Author Archives: mauri
Beverly McIver at Betty Cuningham Gallery
Within the paintings of Beverly Mclver you can always find an abrupt tension between the faces of her subjects and the objects that accompany them. In the self-portrait, Eyes Wide Open (2013), McIver utilizes a diptych to illustrate a moment where her eyes are closed, and when they are gaze directly at her viewers. A […]
Four International Art Fairs in South America
The new hub for European and South American contemporary art, Peru will host the first annual large-scale art fair, PArC: Peru Arte Contemporáneo, April 24-28 at the Museum of Contamporary Art in Berranco, Peru. From the same organizers of LimaPhoto, a wildly successful photography show in Lima, and La Semana del Arte, art appreciation week, […]
Margret Zitterbayer
When I paint, I am so close to my core, so close to my true self, that I almost loose myself. I am entering a space that isn’t mine anymore. A small space, yet without limitation. This is where everything connects. Should I call it fantasy, or simply bliss, or joy? I don’t know. But […]
John Malkovitch’s Modern Interpretation of Dangerous Liasons
When John Malkovitch played Vicomte de Valmont in a renowned film, Dangerous Liasons (1988), based on a novel by Choderlos de Laclos and directed by Stephen Frears, his performance was unexpected and stunning. Now, 25 years later, Malkovitch’s decision to direct Dangerous Liasons onstage as “a play that never pretended to be a movie,” is […]
Anna Paola Pizzocaro
My work is a tale of a dream-like journey through reality and fantasy. In this parallel universe a man and a woman are involved in a “Journey-flood” where sea lions, flamingos, monkeys, pandas, polar bears and many other species are afraid to look around, immersed in a real world that is increasingly flooded by a […]
Peter Grundtner
I’m Peter Grundtner and I live in Austria. I paint in modern impressionism, colour expressionism and surrealism combined with my special inventions, mainly paintings with statue compositions and ‘picture-in-picture’ paintings. I’m a multimedia artist who also draw, write, photograph, and sculpt. The Dancing Shiva is a symbol for destroying and renewing the world in the wheel of time. In my work I try […]
Chris Harrison
My name is Chris Harrison I am an Australian woman who loves to travel around Australia and the world . I love to study and research, so my yearning for knowing the world has led me to many international art residencies including Nigeria, Turkey, I tally, and China, to name a few. I’ve obtained four […]
Daniel Cooney Fine Art is Making Waves
Salt water skin, stretched Lycra, pearled perspiration, oiled up glutes, and bathing caps. Making Waves illuminates the epitome of summertime through this conglomeration of photographs. Daniel Cooney Fine Art captures the sensual and blithe antics of summer, while also effectively using the potency of memory and identity to anchor the exhibit. The show incorporates archetypal […]
John Baldessari: Installation Works 1987-1989
Marian Goodman Gallery is showing early installation works by John Baldessari that represent the artist’s distinct architectural elements and their exploration. They are compositional photography pieces that developed during a defining period of the artist’s career. John Baldessari is also set to have a solo exhibition at The Garage CCC in Moscow, Russia in September. John […]
Mathieu Lefevre: The Stuff Things Are Made Of at Regina Rex
The art world revolves around objects, but much of its substance exists in the discourse surrounding those objects—in the myths about artists and expression; the theories devised to understand and evaluate works of art; the rules that determine their commercial value; the viewers’ desires, expectations, and knowledge of art history. The artist-run space, Regina Rex, […]
