Author Archives: jolanta
Gerald Cournoyer: Bridging The Gap
meditative process Courtesy of the artist. Gerald Cournoyer: Bridging The Gap By Rose Hobart Some For Gerald Cournoyer, painting is a meditative process and a way of reflection on his culture, as he tells the stories of many lives through his works. Cournoyer explores patterns, illusions, realism and abstraction all within a single […]
The Restoration of the Ordinary at Lyons Wier Gallery
In one of her paintings, Junkyard Sun, we see a toy Michael Jackson, and above him, a toy figure of pro wrestler Junkyard Dog. Both of them are the artist’s childhood heroes. A squirrel, a notion of conservation, is placed near the wrestler. A big fly, a tiny zebra, a pair of shinny pumps, […]
In Conversation: Forrest Muelrath Interviews Chris Kraus
FM: This concept of forming community intentionally around a creative collective resonates with collectives I know in the outer boroughs. Much like the Tiny Creatures in L.A., there are many groups in Brooklyn and Queens functioning collectively outside of the art world with DIY values. Do you think sincere community can grow out of DIY […]
WORD at Tomlinson Kong Contemporary
WORD: A group text showOpening: January 25th, 6-8PMJan 25 – March 29, 2013 Tomlinson Kong Contemporary270 BoweryNew York City, NY 10012 Featuring: Rob Wynne, Sharka Hyland, Ken Fandell, Thomas Allen & Chrissy Conant tomlinsonkong.com
Ulterior Intersections at Vera & Melchor de Arcenegui
Ulterior Intersections Curated by Yoab VeraVera & Melchor de Arcenegui240 West 16th St, b/w 7th and 8th aves, #A1, NY, NY Jan 25 – Feb 15, 2013 Featuring: Alan Ruiz, Andrés Ramírez Gaviria, Donna Huanca, Iliana Ortega, Lupe-Toys, Paul Loughney, Timothy Hutchings, Valentina Gonzalez-Wohlers renemelchor.com
Einstein on the Beach Revisited at BAM
Widely celebrated as one of the most revolutionary, outrageous works of the 20th century, an opera that breaks all the rules and expectations, Einstein on the Beach was first premiered in Avignon, France in 1976. Now, 37 years later it has been revived for audiences and is back on an International tour, part of which […]
Excursions In Artaudian Culture
Artaud’s was the life of a mythic. mad genius, rich in passion, ambition, failure and disease. He is renowned as an expressive and influential figure: Peter Brook staged a play by Marquis de Sade in an asylum, Richard Schechner’s Performance Group smeared themselves with blood for Dionysus, and most famously, Judith Malina and Julian Beck’s […]
On Creating Reality, Andy Kaufmann
On Creating Reality, by Andy Kaufman January 12 – February 16, 2013 Maccarone630 Greenwich Street NY, NY 10014 maccarone.net
Peter Honig: Glendessary
Peter Honig: Glendessary Opening Reception: Saturday, February 2nd, 4-6pm January 17 – February 23, 2013 Mercury 20 475 25th St. Oakland, California mercurytwenty.com
Brooklyn/Montreal Exchange
Brooklyn/Montreal ExchangeSebastién Cliché, Sylvie Cotton, Chelsea Knight, Mark Tribe Opening Reception: Sunday, January 13th, 6-9pm January 11th, 2013-February 17th, 2013 Momenta Art 56 Bogart St, Bushwick, Brooklyn momentaart.org
