Author Archives: jolanta
Nicklas Hultman – Petra Dokken
The image Porn Cover-Ups is a reflection about what happens when you delete the human body performing the actual porn or sex acts and leave just a trace of what might have been or is: objects like socks or a ring, the setting with a sofa or a cheap interior. “In this way,” the Swedish […]
Maria Parmo
My works are based upon a dialectic between conscious elements (straight lines, designed forms) and unconscious ones (textures)… Maria Parmo My works are based upon a dialectic between conscious elements (straight lines, designed forms) and unconscious ones (textures), on balancing them, and on expressing my desire to solve the dichotomies in a dialectic form and […]
Lisa de Rosa
A woman and mother on the way to herself. Life is flowing, every moment in motion. Don`t ask where. Don`t ask why. Lisa de Rosa A woman and mother on the way to herself. Life is flowing, every moment in motion. Don`t ask where. Don`t ask why. Give yourself a chance! Grasp the moment and […]
Marga Duin
Color is the impetus in Marga Duin’s abstract paintings. Working from her seaside studio in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, Marga Duin Color is the impetus in Marga Duin’s abstract paintings. Working from her seaside studio in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, she reaps continual inspiration from the waves, the beach and the capricious weather. Even in her […]
How Many People Are on the Street? – Li Heini
Creativity and art-making always have dry spells. Over the last few years, as Zhang Pengye left Harbin for Beijing, and Beijing for New York, his artistic experiments have been quite diverse, and the various periods of his work suggest that the more troubled he is, the more productive. I myself like the prints he made […]
The Discoloration of Love: Don Van Vlietâs Other World – Cecilia Muhlstein
In the delicately beautiful cinema of Don Van Vliet’s canvases you might encounter a deer or rooster or a face coming out of the skies. You might see a word disappear into a blur as it catches onto another word or a devil caught in the sea. Sometimes there are wolves devouring flesh and crosses […]
MUMOK – Larian Triers
During a conversation with the director of the Austrian Museum of Modern Art, or MUMOK, in Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier, we find out if one of the most prestigious art museums in Austria thinks its art is better defined by its place on the international stage or its place in the MQ. MUMOK – Larian Triers During […]
KunstHausWien: Hundertwasserâs Museum – Floss Gaely
Born Friedrich Stowasser in 1928, the late Friedensreich Hundertwasser became the best-known Austrian contemporary artist by the end of the 20th century. The independent art museum KunsHausWien in Vienna’s third district has housed the museum of Hundertwasser’s work since its opening in 1991. Its flanking rooms alternate with exhibitions of international stature, perhaps gesturing that […]
Sub-Cultural Phenomena – Ulrika Warmling
For the last eight years, I have been working with sub-cultural phenomena as a theme with roots in my own experiences and engagements. I use portraiture as a method, often in more or less realistic, multi-layered painting, but I sometimes also employ photography, text and music in my work. I allow this theme to permeate […]
In A Western Tongue: The Kunsthalle Speaks Out – Tomás Ruflür
What conclusions can be made about placing the exhibition “Americans, Masterpieces of American Photography from 1940 until now” at the Kunsthalle Museum in the traditional heart of the Austrian capital? The staunchly raw view of America would instinctively seem ill displayed amongst the works of Schiele, Klimt and Die Blaue Reiter in the neighboring museums […]
