Author Archives: jolanta
The Evolution of Brian Kirhagis – Lauren Gunsel
“I’m no Britney Spears,” said Brian Kirhagis as he walked me into his show at the Brooklyn Artist’s Gym. Given the recent state of the pop star, I was not sure how to take this. He sensed my confusion and laughed. “I mean I can do everything you see here right in front of you, […]
Cosmic Earth Oasis Series – D. Dominick Lombardi
Sheila Isham is a real throwback—a pre-war, early German Expressionist kind of gal whose heart lies in a peaceful, mystical place. Her recent show at Walter Wickiser Gallery opened with #420 Cosmic Earth—Oasis Series 41, Nature’s Eve, a highly textured painting that reads as a collage with its somewhat abrupt and technically out of context […]
Almost Safe – E.K. Clark
“Almost Safe,” an exhibition by Anthony Giocolea, examines a post-apocalyptic world redolent with anxiety, nostalgia and a futuristic science fiction quality. The exhibition consists of six large format black and white digital photographs, drawings alluding to 19th century portraiture, a painting and a 75-second, 16-millimeter film. The artist, Photoshop whiz and master choreographer, travels the […]
Orchestrated Surfaces – Kóan Jeff Baysa
Mark Sharp leaves his remarkable acrylic paintings and works on paper untitled intentionally to give free rein to each viewer’s imagination and reading of his pieces. He doesn’t object to the audience finding figurative references in his abstract works. In fact, his studio practice oscillates between moving forward and moving backward, stylistically and within his […]
Pushing the Envelope – Louis & Aida
The somewhat lukewarm nuances and peculiar qualities in life are what we enjoy most. While beauty definitely plays an important role in the rag trade, and while our pictures play into this, there is also a certain vulnerability to each of them. Appealing to the senses, we embark on the idea of misplacement and discomfort. […]
Dishonest Beauty – Jay Parkinson
Dishonesty exists in every photograph I publish. Behind my work lies a very personal struggle with what others see and what actually exists in my relationships with places and significant people in my life. In the past few years, my photographs have consisted almost exclusively of images of my significant others. If they do not, […]
TV Dinners – Louky Keijsers
About ten years ago, I was strolling through Soho when my eye caught a glimpse of an exhibition at the Guggenheim SoHo. Once inside, I was immediately compelled by this show—everywhere I looked I saw monitors and colorful, comfortable seating. I thus spent hours in the space, lounging and enjoying the videos. To this day, […]
Anthony Goicolea
Using familiar iconography from a deep reservoir of fairytale and folklore Goicolea contructs compelling new mythic narratives… Anthony Goicolea Using familiar iconography from a deep reservoir of fairytale and folklore Goicolea contructs compelling new mythic narratives that seem both alien and instantly recognisable. In his large-scale photographs, disparate groups gather mysteriously and with dubious motives […]
Palisadenparenchym-Daniel Schmidt, Curator, Danese Gallery
The title of this exhibition, “Palisadenparenchym,” is German for palisade mesophyll, a biological term that describes the cellular layer directly under the surface, or cuticle, of a plant leaf. Each of these cells is cylindrical in shape and, when combined and seen in a cross-section, interestingly resembles a palisade or fence-like structure. With the highest […]
Stay Forever and Ever and Ever- Andrew Renton, Curator,South London Gallery
It begins with a half-memory of a refrain you could not forget. But then again, you cannot be certain how it came to be lodged within the recesses of your memory. As if you had always known it, despite not knowing where you had come upon it. Or as if someone with whom you have […]
