The Lowbrow community in Los Angeles generally consists of visual artists, oil painters, graffiti writers, illustrators and tattoo artists, fashion designers, musicians and performance artists, each independent but still highly supportive of the urban art scene and the Lowbrow cultural cause. There’s No "I" in Lowbrow Emilie Trice courtesy of the artist The Lowbrow community […]

Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury is often perceived as a key proto-post- feminist artist. In her works of the early 1990s, she displayed luxurious shopping bags or fashionable shoes and shoeboxes, usually scattered on the floor. he Woman Who Stole Christmas Jovana Stokic Sylvie Fleury, Strange Fire, 2005. Courtesy of artist and Patrick Painter Inc. Photo […]

"The Hours" is a reading of the Daros-Latinamerica Collection seen from the perspective of time. It enables us to traverse different levels, spaces and times of varying intensity, with the mornings, siestas, afternoons and evenings that we find in the production of contemporary Latin American artists. The Hours Sebasti�n L�pez Betsabe� Romero, Ayate Car, 1997. […]

Beneath the appealing landscapes of plants and flowers afforded by Europe’s most celebrated botanical gardens lies a story of rigorous classification and organization: an 18th Century project that still makes its presence felt today. Unearthing Classification Laura McLean-Ferris Alison Turnbull, Site, 2005. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Matt’s Gallery, London. Beneath the […]

Liverpool lies on the northwest coast of England. It is renowned for its sporting prowess, its mongrel wit, and for being the home of the Beatles. The city is important both historically and culturally. A Vacuous Signifier for an Emergent Biennial City Ralph Darbyshire Sarah Lucas, Self Portrait with Fried Eggs, 1996. Courtesy of Tate. […]

It’s not unusual to encounter a show that’s actually two shows–a totally bifurcated affair. Installation artists do it with their sprawling installations, leaving gallery back rooms to smaller (sellable) work. Gabriel Orozco at Marian Goodman Elwyn Palmerton Gabriel Orozco, Project Table, 2005. Table, sculpture, mixed media. Inv.#10206. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery. It’s not unusual […]

Faux flora thrives in a humble house that doubles as an art gallery known as Sala Diaz in San Antonio, Texas. Artist Leigh Anne Lester cultivates genetically modified plants through layered, graphite drawings on mylar. Artificial Arrangement Michelle Gonzalez Valdez Courtesy of the artist Faux flora thrives in a humble house that doubles as an […]

Yuriko Yamaguchi’s Web #5 is a paradox of rushing movement and absolute stillness. A tornado turned on its side, its nest of bent wire, sprinkled with organic, papery pods, swarms from a hole in the gallery wall. Yuriko Yamaguchi Catherine Walworth Yuriko Yamaguchi, WEB #5. Yuriko Yamaguchi’s Web #5 is a paradox of rushing movement […]

When city planners cast an eye on an area and bandy the words "urban renewal," "urban regeneration" or simply "development," alarm bells often ring among local artists. Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow Mitchell Miller courtesy of the artist When city planners cast an eye on an area and bandy the words "urban renewal," "urban regeneration" or […]

Rarely, am I charmed by an artist’s work. It happened in San Antonio, Texas, at the WAX (Writers and Artists Exchange) where hundreds of artists gathered to hear the comments of a dozen visiting critics and editors. On the Lam D. Dominick Lombardi Wai Ching Lam, “Hundred Nights Series,” 2001-2005. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x […]