At his recent exhibit at Art In General, Mike Peter Smith delivers a strong message with two small works – Fire Escape 6 and Fire Escape 7. Escape From The Ordinary By Danielle Augusta Cannon       Mike Peter Smith, view of Fire Escape 6 and Fire Escape 7.       At his […]

In the CRG Gallery an exhibition from the young but talented artist Stephanie Pryor is on view until the beginning of May. Stephanie Pryor: How to deal with wild animals and classical artists By Aude Milaguet     Untitled (nature series 1) H, 2003. Acrylic ink on paper. 9 X 12 inches.       […]

From March 5th to April 14th the Julie Saul Gallery has a group exhibition on the theme of mapping called "Uncharted Territory: Subjective Mapping by Artists and Cartographers." Theoretical Frontiers By Aude Milaguet Gonzalo Puch, Untitled, 1998, chromogenic print.         From March 5th to April 14th the Julie Saul Gallery has a […]

Part One: The Serious and Ambitious Catalogue. WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2004 By John Perreault     roni horn Roni Horn http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/finch/finch3-10-3.asp Doubt by Water 2003       Part One: The Serious and Ambitious Catalogue The three curators of the 2004 Whitney Biennial — Chrissie Iles, Shamim Momin, and Debra Singer — make an immodest claim […]

During Spring Break, an odd expression, it was not Girls Behaving Badly on a beach somewhere near the Equator (which, in hindsight might have been a better idea), but rather ten days braving the rigors of a winter that just won’t quit in the city that never sleeps. Whitney Biennial 2004: New York in March: […]

Once in a while an art exhibit comes along that can shake your worldview, alter sensitivities, engage you in a new aesthetic dialogue, define new artistic directions; the Whitney Biennial 2004 is NOT that kind of show. To be sure, the show has good intentions. It will ennoble and perhaps even astound the suburban clientele […]

Big America is a group show that opens on April 9th, and runs through May 2nd at Williamsburg Brooklyn’s Fish Tank Gallery, on North 6th St. Live Large and Cast a Big Shadow   Live Large and Cast a Big Shadow         Big America is a group show that opens on April […]

It has been nearly seven years since the Young British Artists first splattered the walls of tradition at the Royal Academy in London in the Sensations exhibition. From the East-end to a Dead-end? By Sarah Tennant   “Bad Miracle”, steel, wax, glass, expanding foam. Dimensions 71x47x55 inches. 2002       It has been nearly […]

The exhibition, Synthetic Pleasures: Cybernetic Relationships in Studio Art Practice was on view at the Macy Gallery (525 West 120th Street, 4th Floor, Teachers College)… Synthetic Pleasures: Cybernetics in Studio Art Practice By Sherry Mayo   Torino:Margolis “Neuromuscular Actuation Console” neuromuscular stimulator and other components for interactive performance Right: Brandon Balleng�e “Skate” c-print and “Frog […]

Perhaps it’s the influence of recent interest in The Passion of Christ, but it seems not too far-fetched to compare contemporaneous photo transfer to Christian biblical lore. Veronica’s Emulsion: AJ Nadel in Chelsea By Judy Collischan   AJ Nadel in Chelsea       Perhaps it’s the influence of recent interest in The Passion of […]