Author Archives: jolanta

I should have realised the treachery of positive preconceptions prior to entering the predominantly white walled space. A cluttered minimalism seemed to prevail. Benjamin’s Britain Eli Regan I should have realised the treachery of positive preconceptions prior to entering the predominantly white walled space. A cluttered minimalism seemed to prevail. This description although seemingly fitting […]

Manchester’s art scene, like most, has a multitude of varying facets with simultaneous conversations taking place. When one cultural gap becomes free, it is immediately filled, and if there isn’t one to fulfill a particular need then one is quite simply forged. Manchester: Naturally Proactive and Curatorially Inquisitive Jane Chavez-Dawson Mathew Brotherhood, Franz, 2005. Mixed […]

When art gets in bed with fashion, it’s often worth watching just for what each reveals about the other. Cecilia Jurado, a young Peruvian artist living in NYC, (…) Unfocused Beauty Richard Dailey Cecilia Jurado, ORAL CUTE. Courtesy of artist. When art gets in bed with fashion, it’s often worth watching just for what each […]

Since MoMA’s 2003 landmark exhibition "Drawing Now: Eight Propositions" officially outed the return of drawing, the medium has been liberated from former taboos and has been allowed to flourish as art in and of itself, as both a means and an end to the creative process. People Who Draw Christine Cavallomagno Alejandro Cardenas, Lisette’s Burden […]

Sekou Sundiata has pioneered a new universal art form in his blessing the boats, a multi-media autobiographical performance piece which concluded a two-year national tour last spring at the Apollo Theater Sound Stage where the poet/playwright celebrated his homecoming. Pioneering the Authentic Interactivity of the Self Lisa Paul Streitfeld Sekou Sundiata, blessing of the boats. […]

New York’s downtown has been a nursery for experimental arts and bohemian characters for more than 100 years. One decade, from 1974 to 1984, is the subject of a not-so-subtle revisionist exhibition at two New York University institutions: the Grey Art Gallery and the Fales Library. Art Trash Institutionalized for Lots of Cash Valery Oisteanu […]

Lara Schnitger Anton Kern Gallery, 532 West 20th Street September 8 – October 8, 2005 Lara Schnitger is showing large-scale sculptures at Anton Kern Gallery that expand her exploration of the boundaries between craft and high art. This Fall in New York Michael Paulson Lara Schnitger, Betty Ford, 2005. Wood, fabric, faux fur, pins, 96 […]

Station Independent Projects Presents Dark Nature: Part 1 featuring work that focuses on the mysterious and ominous side of the natural environment. Nature is often seen as being pure and frequently has been idealized throughout art history. The work in Dark Nature: Part 1 shows nature in all of its wildness, vast and strange and […]

After the theme of the 2003 Beijing Biennale, "Originality: Contemporaneity and Locality," one would imagine that the organizers of the 2005 iteration, coming in September, would have trouble coming up with a more nebulous title. Infrequent, Involuntary triumphs Michael Paulson Wang Hongjian, Yellow River under Heaven, 2004. Oil on canvas, 127 x 254 cm After […]

Confronted with Rubens’ The Life of Marie de Medici in the Louvre, an epic sequence full of pale, voluptuous and muscular bodies engaged in mythological dramas, a young man sits on a bench and contemplates for a while. Shahryar Nashat in the Swiss Pavilion James Wescott Shahryar Nashat, The Regulating Line, 2005. Digital Video, 3 […]