Miami Vice Raul Zamudio The second edition of Art Basel/Miami willsurely bring, like any other exhibition behemoth, both the interesting as wellas the dismal in contemporary art. Apart from the established galleries thatmore or less retain a business-as-usual modus operandi, what is worth lookingforward to is the fair’s section called Artists’ Statements. This endeavoris more […]

It’s good to be back Stefano Pasquini It’s been almost two years since I’vebeen in New York, and last time I was here the city was still recovering from9-11. Now we’re all back on track, and walking around the city is somewhatrefreshing for me. I forgot how many galleries there are; so much art makes […]

Christine Krol’s Sherman Boxes@ 450 Broadway Gallery Jamey Hecht “O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams…” HAMLET, Act II, Scene ii  Joseph Cornell made box art into a viableartform that transcended craft. In all their joyful tenderness, […]

Water: A Vast Outdoor Exhibition Amiel Grumberg For a long time, open-air contemporaryart exhibitions have been a staple of European cultural tourism. It’s a tried and true method that attracts not only the organizers but also a mass ofsummertime visitors. Choose a picturesque walk with a park, gardens in bloom,and throw in a castle if […]

JD White, 1966-2003 James Adam Dallas, Texas mourns JD White, an innovative sculptor, painter and collageartist who promoted area artists through his storefront gallery. White builtand designed film sets for major Hollywood studios; he also created the entrancearchway and dinosaur footprints currently showing at the Grace Cultural Museumin Abilene. His work showed a rare imaginative […]

K�an: Eelco Brand’s Painting / Not Painting Jeff Baysa The works of Eelco Brand are ultimatelyabout how we see, about looking and not looking. Cultural theorist Paul Virilio’sdiscussion of the “phatic” aspect of signs —- the way they standfor sheer presence, instead of any object or idea —- applies to Brand’sart. Instead of rendering, this […]

Chris Natrop: Drawing With A Knife Jamey Hacht “I have come to cut paper,rather than draw in the traditional way, because I find that creating imageryfrom hard-edged silhouettes satisfies my desire to maintain a steadiness withinline and form.” –Chris Natrop At its most austere, neo-classicalart consists only of outline with no modeling or spatial depth; […]

The Mercurial Artineering of Lance Dehn� James Adam Lance Dehné has a draftsman’sorientation to the way actual masses take up space. But he also has the unconsciousfreedom to create imaginary objects. This is an almost-rare combination, andhis self-presentation as a kind of engineer bespeaks a central concern with artmakingas a big deal, a place in […]

Marusela Granell A LA LUNA DE VALENCIA Jamey Hecht  TO BE LEFT INTHELURCH (A LA LUNA DE VALENCIA)  Many years ago my city was walled, at nights the ones that arrived lateused to find the wall closed and they should spend the night out of the city,just protected by the moon. With this project I […]

Monochromes of Siri Berg Jamey Hecht  Siri Berg’s monochromes are only comprehensible in this age of mechanical reproduction. They are the human version of a digital product so commonplace that we can barely remember how historically recent it is: just as every color television videotape of forty years ago begins with a  rainbow test-screen of solid […]