Author Archives: jolanta
Suling Wang
London-based Suling Wang studied with Peter Doig and works primarily on large-scale abstract landscapes on canvas. Suling Wang London-based Suling Wang studied with Peter Doig and works primarily on large-scale abstract landscapes on canvas. In her most recent works exhibited at Pekin Fine Arts, the artist produced a new series of large-scale paintings and […]
Suling Wang
London-based Suling Wang studied with Peter Doig and works primarily on large-scale abstract landscapes on canvas. Suling Wang London-based Suling Wang studied with Peter Doig and works primarily on large-scale abstract landscapes on canvas. In her most recent works exhibited at Pekin Fine Arts, the artist produced a new series of large-scale paintings and […]
Suling Wang
London-based Suling Wang studied with Peter Doig and works primarily on large-scale abstract landscapes on canvas. Suling Wang London-based Suling Wang studied with Peter Doig and works primarily on large-scale abstract landscapes on canvas. In her most recent works exhibited at Pekin Fine Arts, the artist produced a new series of large-scale paintings and […]
The Secret Life of Objects
Over the past nine years, Matmos (M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel) have become the darlings of sound sampling pop intelligentsia by playing live with Bjork on her Vespertine tour, composing for the Kronos Quartet, and an upcoming synthesizer album with special guests like Terry Riley and Carston Nicolai. Mixing electronic dance music, noise fetish, and […]
I Dream in Technicolor
Before Dr. Frank-N-Furter sang, “Don’t dream it, be it,” and a British punk zine instructed, “This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. Now form a band,” there was the Queen of Technicolor. In Jack Smith’s 1962 essay “The Perfect Film Appositeness of Maria Montez,” he declared that what made her the […]
November 12, 2007
NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Monday, November 12 To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here Kennebunk Caricature Controversy; Koons Macy’s Balloon; YBC: Young British Collector; Impossible Subjects International Top News Kennebunk Caricature Controversy A controversy in Kennebunk, Maine, over collages made of old American flags, including caricatures […]
YBC: Young British Collector
Frank Cohen, one of the world’s top art collectors, following in the footsteps of Francois Pinault, has opened Initial Access, a 10,000–square foot exhibition space, to showcase his private collection to the public. However unlike Pinault in Venice, Cohen has chosen to display his extensive collection of modern and contemporary art hours from the art […]
Impossible Subjects
The ugly duckling is also a recurring motif in the work of contemporary Danish artist Peter Callesen. Here, elements are lifted from a seemingly banal fairytale world into the realm of adulthood for scrutiny. But where Brandes’ argument was political, exposing the ideological fabric that hides behind children’s stories, Callesen’s practice is concerned with an […]
November 9, 2007
NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Friday, November 9 To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here Reagan Museum "Forgets"; Building Splits Artists; "Art of Caves"; "Woodie Goodie" International Top News Reagan Museum "Forgets" The elephant figurine? Gone. The Western-style embossed belt buckle? Gone. The crocheted version of the […]
Jim Shaw Talks To Dani Tull
Jim Shaw: Can you tell me your interest in the caverns of Los Angeles? Dani Tull: A few years ago I began a series of paintings and drawings that documented my explorations into the network of secret caverns that are under Los Angles. As a matter of fact, there are a few entrances that are […]
