Author Archives: jolanta

The artist’s online name is Show-n-tell and in her new book, WebAffairs, pictures are drawn in pixilated mosaics; not with brushes or pigments, but with bytes of information relayed at high speed down channels of broadband. WebAffairs Joanne Cachapero Courtesy of the artist The artist’s online name is Show-n-tell and in her new book, WebAffairs, […]

Dolls have been a part of the postmodern visual landscape since the 70s when artists Laurie Simmons and David Levin thal utilized dolls to create constructed narrative scenes, which they then photographed. What is the ongoing artistic fascination with dolls? Oh You Beautiful Doll Douglas F. Maxwell Stephen Roach, Eros, 2005. Lambda print, 16 x […]

"Take Notice!" is a selection of six artists displayed at the midway point of winter when the days are just beginning to get longer and the first thoughts of renewal, rebirth, hope and change begin to pervade our minds as we emerge from the slumber of darkest days of the year that turn our thoughts […]

A curatorial statement for "Ecstasy: In and About Altered States" states simply that the exhibition explores "altered states and alternative modes of perception featuring painting, sculpture, video, film, installation, photography and new media by some of today’s leading artists as well as the most promising work by the up-and-coming generation. Parallel Worlds Jovana Stokic Pipilotti […]

Since the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the collective unconscious of world culture has sought to re-enter a state of perfect unity and safety. Spatial enclosure has been the realm of this desire. Eccentric Space: Sculpture James Biederman David Hatchett, Shop Rite, 2001. Stainless steel and aluminum shopping cart, 36″x55″x32″. Since the expulsion from […]

Architects all over the world know that modern architecture owes much of its ingenious forms and effects to the dynamic and utopian ideas of the art movement known as Russian Constructivism. Mr. President, Save The Melnikov’s House! Vladimir Belogolovsky Courtesy of the artist. Architects all over the world know that modern architecture owes much of […]

"Bunker Than Thou" is the third and most comprehensive bunker-themed exhibition produced by 26 year-old interdisciplinary artist/curator Jerstin Crosby. Bunker Than Thou Jerstin Crosby Courtesy of the artist. "Bunker Than Thou" is the third and most comprehensive bunker-themed exhibition produced by 26 year-old interdisciplinary artist/curator Jerstin Crosby. The first in the series, "Bunker," took place […]

Having produced book art, along with more conventional volumes, since the late 60s, I eagerly opened Betty Bright’s handsomely produced No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America 1960-1980. I was wishing that it would be definitive, only to discover that it was not. Infuriatingly Incomplete Richard Kostelanetz Betty Bright, No Longer Innocent: Book Art in […]

Back in the very early 60s, painter William Baziotes used to tell his students that 57th galleries pushed the Pop art movement to rev up sales. Likewise, in this new compendium-like book, dealing with the 40s, 50s and 60s, Perl brings this point home. The Innocent Wisdom Helen Levin “Jed Perl’s New Art City” Back […]

The serene sound of rushing water opens to images of the dawn over the spectacular Gulf of Alaska: mist rising from the water, snow-capped peaks, a bald eagle soaring through the air. Paradox of Perception Aaron Yassin   Pawel Wojtasik, The Aquarium.       The serene sound of rushing water opens to images of […]