Author Archives: jolanta

Walead Beshty’s show, "The Body/Body Problem" showing this fall at Wallspace Gallery in New York, in parallel to the young LA-based artist’s exhibit at PS1’s project room, proved one thing, above all: stark and flashy surface need not come at the cost of art historical, conceptual and socio-analytical elaboration. The Phenomenology of Fondling: Shopping By […]

In this age of media frenzies, media circuses, and all of their reality television offshoots, it is hard to find a group of people not exposed to our mob rule society. At the Abbey By Jason Murison ElzayIn this age of media frenzies, media circuses, and all of their reality television offshoots, it is hard […]

101 Gallery’s director, B�dvar Gunnarsson, had prepared me: Steingr�mur Eyfj�rd was a bit of an eccentric, he saw conspiracy in many circumstances, and viewed most things as furthering an ominous purpose. Steingr�mur Eyfj�rd By D. Dominick Lombardi "Filling the Holes" Mixed media on canvas 2003101 Gallery’s director, B�dvar Gunnarsson, had prepared me: Steingr�mur Eyfj�rd was […]

The exhibition Fashination at the Modern Museum in Stockholm is a large production curated by the Museum’s director together with one of the museum’s curators, a participating artist and a fashion editor of a Swedish lifestyle magazine. Stating the Obvious By Power Ekroth Twins, 2003 © Vanessa Beecroft Foto: Vanessa Beecroft Courtesy Deitch Projects, New […]

Last October, in Eboli, a town in the heart of south Italy, artist Tommaso Guarino opened "Senza Appartenenza" (Without Belongings), a fascinating exhibition of paintings from 2002 to the present. Faces Without belongings By Raffaella Marano Tommaso Guarino. Donna Vestita di Rosa (Woman dressed in Pink) Oil on CanvasLast October, in Eboli, a town in […]

It is fair to say that the Living Art Museum, the oldest establishment of contemporary art practice in Iceland, is based on the legacy of Hreinn Fridfinnsson and his colleagues in the movement S�M, an equivalent of Fluxus and Arte Povera. Hreinn Fridfinnsson and His Legacy By Halld�r Bj�rn Run�lfsson Hreinn FridfinnssonIt is fair to […]

Walking around the various galleries of Manhattan, I wandered past the seemingly endless storefronts along Lexington Avenue. "Communication and Desire" By Raffaella Marano courtesy of the artists and The Lab GalleryWalking around the various galleries of Manhattan, I wandered past the seemingly endless storefronts along Lexington Avenue. I found myself arrested by the surprising location […]

With Srishti Dances of India’s, Lavanya: Graceful Expressions of the East, audiences witnessed an extraordinary collaboration. Graceful Expressions Create Memorable and Vibrant Images By Vijay Palaparty The four dancers posing in DashavatarWith Srishti Dances of India’s, Lavanya: Graceful Expressions of the East, audiences witnessed an extraordinary collaboration. The production wove together two principal classical dance […]

I arrived at the Beijing airport, but there was no Li Gang. Fortunately, I had his cell phone number and asked the traveler’s aid to call him. THE CHINA DIARY: An Artist in Residence By Charlie Hecht "Flags" Charles HechtDAY 1 I arrived at the Beijing airport, but there was no Li Gang. Fortunately, I […]

It’s been a century since Malevich proclaimed painting dead; nevertheless, paint on canvas still matters, even if it’s been stripped of much of its mystical primacy. Painting In Action By Olga Khoroshilova Alina BlumisIt’s been a century since Malevich proclaimed painting dead; nevertheless, paint on canvas still matters, even if it’s been stripped of much […]