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Andreas Jaeggi “Blue Period” at Gallery Spruetzhuesli in February 2003 – Steffan Biffiger

Andreas Jaeggi “Blue Period” at Gallery Spruetzhuesli in February 2003 Steffan Biffiger Exactly one hundredyears after Picasso, a painter comes along and entitles his exhibition with a wink “Période Bleue”, instead of calling it simply “BluePaintings” or “Paintings In Blue”. Obviously, it is importantto Andreas Jaeggi to call this newest working phase a “period”, theexpression […]

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Drawing the Line – Who Cares About Illustration? – Thomas Girst

Drawing the Line – Who Cares About Illustration? Thomas Girst It’s rathercurious that in the land of George Grosz and John Heartfield, illustration nevertook hold in newspapers after World War II. Compared to American magazines andpapers, German press publications seldom provide more than a single sketchy drawingas daily artistic political commentary. Oftentimes just it is […]

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“Personal Things” – Vladimir Sitnikov

“Personal Things” Vladimir Sitnikov There is a lot of pop art going on in Moscow at the moment. The exhibition “PersonalThings” was shown in Moscow this year, exposing pop art by one of Russia`smost famous contemporary artists, – Vladimir Sitnikov. Vladimir Sitnikovwas born in 1958 in Moscow and started studying art at the V. Motovilov`s […]

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“To Love, Honor and Cherish: The Role of Contemporary Portraiture” – Jeanine Jackson

"To Love, Honor and Cherish: The Role of Contemporary Portraiture" Jeanine Jackson A successful portrait, much like a good marriage, is the result of a profound commitment to love, honor and cherish. All quotations and images are included with kind permission of each artist to use in this article or in the NY Arts Magazine […]

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The Lyricism of Pure Thought – Mark Daniel Cohen

The Lyricism of Pure Thought Mark Daniel Cohen Art is the stage upon which the drama of intelligence is enacted. A work of art is a thought — for all the reliance on and enhancements due to skill and dexterity, for all the diffidence typical of artists’ statements of intention, for all their general uncertainty […]

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Happy Days – It’s all well and dandy in a disquieting new world – Stefano Pasquini

Happy Days – It’s all well and dandy in a disquieting new world Stefano Pasquini Not much has been happening nowadays in contemporary art. At least on this side of the globe. Yet I’m starting to feel a certain disquieting atmosphere in many works of art I experienced in the past few months. Especially from […]

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Andrea Zittel

For over a decade, Andrea Zittel’s art has investigated the structures of life on every level, rom the biological (selective breeding), to the social and domestic… For over a decade, Andrea Zittel’s art has investigated the structures of life on every level, from the biological (selective breeding), to the social and domestic (furniture design and […]

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Andrea Zittel

For over a decade, Andrea Zittel’s art has investigated the structures of life on every level, rom the biological (selective breeding), to the social and domestic… For over a decade, Andrea Zittel’s art has investigated the structures of life on every level, from the biological (selective breeding), to the social and domestic (furniture design and […]

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Edge Zones

Edge Zones is an artist’s initiative dedicated to the research, conceptualization and execution of events that strengthen… Edge Zones is an artist’s initiative dedicated to the research, conceptualization and execution of events that strengthen the contemporary art environment in Miami. We aim at the formation of a new way of understanding, while launching new challenges […]

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Edge Zones

Edge Zones is an artist’s initiative dedicated to the research, conceptualization and execution of events that strengthen… Edge Zones is an artist’s initiative dedicated to the research, conceptualization and execution of events that strengthen the contemporary art environment in Miami. We aim at the formation of a new way of understanding, while launching new challenges […]

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