Author Archives: jolanta
Michael Cogliantry
It was 1993 and I was in the high school auditorium standing on stage, hair down to the middle of my back, channeling my inner Slash and sweating profusely. A self-described art geek and bad at gym, this was the moment I had been waiting for. Then it happened. Our group lost. With my dreams […]
Ryan Graeff at Ghettogloss
Ghettogloss serves the community. Beginning as a contemporary art gallery, art rental house and boutique, Ghettogloss expanded into a community-based staple of the alternative art culture in Los Angeles. With a name that says it all, Ghettogloss has always strived to keep the art of the streets in a fine art market and has always […]
Vincenzo Montella
"It is no surprise that Montella is also a psychiatrist in addition to being an artist. His keen awareness of Jungian archetypes and symbols is evident. The artist effectively and poetically blends a multitude of stimuli from the modern Italian urban experience to render images that are both eloquent and touching." Vincenzo Montella at […]
Organizers of Chinese fair are discussing Pierre Huber’s future
According to a source close to the fair organisers, the Geneva dealer Pierre Huber may be forced to resign as artistic director of ShContemporary, which launched in Shanghai in September with 120 dealers. Mr Huber is involved in a legal dispute with the Parisian dealer Enrico Navarra (The Art Newspaper, November 2007, p69), who has […]
Natalie Shau
Since an early age I was interested in drawing and the various arts in general. Some years ago I got interested in working with digital media and since then I have worked mostly with it. My pieces are a mix between photo manipulation, 3D elements, digital painting, and drawing. However, I’m no stranger to traditional […]
Paul McCarthy at Maccarone Gallery
It’s beginning to look a lot like industry at Maccarone Gallery. Conveyor belts carry, hands handle, machines mix and mingle, and down by the hem of their parents’ coats children’s mouths become smudged with Paul McCarthy’s newest chocolate work: Santa with Butt Plug. James Hilger is NY Arts contributing writer based in Yonkers, New York. […]
Thomas Ruff
“The geometrically precise grid of pixels becomes the digital age’s answer to Seurat’s free-hand Pointilism; the overall composition is only obvious when the viewer steps away from the picture.” Thomas Ruff at David Zwirner Gallery Dmitry Komis Dmitry Komis is a freelance writer and independent curator living in New York. Thomas Ruff is a German […]
Paul McCarthy
“There’s something very old world European about the Santa and something very 80s Time Square about the butt plug.” Paul McCarthy at Maccarone Gallery James Hilger James Hilger is NY Arts contributing writer based in Yonkers, New York. Paul McCarthy is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work was on view in the exhibition Peter Paul […]
Ed Ruscha
“The violence in the action of breaking glass, and its shattering, glittering sound, is an inescapable element of the subject matter.” Ed Ruscha at Gagosian Gallery Laura McLean-Ferris Laura McLean-Ferris is a NY Arts London correspondent. Ed Ruscha is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work was on view in the exhibition Busted Glass at […]
Ioanna Voskou
After graduating with honors from the School of Arts in Athens, Ioanna Voskou has participated in several individual and group exhibitions both in Cyprus and abroad. Ioanna Voskou After graduating with honors from the School of Arts in Athens, Ioanna Voskou has participated in several individual and group exhibitions both in Cyprus […]
