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American History and Da Performa

American history has played a critical role in the development of my work. As an African-American artist and performer, it is my responsibility not to forget how comedy and humor were used to humiliate and mock people of color at the turn of the 20th century. These controlling images utilized in minstrel shows and portrayed […]

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February 25, 2008

NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Monday, February 25 Bohemian National Hall�Center of Czech Culture for more than 100 years, John Kingerlee and the Texture of Time,  The Armory Responds to NY ARTS Magazine,  Ethical Practices Called Into Question by Art Fairs To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click […]

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John Kingerlee and the Texture of Time

John Kingerlee, a UK-born practicing Muslim, has lived on the Beara Peninsula on the coast of Ireland for the past 25 years. He also spends about half the year in Granada, Spain, and in Morocco. All these lives, all these places, and all these beliefs bring texture to his work. D. Dominick Lombardi is a […]

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Bohemian National Hall–Center of Czech Culture for more than 100 years

The targets of my photographic interests result in documentary series about particular communities or social groups. A specific picture of a specific group represents just one of the many different parts of the whole. It is not my goal to find a universal model. It is not my idea to globalize and create a certain […]

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Patrizia Murazzano

Patrizia Murazzano is a sculptress in the abstract informal tradition. She prefers working with triangular forms to create a visual puzzle… Patrizia Murazzano     Patrizia Murazzano is a sculptress in the abstract informal tradition. She prefers working with triangular forms to create a visual puzzle in which the precariously balanced structures cause the viewer […]

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Erica Rönnbäck

Through her exploration of culture, art and nature, the artist Erica Rönnbäck creates paintings with organic shapes and expressive colors. Erica Rönnbäck Through her exploration of culture, art and nature, the artist Erica Rönnbäck creates paintings with organic shapes and expressive colors. Different creative forms of expression constitute the backbone of inspiration. Among other things, […]

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Greg Lindquist

"Operating like a documentary photographer, his images function like a visual archive of locations that are in a state of constant flux. What may be a demolished site one week, may already have several floors of a skeletal shell already emerging from the earth the next." Fade to Gray  Gillian Sneed Greg Lindquist’s solo exhibition […]

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Kinga Kielcynska

This photographic series puts together the different elements that document the existence of a sacred cult living in the primeval Polish forest. This cult represents an eco-terrorist movement that opposes Darwinist theory. They believe people evolved from plants and they are trying to reverse evolution by living like them. Turning their backs on human civilization, […]

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Dylan Graham

New Zealand-born Dutch artist Dylan Graham creates hand-cut paper works that exhibit a superlative technique of the most intricate virtuosity. The cutouts depict silhouettes of three-dimensional forms held together by a repetitive grid with filigree-style embellishments. Opting not to use high-tech processes, he allows his hand to show through the ornately decorated narrative grids that […]

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Palmira Hernández de Lück

The artistic works of Palmira Hernández de Lück address the individual on a profoundly subconscious level.   Palmira Hernández de Lück   The artistic works of Palmira Hernández de Lück address the individual on a profoundly subconscious level. This is because their powerful symbolism initiates a dialogue between the artist and the viewer. In creating […]

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