Since the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the collective unconscious of world culture has sought to re-enter a state of perfect unity and safety. Spatial enclosure has been the realm of this desire. Eccentric Space: Sculpture James Biederman David Hatchett, Shop Rite, 2001. Stainless steel and aluminum shopping cart, 36″x55″x32″. Since the expulsion from […]

Architects all over the world know that modern architecture owes much of its ingenious forms and effects to the dynamic and utopian ideas of the art movement known as Russian Constructivism. Mr. President, Save The Melnikov’s House! Vladimir Belogolovsky Courtesy of the artist. Architects all over the world know that modern architecture owes much of […]

"Bunker Than Thou" is the third and most comprehensive bunker-themed exhibition produced by 26 year-old interdisciplinary artist/curator Jerstin Crosby. Bunker Than Thou Jerstin Crosby Courtesy of the artist. "Bunker Than Thou" is the third and most comprehensive bunker-themed exhibition produced by 26 year-old interdisciplinary artist/curator Jerstin Crosby. The first in the series, "Bunker," took place […]

Having produced book art, along with more conventional volumes, since the late 60s, I eagerly opened Betty Bright’s handsomely produced No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America 1960-1980. I was wishing that it would be definitive, only to discover that it was not. Infuriatingly Incomplete Richard Kostelanetz Betty Bright, No Longer Innocent: Book Art in […]

Back in the very early 60s, painter William Baziotes used to tell his students that 57th galleries pushed the Pop art movement to rev up sales. Likewise, in this new compendium-like book, dealing with the 40s, 50s and 60s, Perl brings this point home. The Innocent Wisdom Helen Levin “Jed Perl’s New Art City” Back […]

The serene sound of rushing water opens to images of the dawn over the spectacular Gulf of Alaska: mist rising from the water, snow-capped peaks, a bald eagle soaring through the air. Paradox of Perception Aaron Yassin   Pawel Wojtasik, The Aquarium.       The serene sound of rushing water opens to images of […]

Marina Abramovic, the artist whose credo is that in art one should challenge his or her limitations, showed once again in her extraordinary series of performances at the Guggenheim museum, Seven Easy Pieces, November 9-15, how she lives her art to the very limits of endurance of her own being. Balkan Body and Soul Jovana […]

"I compose my decisive moment," so states emerging photographer Sena Clara Creston with regard to her recent photography show "Night Lights." Layers of Meaning Milton Fletcher Sena Clara Creston, Kerosene. Photos and permission Sena Clara Creston. "I compose my decisive moment," so states emerging photographer Sena Clara Creston with regard to her recent photography show […]

"I thought I wanted to be a principal in a Hebrew school," says mixed-media artist Renee Rey. Wearable Art Work Vanessa Garcia Reney Rey. Courtesy of artist. "I thought I wanted to be a principal in a Hebrew school," says mixed-media artist Renee Rey. She decided against it and went to Parsons, graduated with a […]

Fahamu "the Guru" Pecou is an Atlanta-based artist whose recent series of paintings is drumming up chatter. Pecou creates large-scale, detailed paintings that are fashioned after international magazine covers that one would see in a global-minded kiosk in any major metropolis. Fahamu Pecou is the Shit Steven Psyllos Fahamu "the Guru" Pecou is an Atlanta-based […]