Author Archives: jolanta

Julie Fishkin on Joe Fig We all know how self-obsessed the art world is. The very appellation “art world” implies a self-sufficient niche that operates with its own rules, players, and contingents in a closely circumscribed microcosm. Those who contribute to its system define its tacit codes and values, which are a valid source of […]

Steve Lafreniere: Who are the men in these drawings? Jeff Davis: They are more symbolic than anything, but even what I loosely identify them with will sometimes shift within a single drawing. I do think of them as archetypal, though, and as me. SL: The totem-pole clusters of trees, figures, and cartoon faces are like […]

Michael Hakimi is a Berlin-based artist and Simone Neuenschwander is a curator at Kunsthalle Basel. Hakimi’s exhibition Roof will be on view there until mid-November. Simone Neuenschwander: Many of your works have an abundance of abstract forms and ornaments that remind one of cultural, political, or daily signs. They appear in your pictures as well […]

Gerald Davis: So what is preoccupying you these days? Jared Buckhiester: I’ve just been making work and enjoying my summer. Finally signed up for Netflix and been working my way through old movies I’ve wanted to see. Also, I just started taking classical ballet at the Alvin Ailey School, which has been surprisingly satisfying. GD: […]

One can only marvel at the voracity with which the demons of the New York gallery/museum scene have scrupulously resurrected some of the lost souls of the 1960s after paying no attention to them for 45 years and allowing them to grow old and gray while children were given license to spread their excrement on […]