Author Archives: jolanta

In February 2003, when war with Iraq moved from a distant possibility to an imminent reality, many people wondered what George Bush knew that a majority of the countries in the United Nations didn’t. Shot: Picturing War By Catherine Edelman     Jean Gaumy, Veiled women training in the outskirts of the city, Tehran, Iran, […]

It is a rare and marvelous event when a dedicated artist enters the popular culture as Marina Abramovic did with "The House with the Ocean View," a 12-day ritual fast in full view of a gallery audience. Abramovic’s Body Counts More than Once By L.P. Streitfeld       Abramovic image,     It is […]

The quintessential American dancemaker tells tales with moving bodies. Le Grand Paul Taylor By Lori Ortiz         Robert Kleinendorst and Lisa Viola in Le Grand Puppetier. Photo Paul B Goode.       The quintessential American dancemaker tells tales with moving bodies. Paul Taylor was a student of painting but changed course […]

Peter Zummo, Tom Hamilton, Michael Evans performing at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, October 2004 Sound Clusters of the Abstract Kind: By Helen Levin Peter Zummo, Tom Hamilton, Michael Evans performing at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, October 2004Peter Zummo, Tom Hamilton, Michael Evans performing at the […]

From August to October, the Swedish art public was exposed to Finnish artist Osmo Rauhala at Millesgården in Stockholm. Lost Paradise By Jeanette Gustafsson From August to October, the Swedish art public was exposed to Finnish artist Osmo Rauhala at Millesgården in Stockholm. In an exhibition composed of monotypes, paintings in wax, film and video, […]

China’s prestigious tradition of political art coalesced in the late 20th century with the rise of the Cult of Mao and a state-instituted wave of ‘social realism’ that was often turned to propaganda purposes. Regime Change or Dynastic Cycle? By Andrew Maerkle Wei Dong, New World, 2004, acrylic on canvas Democracy Forever: Chinese Artists Perceptions […]

For a second year, artist / activist Yoko Ono voices her desire for change in the Middle East through the LennonOno Peace Prize. Gimme Some Truth By Daniel Rothbart Yoko Ono and honoree Seymour Hersh at the LennonOno grant for Peace award ceremony.For a second year, artist / activist Yoko Ono voices her desire for […]

Face Off is an exhaustive group show on the exhaustive subject of post-millennial American culture and world politics. Facing Off with the New World Order By David Markus Joe Wezorek. "War President," 2004. large format inkjet print, mosaic of President Bush comprised of 960 portraits of military service people killed in Iraq as of April […]

My Hyphens project is a participation, performance and site-specific installation. The Sense of Reason By Holly Crawford Holly Crawford © October 2004My Hyphens project is a participation, performance and site-specific installation. All the photographs included were taken, printed in sepia on matte paper, and collaged on-site at Photo New York. It is about connections, here […]

A new cultural entity, the Rubin Museum of Art recently opened in Chelsea, in the building vacated by Barney’s.      Through Divine Intervention: "The Shangri-La" Temple in Chelsea By Valery Oisteanu A new cultural entity, the Rubin Museum of Art recently opened in Chelsea, in the building vacated by Barney’s. It houses a treasure of […]