"This wallpaper has a kind of sub-pattern…in the places where it isn’t faded and where the sun is just so–I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design," reads The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1899). A Terrible Beauty Toko-pa Turner […]

Driving from the wealthy suburbs on the outskirts of the city into downtown Detroit is always an unsettling experience. Crossing Alter Road, the border between the two, is crossing into an alternate reality. Bringing Some Color to Detroit Projects Julie Alvin The Heidelberg Project, Baby Doll House. Courtesy of the project director. Driving from the […]

Eric Reymond: Your paintings seem to me about communication, referring to codes, language, as well as maps, signage. Why is communication important to you? Marc Brotherton Eric Reymond Marc Brotherton, Do You See It Now , 2005. Acrylic on paper, 50 x 38 inches. Eric Reymond: Your paintings seem to me about communication, referring to […]

David Liddell is a painter in his late 40s, born in Liverpool, he has lived in the countryside outside Dundee, Scotland since 1990. David Liddell Anton Beaver David Liddell, Untitled , 2003. Oil on board, 3 x 3 feet. David Liddell is a painter in his late 40s, born in Liverpool, he has lived in […]

Blurred Vision (Blurred Books) is a visit to the other side, a journey more familiar to some of us than others. If the book was sold in comic shops it would be a more highbrow selection than the latest Marvel offering. Blurred Vision: New Narrative Art Steven Psyllos Blurred Vision (Blurred Books) is a visit […]

Amanda Besl’s tiny figurative oil paintings combine stark contrast, vivid color and gorgeous texture with the immediacy of photography. Freudian Snapshots Rebecca Moda Amanda Besl, Untitled, 2005. Oil on panel, 7″ x 3.5″. Courtesy of Lyons Wier Gallery. Amanda Besl’s tiny figurative oil paintings combine stark contrast, vivid color and gorgeous texture with the immediacy […]

The history of late 20th Century painting describes a conflict between process and image; between a self-reflexivity that elaborates on meanings that are embedded in the act and mechanics of painting (…) Elizabeth Magill: Landscapes of Painting Andrew Wilson Elizabeth Magill, Bay (2), 2004. Oil on canvas, 5 x 6 feet. The history of late […]

Peter Kastner was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1960. He is a painter but also includes all other means of expression as tools in his work, such as graphic arts, video, sound and performance. Peter Kastner: About Birds Jan van Wissen Peter Kastner, Spy, 2005. Oil paint on canvas, 50 x 50 cm. Peter Kastner […]

The Fruitmarket Gallery?s 2004 Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition presents the work of Fred Tomaselli: a New York-based artist whose meticulously-crafted ?hybrid pictures,? made using a dazzling array of materials… Fred Tomaselli’s Monsters of Paradise By Annie Woodman “Doppler Effect in Blue”, 2002 mixed media, resin on wood, 61x61cms. Collection of Raymond Foye The Fruitmarket Gallery?s […]

The WPA was an idea that artist George Biddle presented to his close friend and former classmate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Depression Era Artists By Jeanette Hendler Aaron Berkman, “Monhegan Island” (Maine), 1943-45, 19 X 23in., oil on canvas, signed lower left The WPA was an idea that artist George Biddle presented to his close friend […]