transactions in this manner, […]
Dubious Rhetoric: Maurizio Cattelan Meets Banksy
It is not surprising. Maurizio Cattelan, international star of the contemporary art scene, and Banksy, international star of the counterculture scene, have a lot in common. Arriving at the MoMA in New York from the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua, Cattelan owes his success to a true communicative talent, the ability to falsify, the […]
Woods in the Night
These paintings celebrate contested space. They describe places that are simultaneously intimate and desolate. These are locations devoid of any particular focus, and yet are of possible significance—places where someone might be conceived and, as likely, someone might expire. My interest in depicting such ambiguous spaces, so often hidden or overlooked, is that they represent […]
