Author Archives: jolanta

Donkey, Elephant, Roadkill. SCOTT BATEMAN Editional cartooning-whydoes it suck so much ass these days?  First, caneditorial cartoonists maybe come up with a better, more contemporary system ofsymbolism? I mean, most of us are still drawing talking donkeys and elephantsin suits. Now, when Thomas Nast came up with these symbols for the Democratsand Republicans back in […]

Slashie Fiction: The New Cult of the Superheroes Jordan Pascoe   Likemost of us with 9-to-5 desk jobs, I spend a lot of time online, surfing for anythinginteresting. And like many of us who are underemployed and oversexed, I spenda lot of that time looking for something dirty to read at work. And lately, I’mcompletely […]

ENGAGING CHARACTERS Kathryn Brew   EngagingCharacters is a set of interactive, nonlinear cyber-narratives centered aroundthe process of characterization. Viewers become active participants in constructing,driving, and activating the characters. Many of the works use sensors, speechrecognition and synthesis, robotics, or the now ubiquitous computer mouse interfaceto create interactivity and response. These works confront viewers with questionsof […]

DOING IT MICKEY SIPORIN  I grew upin Chicago. My family was passionately involved in the arts and in politics.My father Seymour was a labor union organizer, my uncle Mitchell a well-knownsocial realist painter and muralist, my aunt Shoshannah a talented modernistpainter and my grandmother Jennie a primitive painter.   When I was fourand five I […]

Sharptoons Joe Sharpnack My fifth grade teacher handed back my spellingassignment in which I had drawn a scene involving war protesters and policeofficers. “You have a real problem with authority figures, Mr. Sharpnack.” Well, maybe a little. But not nearly as much trouble as I had with spelling.  In my house we were taught that if […]

No Comics & Multiple Choice Ausstellungim Berliner Kunsprojekt Armin Bergmeier Keine Comics sind die Arbeiten der 22 Künstler,die der Kurator Volker Schlecht im großen Raum der Berliner Galerie zusammengetragenhat. Unter ihnen etablierte Künstler wie Matthaeus Müller und BertGottschalk. Young unplugged drawings sind das – Zeichnungen, die ohne Hilfeeines Computers entstanden sind.   Mittendrin hängt eine […]

Miami Vice Raul Zamudio The second edition of Art Basel/Miami willsurely bring, like any other exhibition behemoth, both the interesting as wellas the dismal in contemporary art. Apart from the established galleries thatmore or less retain a business-as-usual modus operandi, what is worth lookingforward to is the fair’s section called Artists’ Statements. This endeavoris more […]

It’s good to be back Stefano Pasquini It’s been almost two years since I’vebeen in New York, and last time I was here the city was still recovering from9-11. Now we’re all back on track, and walking around the city is somewhatrefreshing for me. I forgot how many galleries there are; so much art makes […]

Christine Krol’s Sherman Boxes@ 450 Broadway Gallery Jamey Hecht “O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams…” HAMLET, Act II, Scene ii  Joseph Cornell made box art into a viableartform that transcended craft. In all their joyful tenderness, […]

Water: A Vast Outdoor Exhibition Amiel Grumberg For a long time, open-air contemporaryart exhibitions have been a staple of European cultural tourism. It’s a tried and true method that attracts not only the organizers but also a mass ofsummertime visitors. Choose a picturesque walk with a park, gardens in bloom,and throw in a castle if […]