Illustrations, sculptures, really, for a phantasmagorical story that happens to feature little old you. A virtual—“can this be possible?”—reality-goggled trove? No, it’s “Caught from Below,” Sarah Perry’s new work at Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art featuring 17 pieces cobbled together from Spanish moss and English house sparrow feathers, snake vertebrae and ribs, pigeon feet and millipedes, not […]

Next to Gilbert and George, Bob and Roberta Smith might just be the most infamous couple in the contemporary art world (and far less creepy and terroristic than the duo). But, like most folk hero gestalts (Robin and Marian, Bonny and Clyde, Kenan and Kel), the nature of their existence is in some dispute; supplementary […]

Decoy, 2001, is a series of short digital animations presented on plasma screens that have been hung on the wall like paintings. Each sequence shows a photograph of an idyllic English landscape succumbing to digital effects. Computer-generated elements appear in the scene, sometimes under the cover of artificial fog, sometimes simply “out of the blue”: […]

The cut paper, sculptural work of artist Jane South goes to show that sketching out one’s depictions before their execution can lead to a whole lot more than just a blueprint of the final product. In South’s case it led to the discovery of an entirely new medium and even to an additional dimension in […]

Ik maak tekeningen.Ik maak tekeningen van wat ik zie en wat ik hoor om me heen. Maar ook van wat ik gelezen heb, of wat ik bijvoorbeeld gezien heb in een film. De aanleiding voor mijn werk zijn de vele indrukken die ik opdoe door het observeren. Ik teken deze indrukken pas dan als het […]

The quirky sculptures of Alex Wagman and the buoyant paintings of Phil Joanou address the human condition. And it’s not so much with serious commentary—or at least nothing earth shattering. Yet the humor here, which is mostly tongue-in-cheek and symbolic, bounds between art history and some relatively current events. Of the two, Wagman’s expertly patinated […]

I’ve always envied men. They have power, aggressiveness and true, plain beauty. My latest body of work, “Man,” explores my internal struggles with the better of the sexes. The impetus for this work is a black and white photograph of my father at 19, and oddly enough, I look just like him. In the photograph […]

In a place where art institutions are huge bureaucratic dinosaurs that ever change or do anything related to contemporary art that has any sort of vitality, one needs to look elsewhere to find exciting creativity in Italy. Too little effort is spent to restore and take care of ancient monuments, yet even less is devoted […]

Ezra Talmatch: First off, my response to Boy with Time Machine: This is classic Landino, a real gem. It seems to fall well within your quieter side, very poetic and reflective of the very same questions and concerns you pose me, and as always, very much conjured out of the blue. I imagine that you […]

It is a long turgid night of mediocre—some barely watchable—performances at “Improvisation and Otherwise” at Brooklyn’s BRIC theater. Worse yet, it is a venue where you have to sit at a table, eat dinner and socialize while watching the performances, protracting the pain. Finally, we are on the last act of the night, Lower Lights […]