Author Archives: jolanta

Uncomfortable Fictions: Carsten Holler Eric Ward CarstenHoller, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1961, was professionally employed as ascientist focusing on insect behaviors before he saw the artistic implicationswithin his work. For the past ten years he has worked independently, andcollaborated with many artists in order to redefine the art museum experience as we have traditionally […]

Bas Relief in Brooklyn Michael Cohn Bas reliefartworks recall the heyday of the Renaissance, when terra cotta friezes byartists like Luca della Robbia and the carved bronze doors of Lorenzo Ghiberti fired the imaginations of trailblazing Italian sculptors. Now, PeterKrebs is bringing bas relief to latter-day Brooklyn with a series of marblecarvings entitled “Relief.” The […]

Tough Merits and Lost Causes: Lee Krasner at Robert Miller Joao Ribas PALINGENESIS, 1971, Oil on canvas �Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. Courtesy Robert Miller Gallery, New York style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black’>Lee Krasner is a bulls-eye for all sorts of critical impieties. Her legacy suffers as much from a benighted revisionism as from a close association with the Abstract Expressionist […]

A Gamer’s Element Joshua M. Shreckengost MarcoBrambilla, the Milan-born feature film director known for Hollywood titles such as Demolition Man and Excess Baggage, brought a stunning film exhibition focused on the fuzzy line between real life and virtual reality to the Zenith Media Lounge at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in Soho. Brambilla uses […]

Currin’s Apparent Normality L. Lee Byars JohnCurrin’s art exhibits are meaningless. This is true. Ask anyone. But to quote Woody Allen, “as meaningless experiences go, its pretty damn good”. This quote constantly runs through my mind as I browse through Currin’s works in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This is Currin’s genius or lack […]

Pieces of Mona Leeann Cannon MonaHatoum exudes complexity, and her artwork follows suit. She has been shocking audiences with her unique pieces since the early 80’s. Over the years, she has carved a permanent place for herself in the contemporary art world and has unveiled her latest creation, entitled Here is Elsewherestyle=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>, at the Museum […]

Out of Time: Morton Feldman’s String Quartet II Scott David Briggs Ifirst became aware of Morton Feldman about ten years ago, when the Village Voice did a feature on him and his friendship with John Cage that left me intrigued by both their personalities. Who the heck was Morton Feldman, I mused to myself. Who […]

Putting it Together Again: New Work by AJ Nadel Vivek Narayanan Inhis most recent work, New York-based AJ Nadel continues to explore popular representation, sexuality and the ways in which we look at and respond to the human form. Nadel’s unusual and intriguing photo collages interweave a number of different materials colored paper, photocopied documents, […]

Unpopular Authorship: The Drawings of Jim Shaw Greg Purcell To callJim Shaw or any artist of his generation a neo-Pop artist is to do adisservice. Sure, like all of us, he dreams Pop, swims in the movies, and markstime by the covers of magazines and comic books. His intention, however, is notto give the larger […]