Author Archives: jolanta

From Sep. 8 to Nov. 11 in Gwangju City, South KoreaI guess that the whole world is aware that presently there is so much power and energy coming from the Asian countries. Fever Variations- The 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 Tobias Verlende Michael Joo. “The First Chapter – Trace Root: Unfolding Asian Stories.” From Sep. 8 […]

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 had worked as an artist in residence at this chateau just west of Cannes on the French Riviera. La Napoule Revisited Daniel Rothbart The gardens of Château La Napoule, Mandelieu […]

A kingfisher flies into a window. A mud puppy slides between the warm metal walls of an electrical box. A kestrel, panicked by the approach of a mountain lion, flies into the unyielding trunk of an oak and breaks its neck. Moments of Passage Janice Wilson Stridick Meadow Lark, 2005. 16 x 16 ins A […]

arin’s thickly painted, shockingly imagined corporal interiors sit in the intersection of two major shifts in recent art: the improbable reemergence of the figure as viable subject matter and the dominance of painting as preferred medium. Imagined Interiors Jennifer Wroblewski Sarah Sagarin, Suspension of Disbelief #1. Courtesy of artist. Sarah Sagarin’s thickly painted, shockingly imagined […]

Space is the necessary evil of living within the density of New York City but it can also be a droning monotony in the scope of outlying rural or suburban communities. Andrea Zittel Jill Conner Andrea Zittel, A-Z Wagon Station Customization by Hal McFeely, 2002. Installation view at A-Z West. Powder-coated steel, aluminum, medium density […]

It is a strangely pervasive misconception that silence exists in opposition to noise, that it is the warm embrace of the womb besides impotent white noise that has the advantage of being out in the world. The Art of Silence Louise Stern Barnaby Hosking, Snow Painting Once Removed, 2005. Video installation. 65 x 86.6 in. […]

Stephen Hall has been an artist all his life. During those forty-odd years he has moonlighted as an illustrator, a designer, and a cartoonist. But although he has found ample success in each of these fields, it is his painting that he has returned to time again to ground him in his artistic practices. And […]

Delicate thin black whisps curl around yellow and white rectangles, orange and brown spheres?dreamy, organic forms?connecting the disparate elements of the canvas. Michel Alexis Barbara Hatchet Michael Alexis, Epigram # 12, 2003. Oil, mixed media on wood, 24 x 24 in. Delicate thin black whisps curl around yellow and white rectangles, orange and brown spheres–dreamy, […]

At first glance, the red craggy landscapes of Lisa Mordhorst’s "In Between" series–pushing from above, pushing from below–resemble abstractions of Mars as relayed by the Hubble telescope. The processes by which Mordhorst and the telescope create their images are remarkably similar. Into the Void Anna Altman Lisa Mordhorst, Between, 17, 2004; pigmented ink on backlit […]

Born and raised in the Tuscan countryside, Serena Ras now resides in New York City. I caught up with Ras after she had returned from stints in Italy and Amsterdam, and just before she left for Brazil. Trying to contact Serena is like trying to swat a fly with a bobby pin. Not Just Another […]