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Martin Derbyshire is a British artist who has been based in Beijing for nine years. Dialogues and Definitions: conversation with Martin Derbyshire By Gerald Mak Dialogues and Definitions, an installation at 798 Space, Beijing. Photos courtesy of Zhang Hao. Martin Derbyshire is a British artist who has been based in Beijing for nine years. In […]

How we look at art differs from one age to another. Neo-Art By Slawomir Marzec 1. Dariusz Lipski, The Analects 110 x 70 cm. (A detail ) Glass showcase, small stones covered with salt, which crystallizes continually altering the shapes. Every pebble is completed with a fragment of Konfucjusz`s text, which creates motionless “shadows” preserving […]

International Exhibition of Sculpture and Installation A Bridge between West and East at OPENASIA 2OO4 By Paolo De Grandis Top left: Yoko Ono, Onochord, 2004, video installation. copy; Yoko Ono 2004. Top right: Ye Fang, Sails, 2004. 3 bronze , 120 x 180 x 9 cm; 300 x 120 x 9 cm; 150 x 150 […]

Ideology: visionary theorizing. Ideology, Art and Propaganda By Niko Angelis Image by N. Angelis Ideology: visionary theorizing a: a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or cultureb: a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culturec: the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program. [1] […]

It’s funny how these things work. The Return of Lee Bontecou By Edward Rubin Untitled, 1961. Welded steel, soot on canvas, and wire, (72.4 x 39.4 x 45.1 cm). Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin ñ Madison; Edna G. Dyar, Humanistic Foundation Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Fund purchase (1973.5) It’s funny […]

With so little time, so much energy, and so much work to do, Ana Mendieta–an artist who was born in l948 in Havana, Cuba, on November 18, 1948 and who died in l985–devoted herself entirely to art. Tie me to the Universe By Harriet Zinnes Ana Mendieta, “Glass on Body”, Iowa, 1972 With so little […]

The curator Margit Rowell has done it again —organized a splendid exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Ed Ruscha Speaks to the Eye By Harriet Zinnes Tony Oursler, “Swathe Fiberglass Sculpture”, Projector, DVD Player 29 x 32 x 15 inches The curator Margit Rowell has done it again —organized a splendid exhibition at […]

This past spring, Israeli artist Michal Rovner exhibited a series entitled Michal Rovner: In Stone at Pace Wildenstein’s Chelsea location. Rovner Digital Projections Prove Reflective of Old and New Technologies By Erin Scime Michal Rovner, Installation view. Courtesy Pace Wildenstein This past spring, Israeli artist Michal Rovner exhibited a series entitled Michal Rovner: In Stone […]

Daniel Rothbart’s art, performances and writing, propose a new paradigm for art making, in which conceptualism advances beyond the self-referentiality of l’art pour l’art toward new functions, meanings, and potentials. Andrea Meislin Gallery: Daniel Rothbart and the Paradigm of the Sacred By Enrico Pedrini Works by Daniel Rothbart in mid-ground and background (Tamiko Kawata object […]

Montage and Displacement Between Art and Cinema of the 1960’s. Baruchello and Grifi: "Verification Uncertain" By Carla Subrizi Gianfranco Baruchello and Alberto Grifi, “Varification Uncertain,” 1964, film still. Montage and Displacement Between Art and Cinema of the 1960’s This year the Venice Festival of Cinema will explore beyond the more interesting cinematic production of the […]