Author Archives: mauri
Julie Ann Stevens
I write poetry with watercolor, mixing the presence of light and shadows with unpredictable patterns and layers of vivid colors. The definition of a sacrament—an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace—describes my artwork, why I make it and what I hope it stirs in others. julieannstevens.com
Introducing: Cultural Identities
Design for Museums, Theaters, and Cultural Institutions “Now that culture is for everyone and everyone is for culture, culture is everywhere.” It’s a bold statement indeed, and one that appears along the spine of this smartly bound hardback title recently put out by Gestalten Press. Identity is a reflection of the cultural tempo of […]
Rosy Lofer
Creating each painting brings to me an incredible feeling of peace, tranquility, and positive energy. I believe these are the emotions others feel when they look at my paintings. rosylofer.com
The Land Before and After Time
Summer group shows are often a pleasant and decorative affair, like the non-demanding beach books of summer reading, but not this one. Dynamic and diverse, this exhibition is a bracing tonic of impassioned personalities and their abundant imaginations. It will be a pleasurable detour from your summer reading. Here are a few of my favorites: […]
Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties
Claes Oldenburg is an artist without flamboyance or careful propriety. He is thus very American, and being American, it is not strange that he was born in 1929 outside of America, actually in Sweden. He should have explained in 1960 that, “I make my work out of everyday experiences, which I find as perplexing and […]
Commission Free: The work of Ewa Banas
Ewa Banas, Irises, 2013. Pastel on paper, 37 x 24.5 in. Minimum bid: $3500 For a limited time only! Two of Long Island artist Ewa Banas‘ works are available for purchase through Broadway Gallery. Ewa is a self taught artist whose dedication to her craft has been delicately cultivated through countless hours spent painting and drawing […]
Maria Bech Jensen
My work is a series of relations, between the day-by-day life, my own memories, history, and irony. In the works, the audience is brought through a world where obscene and the impure are put on display,arranged in a paradoxical and surreal make-believe world. Usually everything is installed together, combining different medias, such as painting, graphic printing, and […]
The Pest Horse: A Performance by Brian Getnick with Bryatt Bryant
The Pest Horse: A Performance by Brian Getnick with Bryatt Bryant is staged within the sculptural costumes of two decayed horses at Station Independent Projects, NYC. The live performance begins with a disembodied horse’s head returning home to find its body occupied by a zombified doppelganger with lettuce for teeth. Through puppetry, spoken word and […]
