In 2004, when Romania inaugurated its first-ever National Museum of Contemporary Art in Ceausescu?s nightmarish Peoples Palace, Dumitru Gorzo contributed a large painting depicting the palace on fire while two thugs knife a peasant ?a tableau based on a folkloric legend of the Carpathian mountains. Three Breasts and Multiple Tongues Valery Oisteanu Courtesy of the […]

I discovered Toyism by chance, and I immediately loved the way the images communicate some of the most difficult themes in a very bright way. Toyist Art Natalie Saiph Massone Dejo, The Freakshow . Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150 cm. I discovered Toyism by chance, and I immediately loved the way the images communicate […]

Sharon Louden’s current exhibition initially conjures associations with natural forms such as hair, cilia, bacilli or underwater life. Framing Line: Sharon Louden at the Neuberger Museum of Contemporary Art Miriam Kienle and Joelle Jensen Sharon Louden ,Footprints , 2006. Animation, 4 minutes. Courtesy of the Neuberger Museum of Contemporary Art. Sharon Louden’s current exhibition initially […]

Gae Savannah’s meticulously handcrafted sculptures of brightly decorated fabrics and manufactured beads and hair accessories integrate East-West elements into idiosyncratic totems of a consumerist age. Gae Savannah’s Characters of a New Order Lisa Paul Streitfeld Gae Savannah ,Nyassa , 2005. Beads, fabric, metal, wood; 76″ X 24″ X 24″. Gae Savannah’s meticulously handcrafted sculptures of […]

Unpopulated parking lots with pay phones, bakery thrift shops and video rental storefronts are the subjects of Carolyn Swiszcz’s mixed-media paintings. Carolyn Swiszcz David Lefkowitz Carolyn Swiszcz, Bakery Thriftshop, 2005. Acrylic, ink, relief print on paper, 18 x 40 inches.     Unpopulated parking lots with pay phones, bakery thrift shops and video rental storefronts […]

Trong Nguyen is a prankster. The Vietnamese-American artist’s conceptual paintings engage issues of ownership, identity and consumption, relying heavily on the interaction between the viewer and the artwork to reveal deeper forces at work. Trong Nguyen’s Signature Daria Brit Shapiro Trong G. Nguyen, The Diabolical (First State: Mustard), 2002-present. Acrylic on canvas, paintings colored exactly […]

Miss Bogdan is a powerful painter: he walks to the studio, opens the big iron gate, climbs up the stairs and enters the space. Valerie Bogdan: Attaining the Sublime Bridget Parris Valerie Bogdan, i can no longer tell the birds from the airplanes nor the airplanes from the stars and i have mistaken the reflection […]

Evoking urban nightscapes and murky interiors, the paintings of Stephen B. Nguyen neither reveal nor conceal their subjects. Stephen B. Nguyen Elizabeth Grady Stephen Nguyen, Untitled 085, 2004. Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Evoking urban nightscapes and murky interiors, the paintings of Stephen B. Nguyen neither reveal nor conceal their subjects. Instead, the […]

Netherlands-based artist Boukje Janssen recently exhibited her series of mostly small paintings at LMAKprojects in Williamsburg, where I first saw the work and met with the artist last November. Boukje Janssen Sara Reisman Boukje Jannsen, Flee, 2005. Acrylic and graphite on paper, mounted on dibond, 23 x 18 cm. Netherlands-based artist Boukje Janssen recently exhibited […]

I have selected this diverse group of painters, not because they are necessarily my "favorite" painters, but because they show a range of painting possibilities that fit in with my own painting interests. Painting Possibilities Rodney Dickson I have selected this diverse group of painters, not because they are necessarily my "favorite" painters, but because […]