Mieke Kooistra: Why did you call this show Trauma? What does the title mean? Dumith Kulasekara: “Trauma” is a Greek word for “wound.” It is a physical injury or an extreme emotional shock that may lead to traumatic neurosis. This exhibition is called Trauma because I want to confront the spectator through my work with […]

In the video installation Night Watch, a watching eye gazes down at passers-by. The piece is a dialogue on the concepts of safety, conspiracy, and the mechanics of control. Night Watch premiered at the Art under the Bridge Festival in 2006 in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The Manhattan Bridge is considered a main terrorist target, and consequently […]

A brief over view of Kehinde Wiley’s short career reveal many bodies of work. There are the equestrian paintings based on theme of war, religious work, and ceiling frescoes installations created for Miami and the Brooklyn Museum, a body of works inspired by late French Rococo art, and more recently, a series of painting reflective […]

Thanks to the intrepidness of its founder and chief curator Paolo De Grandis and his hard-working staff—among them Carlotta Scarpa, De Grandis’ co-curator for the past three editions—Open, the international sculpture and installation exhibition held annually on the Lido Venice, has been growing in size, reputation, and vision, ever since its inception 11 years ago. […]

My work addresses ambiguities in perceptual experience. It reveals simultaneous connections and divisions between site and image, interior and exterior, reality and illusion. As the installation immerse the audience, viewpoints shift and unfold. The physical experience of the work opens up new relationships between the viewer, space, and image. My installations are environments that connect […]

Home lies at the exit of every train stop, in every traveler’s mind. They travel around for their ideals and their lives. But home is where their hearts lie. To make someone feel touched sometimes all it takes is a rose; to fall in love sometimes all you need is a detail. Sometimes you end […]

I am fascinated by the emotional and cultural dislocation that has been enabled and accelerated in our media-centric society. I believe what is mainstream today has largely become relevant simply as a result of exposure and distribution, while content itself has been pushed to the margins, and is often generic. My work is often a […]

Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970 at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art feels like walking into a labyrinthine David Lynch film. Like Inland Empire or Lost Highway, womblike rooms and shadowed hallways open like Chinese boxes to reveal hidden secrets. Spelman’s imaginative installation employs darkness, deep blue […]

Each of us sees things in our own unique way. We live in the same world, and are exposed to many of the same things. It’s how we see these things and how we respond to them; that’s what sets us apart. Damaged is a series of discarded, lost, unwanted dolls that have found their […]

The Ohio State University (OSU) Urban Arts Space is an opportunity for the university and the community to challenge ways of thinking about the performing and visual arts and their role in everyday life through conversation and making. Located in the heart of downtown Columbus, the space bridges the university and the community. It is […]