While it is true that Eel Kwon Kim?s landscapes are abstracted, they are not a result of a reductive process. On the contrary, they emerge like Athena from Zeus? head, fully matured from the artist?s imagination. Other Landscapes Thalia Vrachopoulos Eel Kwon Kim, 02-28-05, February 20, 2005, Courtesy of artist. While it is true that […]

Judith Barath?s work is layered with "robust blooms and writhing forms" to awaken us to the force of nature, while being executed through digital means. Flower of Eastern Europe Winifer Skattebol Judith Barath, Woodness, Courtesy of the artist. Judith Barath’s work is layered with "robust blooms and writhing forms" to awaken us to the force […]

A definite item to be added to one?s December itinerary is the solo show of Flo Oy Wong?s work at the Flomenhaft Gallery in New York. Mrs. Wong is a West Coast-based artist whose mixed-media constructions meditate on questions of racial and gender identity, family, history and international culture. Rice Sacks for the People Barbara […]

Norma Drimmer?s photographs appear to us on the brink of something mighty and powerful, a force that does not simply elicit strong reactions, but demands them. On Beauty and Spirit Laurel Angrist http://www.NormaDrimmer.com/invisibility3.html Norma Drimmer’s photographs appear to us on the brink of something mighty and powerful, a force that does not simply elicit strong […]

Governors Island, a small bit of forgotten land between lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, was the site for "Set and Drift," a subtle exhibition of nine public artworks organized by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. A Quarter Mile and a Hundred Years Away Lyra Kilston neuroTransmitter, Branching to Broadcast, 2005. Installation view. Governors Island, a small […]

Walking down a nondescript street in East Berlin in the middle of the night in the dead of winter poses infinite possibilities. Behind every crumbling fa?ade is the pent up aggression of a city trembling with creative anxiety. Again for the First Time Emilie Trice Maurizio Cattelan, Bidibidobidiboo, 1996. Taxidermic squirrel and mixed media. 50x58cm. […]

Cynthia Bradfield Crier, the Southwest-born artist, has lived in New York for decades and worked as a professional architect for most of her life. But two years ago she realized that she was no longer inspired by her profession. Building from the Ground Up, Spreading a Little Color Tina Kesting Cynthia Bradfield Crier, THE-GATES-II. Cynthia […]

When American audiences first went to the movies in 1896, they saw monumental subjects such as Niagara Falls projected onto canvas screens framed with huge gold frames. Moving Images, Moving Paintings Nancy Matthews John Sloan, Sun and Wind on the Roof, 1915. Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in. Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman’s […]

At the last S?o Paulo Biennial, 2004, David Batchelor and João Paulo Feliciano played with light, saturated color fields and chromatic light sculptures. Color Me "A Light Exhibition" Camila Belchior David Batchelor, Candelabro de Santiago in studio. Courtesy of Galeria Leme. At the last São Paulo Biennial, 2004, David Batchelor and João Paulo Feliciano played […]

The sudden death of a young artist is always an event that makes you think. Elia, (born in Adria ? Italy as Alessandro Greggio in 1968) died in an accident last August, falling from a window. In the midst of a career that can barely be called successful, Elia did not commit suicide. Simply Elia […]