Author Archives: jolanta
Aaron Morgan Brown
“Brown is a scrupulous painter who is a realist in style but a fabulist in spirit. He has a keen eye for the way painting can remake the world. “Brown is a scrupulous painter who is a realist in style but a fabulist in spirit. He has a keen eye for the way painting can […]
Aaron Morgan Brown
“Brown is a scrupulous painter who is a realist in style but a fabulist in spirit. He has a keen eye for the way painting can remake the world. “Brown is a scrupulous painter who is a realist in style but a fabulist in spirit. He has a keen eye for the way painting can […]
Silver Spin on a Chemical Nightmare – Steven Psyllos
First introduced to the paintings of Hackworth Ashley by Lee Wells’ curated “future perfect” wall at –scope Hamptons last summer, I was an immediate fan. Anyone who knows my style, knows this is it. “Is that Bill Cosby with his dick out?” And the rainbows! It looked to me like Bill himself couldn’t help but […]
Change of Mentality Please… – Bregje van Woensel
In the 80s, on a rough foundation laid in the 60s and 70s by a small group of committed art lovers from Rotterdam, a well-structured art policy came into being. Rotterdam started to compete with the capital city of the Netherlands and succeeded. Those confronted with the hermetic and crowded city of Amsterdam were attracted […]
The Greenhouse Effect at the Witte de With – Olga Milogrodzka
This summer, the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam hosted “Photosynthesis,” an overview of ecological art by Danish artist Tue Greenfort. Composed of diverse pieces, with varying mood, medium and subject matter, the exhibition can be viewed as a metaphorical ecosystem. Photosynthesis reveals interconnections between artworks that are at first glance unrelated. By […]
Mutilated Dolls and Pigskin – Dennis de Lange
Less than two years ago, Dutch artist Joanneke Meester made national headlines with a small pistol, sewn from her own skin. Recently, she participated in the group exhibition, “Fantasy Island – Exhibition Robinson” in Mama: Showroom for Media and Moving Art Rotterdam, located at the Witte de Withstraat. Her work reflects her continued fascination with […]
Dust Gallery – Naomi Arin
In 2003, I opened Dust Gallery in Las Vegas with the purpose of exhibiting emerging contemporary artists that lived and worked in Las Vegas. Coming from a non-profit background, specifically the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, I was initially inclined to operate Dust as a non-profit art space. At that time, however, there were […]
The Clogs and Cheese are in Amsterdamââ¬Â¦ For Art Head to Rotterdam – Janna Schoenberger
Walking at a brisk pace, you could traverse the Witte de Withstraat, a relatively short street in Rotterdam the Netherlands, from one end to another in four minutes. Or, taking in every exciting corner and bend, each nook and cranny, packed with studios, art centers, galleries and more, could last a full day with areas […]
Pietro Maffei
I choose the human body as the center of my inspiration. Although I distort and mutate most of my creaions I don’t perceive my work as macabre or dark…. I choose the human body as the center of my inspiration. Although I distort and mutate most of my creaions I don’t perceive my work as […]
Lorraine Glessner
Utilizing processes such as burning, rusting, decomposition, burying, or weather exposure, layers of fabric are collaged with encaustic… Utilizing processes such as burning, rusting, decomposition, burying, or weather exposure, layers of fabric are collaged with encaustic, images and found materials. Through pattern and materials, questions are raised concerning want vs. need, natural vs. man-made creation, […]
