Author Archives: jolanta

Dorota Weizczorek Isabel Sampedro and Agustina O’Farrell “The only rules I am breaking are my own.” said the photographer, DorotaWeizczorek as she reflected upon her solo exhibition at the 473 Broadway Gallery,April 2003. The reasoning behind her statement may be that she was the subjectof display: fifteen large self-portraits revealed her in different states ofmind […]

David DeSimone- LIVES ON STAGE Isabel Sampedro & Agustina O’Farrell David DeSimone celebrates his first solo exhibition in New York City, May 2003,with fourteen technically innovative paintings. Although he confesses his artworkis the conventional “oil on canvas,” this approach transcended thetraditional when he discovered the industrial material of Plexiglas. His primaryconceptual twist is the combination […]

Gabriela Machado Red (Suspended) @ Neuhoff Gallery James Kalm The practice of painting begins with a series of choices. Why paint? What to paint? How to paint? What color to use? What medium, and so forth. Deciphering these patterns of decisions, as well as their relevance to the perceived imperatives of creation, are elemental factors that […]

Glasgow School of Art Faculty Exhibition @ Hunter College Jeffrey Mongrain This group facultyexhibition from one of the premier British art schools demonstrates the distinctrelationship of quality teaching to personal practice. The Exhibit consistentlyshows works that are well crafted, intelligent and rooted in the academy. Looking, for instance,at Barry Atherton’s sensitive architectural studies one can […]

The Evergreen Will Jennifer Reeves Human will commits violence even as it seeks to honor life. It destroys the gardenof individual hopes even as it wishes to preserve them. This Garden of Eden flowerswith falsity. Serpents talk and fog pretends to be a sunny day. The foliage ofself-knowledge is chopped down and spiritual growth is […]

Nature and Art: Goldsworthy and Tyler John Eischeid If the earth were made of foam and resin, and if we saw only through the eyesof a camera, then the world would look much like Mike Tyler’s apparentlyunnamed exhibition currently at Location One. If the world had none of thesethings, and we were living with nearly […]

Deborah Warner @ I-20 Joyce korotkin There is much moregoing on in Deborah Warner’s mixed media sound installation at I-20 thanmeets the ear — trumpets, whinnying horses, hoof beats and heartbeats. Incorporatingtwo audio pieces, “Blood Horse,” and “Dead Heat,” in a surroundsound environment, as well as photographs and a central sculpture, this exhibitionhighlights an interesting […]

Remembering Beauty with Anemone Dance Theatre June Julian You may think thatanemones are underwater dancers, plantlike animals, translucently quivering tothe touch of the tides. But they also move among us in our Code Orange city nowadays,and dance this town around quite a bit. From the first time I saw Anemone Dance Theatre perform their Moving […]

The Double-Edged Worlds of Mr. Alberico Kenneth Martina Inspiration can come from a variety of sources: from the things I read, seeon TV or just observe during the course of the day. They can be things that makeme angry or things that evoke a sense of awe like a visit to Mt Edna in Sicily.They […]

Mark Dion’s “Full House” @ the Aldrich Museum L.P. Streitfeld As the AldrichMuseum of Contemporary breaks ground, a 22 foot fallen tree lives under glassin the original structure. “Vivarium” means many things. For one, thetree is an ancient symbol for life. For another, a tree with live insects crawlingthrough it symbolizes the merging of art […]