Author Archives: jolanta
Joshua Weintraub
Joshua Weintraub’s paintings negotiate the anxious terrain between abstraction and figuration, between decipherability and obscurity. Joshua Weintraub’s paintings negotiate the anxious terrain between abstraction and figuration, between decipherability and obscurity. Through his work, Weintraub explores the relationship between painting, drawing, and writing, often using pencil and ink on his canvases to create a field of […]
The Art of Torture – Joao Ribas
The Art of Torture Joao Ribas A replica of a cell at an art show in Madrid. Image of Salvador Dali. style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>From the pages of the Spanishnewspaper El Pais erupted a disturbing anecdote. Jose Milicua, a notedart-historian, uncovered evidence that “anarchist” forces used modern art totorture prisoners during the Spanish Civil War. Surfacing at […]
Gloria Kisch’s Thee Bells – James Kalm
Gloria Kisch’s Thee Bells James Kalm Gloria Kisch, Bell 10 "Bells are of the sky. Bells are of nature. Itwasn’t a conscious decision, they just came out." This was thespontaneous response to a question I asked Gloria Kisch regarding her reasonsfor creating her new series of sculptures, "The Bells." I’d beenthinking about these works […]
Kent Williams
Multitiered artist Kent Williams produced the illustration that accompanies this month’s fiction feature, Tuba City. "I travel down three paths," Williams says… Multitiered artist Kent Williams produced the illustration that accompanies this month’s fiction feature, Tuba City. "I travel down three paths," Williams says, "the illustration work, the gallery world and the graphic novel material. […]
Kent Williams
Multitiered artist Kent Williams produced the illustration that accompanies this month’s fiction feature, Tuba City. "I travel down three paths," Williams says… Multitiered artist Kent Williams produced the illustration that accompanies this month’s fiction feature, Tuba City. "I travel down three paths," Williams says, "the illustration work, the gallery world and the graphic novel material. […]
Julie Karabenick’s Systematic Freedoms – Vivek Narayanan
Julie Karabenick’s Systematic Freedoms Vivek Narayanan Composition 37, acrylic on canvas, 28″ x 28″, 2003 JulieKarabenick’s is a careful, unsentimental mind in the midst ofself-clarification. In each set of her explorations, one finds emotionaldepth, unity, and a complex internal conversation between subtly-wrought colorsand shapes. The artist has developed a long process by which a work […]
Lee Wells
The work that I have been exploring since 1996 are part of an ongoing series called, Studies for Hyper-elevated Architecture. The work that I have been exploring since 1996 are part of an ongoing series called, Studies for Hyper-elevated Architecture. These artworks investigate systems of power and control, social dynamics and color field theory. For […]
Lee Wells
The work that I have been exploring since 1996 are part of an ongoing series called, Studies for Hyper-elevated Architecture. The work that I have been exploring since 1996 are part of an ongoing series called, Studies for Hyper-elevated Architecture. These artworks investigate systems of power and control, social dynamics and color field theory. For […]
Rosemarie Trockel’s Suspicious Kitchens – Vivek Narayanan
Rosemarie Trockel’s Suspicious Kitchens Vivek Narayanan Rosemarie Trockel, Spleen exhibition images [[Sourcelink for images: http://www.diacenter.org/exhibs/trockel/]] style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>In the mercurial tradition of thoseGerman grandmasters – Gerhard Richter or Joseph Beuys – who came before her,Rosemarie Trockel has stayed one step ahead of the critic’s easy gloss byembracing apparent contradictions, and by working obsessively through a widerange of […]
Marci Washington
Hounds Tooth and Herring Bone – Here, June 2004, Bristol, UK Keep a Breast – Modart, June 2004, La Madrague, Anglet, France Up Our Sleeve… Hounds Tooth and Herring Bone – Here, June 2004, Bristol, UK Keep a Breast – Modart, June 2004, La Madrague, Anglet, France Up Our Sleeve – Inshallah, June 2004, Los […]
