Author Archives: jolanta
Jim Gaylord
Jim Gaylord’s current work is based on studies painted on acetate over film stills. Jim Gaylord’s current work is based on studies painted on acetate over film stills. In his most recent paintings, he isolates moments of destruction from the "Final Destination" film series, in which people succumb to spectacular and unlikely accidents. Drawing on […]
Aline Messi
The paint brings the paper to life, the paper, as partner, is an integral part of my work; Fine paper, supple. Fragile, soft, cut, torn… The paint brings the paper to life, the paper, as partner, is an integral part of my work; Fine paper, supple. Fragile, soft, cut, torn. The paint is fed by all the colours. Pure, alive colours. Reds, […]
Let the Art Speak For Itself – Yulia Tikhonova
In contrast to some of the ubiquitous and overwhelmingly large-scale exhibitions of late, and the exigent nature of their ideologically-charged agendas, the 6th Biennale at Site Santa Fe running from July 9 through January, 2007, is innovative in light of its almost intimate scale, character and all-embracing scope of its curatorial aspiration. Curator Klaus Ottmann, […]
Delivering the Aquarian Age Mythology – Lisa Paul Streitfeld
It finally happened. “The Show (Achilles Heels)” has delivered the conscious mythology for the Age of Aquarius. The foremost element is the androgynous being. Mircea Eliade, the renowned teacher of comparative religion, writes, “divine bisexuality is an element found in a great many religions and—a point worth nothing—even the most supremely masculine or feminine divinities […]
First Singapore Biennale – Biljana Ciric interviews Fumio Nanjo
Biljana Ciric: Can you tell me about the initiative of the Singapore Biennale as a part of the World of Opportunities project, IMF and World Bank group, as they exist under one umbrella? What does the Singapore Biennale, as an opportunity, really mean from local and global perspectives, and what are the challenges that you […]
Move as Martha – Lisa Paul Streitfeld
The unintentional irony of the immensely tall Richard Move’s personification of Martha Graham in the Martha Graham Dance Company’s 80th Anniversary Celebration revealed the essentiality of her transgender art form for a new century. He well deserved the honor for keeping the technique and quest of Martha alive in the shadows of the official New […]
Blurring The Lines – E.K.Clark
Our perceptions are often tainted by prejudices so ingrained that we are not even conscious of this when we look at something. So it is with the distinction made between art and craft. Traditionally, “craft” artists follow traditions handed down for generations, whereas “fine artists” produce work with a cutting-edge criticality—produced for a capitalist market […]
A Beautiful Anomaly – Jennifer Lin
The Contemporary Chinese art scene is vibrant, enthusiastic and economically booming—echoing the general situation in China. In the last 20 years, art from China has confounded the expectations of the international art community, as the content expressed in these art works is no longer subservient solely to the aims of the governmental and social agenda. […]
La Napoule Revisited – Daniel Rothbart
As Italian critic Enrico Pedrini and I drove to La Napoule, memories of my 2002 artist’s residence flitted about my mind. For two months, I worked as an artist in residence at a chateau just west of Cannes on the French Riviera. The American La Napoule Art Foundation owns and manages an 11th century castle […]
Painting on the Inside ââ¬â Daniel Sonnenberg
I first crossed paths with Noa Ain when I saw her portraits hanging in Petrossian Café a few months ago. I recently met up with her to delve into her inspiration for the works and probe into what compels her to create portraits. When drawing portraits, Ain looks for qualities that move her, asking, what […]
