Author Archives: jolanta
Steel Pulse – Emilie Trice
Pittsburgh boasts among its varied cultural contributions the birthplace of the world’s most notorious contemporary artist, Andy Warhol. Despite the fact that Warhol fled the city of steel, the spirit of the pop art patriarch persists, most obviously through the Warhol Museum, as well as through a myriad of alternative artistic centers and initiatives. Steel […]
A Brand New School of Thought: A Conversation with Hank Willis Thomas – Jessica Ann Peavy
There is something very nostalgic about the photographs. I can recall being in the fifth grade and begging and pleading with my parents to buy me the $100 pair of sneakers, but their concern that someone would gun me down and run off with my “Jordans” was the obstacle that kept me from being able […]
The Digital Age – Q&A with Andres Ramirez Gaviria
Steven Psyllos: In your opinion, what is the current state of affairs in the art world as it applies to digital art? How receptive are galleries to exhibit this form, and where else do you find support? Andres Ramirez Gaviria: The terms “digital” or “media” art have come to encompass an array of practices so […]
Cabin Comforts – Danielle Jackson
Nestled in the bottom floor of Williamsburg’s public art space Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn-based collective Saviour Scraps presents “Cabin Comforts,” a dual installation space and store featuring over 70 contributing artists seamlessly blending an art experience within the simulated comforts of home. “Cabin Comforts” is an alternative to the competitive art world and traditional gallery […]
Keep on Rockinââ¬â¢ in the Free World – Christine Cavallomagno
When recalling the beginning of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe, vague visions of the fall of the Berlin Wall and thousands of screaming teenagers are inseparable from images of music videos on MTV that so powerfully marked that moment of transition. In a way, the two will always be linked. If the 1980s […]
Stephen Pauley
Sex in advertising, and advertisements that sell sex, bombard us constantly in our daily lives; on billboards, on television and in magazines and newspapers to name a few. Sex in advertising, and advertisements that sell sex, bombard us constantly in our daily lives; on billboards, on television and in magazines and newspapers to name a […]
Anna Ortiz
I decided to reunite with Mexican imagery of the Day of the Dead after a recent trip to the Yucatan. While there I remembered my closeness to… I decided to reunite with Mexican imagery of the Day of the Dead after a recent trip to the Yucatan. While there I remembered my closeness to Mexican […]
Gordana Batic
At the moment my work is forming around contemporary reality that through extended metaphors describes wider intellectual and philosophical issues. At the moment my work is forming around contemporary reality that through extended metaphors describes wider intellectual and philosophical issues. Work that at first appear simple and direct, upon further consideration should reflect to universal […]
Gordana Batic
At the moment my work is forming around contemporary reality that through extended metaphors describes wider intellectual and philosophical issues. At the moment my work is forming around contemporary reality that through extended metaphors describes wider intellectual and philosophical issues. Work that at first appear simple and direct, upon further consideration should reflect to universal […]
Kala Mandrake
Käla Mandrake is a native New Yorker who captures something raw and real about her subjects that can at times expose more than the viewer… Käla Mandrake is a native New Yorker who captures something raw and real about her subjects that can at times expose more than the viewer or the subject may want […]
