Author Archives: mauri
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s OKTOPHONIE – Spaceship to the Divine
Image courtesy of Masha Froliak Entering the darkened auditorium of the Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall served as a perfect setting for Karlheinz Stockhausen’s OKTOPHONIE. The audience was immediately invited into a mysterious world where the musical and the visual combined to take one on a meditative journey. As a pioneer of electronic music, a […]
Sandford Wurmfeld: Light & Dark
Few have such a compelling hold on the use of color as Sandford Wurmfeld. A life-long student of the perceptual nuances of pigment, Wurmfeld’s current show highlights his ability to subtly infuse canvasses with a spectrum of hues. Initially coming across as monochromes, the work in Light and Dark reveals itself to be just the […]
Brian Cypher at Schema Projects
Brian Cypher isn’t afraid to do his thing. Working prolifically with all kinds of drawing and painting materials throughout his career, he seems to be comfortable producing powerful yet whimsical abstractions, no matter the scale he chooses. Schema Projects being a space specializing in works on paper, Cypher’s drawings on display here are a selection […]
B. Wurtz and Triple Canopy: History Works
Working in tandem with Triple Canopy, B. Wurtz’s work at Bureau spans a lifetime of sculptural and media exploration. An artist who has become known for a sensitive touch in the careful regard for the use of the everyday object, Wurtz is here shown to have been creating in this vein for much of his […]
Simon Jones
My painting is about conjuring up layered views. Painting is one of the most complex and expressive visual forms. The method of application itself demands revision through contemplation – colours being mixed, loaded onto brushes and marks being made. I use colour as a celebration and for accessing something beyond the rational. It is the […]
Charles Harlan at JTT
Many young artists today feel the need to bust into the scene flailing like a whirling dervish, splashing bits and pieces of their expressive output in every direction as boldly as possible. As an emerging artist who seems to be enjoying a bit of success, Charles Harlan knows how to make an impact while keeping […]
Eli Ping at Susan Inglett Gallery
Stacked together and leaned against the wall, identical panes of safety glass seem to have been the recipient of a blow in this state, shattered ripple tracing the energy’s transference. The press release reveals that this glass is cut in the same ratio as the standard for 35mm movie film, a similarly impressionable medium. This […]
Marlies Koster
All pieces of my seven-part series of “levensdingen” (life episodes) represent universal experiences during the life of a human being: love, hatred, joy, sorrow, friendship, animosity, fear, security, victory, defeat life and death.The pictures are painted with strong contrasts as vigorous brushstrokes in sober colors work to depict strong emotions. The skin is rendered vulnerable, […]
Naydene Gonella
My paintings reflect a search for reconciliation between apparent contradictions. Whether it be creation and destruction, sexuality and spirituality, light and dark, or accidental and intentional, I express these dichotomies through process. My pieces are created by layering, collaging, glazing, and painting different elements together. I then destroy certain parts of the image by stripping […]
Mario Passarello
My art is emotional, sentimental. It is painting in motion—everything flows, everything passes quickly, like life itself. This painting depicts the poet of the infinite, the world and his inner strength and I attempt to pass this along to the audience. I aim to make my paintings feel alive, strong and full of hope. It […]
