What is the real meaning of photography? It is not an advertisement or mainstream news photography. We should remember that contemporary art “accepts” photography initiative, not photography actively walking into the contemporary art field. The meaning of contemporary art is changing. So is the meaning of photography, but the basic meaning of photography never changes. […]

An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. It’s the kind of thing writers—especially poets—are always trying to scratch out on paper, because it’s a primary tool of their craft. Remarkably, onomatopoeia is also how Jennifer Poon paints. Her brushstrokes on paper look and feel like what they are—simple, precise, striated overlappings […]

World Histories presents 11 artists whose work fits comfortably at the forefront of the international contemporary art scene and its continuing dialogue with aesthetics, formalism, and the influence of the artists who have come before. However, while participating in this globe-spanning conversation, each of these artists uses his or her work (and the “language” of […]

Those of us who choose to live in a large city are over-stimulated and confronted moment-by-moment with a myriad of choices. Our boundaries are penetrated every time we step into a jammed subway train, a packed bus, a crowded intersection. Information, en-mass, presents itself every millisecond, and in order to maintain focus, we must sift […]

El Museo del Barrio, New York’s premier Latino and Latin American cultural institution is pleased to present its groundbreaking exhibition,  Arte ≠ Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000. "Arte no es vida" surveys, for the first time ever, the vast array of performative actions created over the last half century by Latino artists […]

The main concept for Yang Jun’s solo exhibition, Paris Syndrome, included not only the video installation Paris Syndrome (which is most akin to usual works meant for exhibitions) but also the infrastructure and interior design for the gallery, which created a living space that invited one and all to enter a new possible living environment, […]

Streichelzoo (‘strAIkel,zu:) means "petting zoo" in German, an apt label for a showcase of the quirky cast of creatures about to enter Carmichael Gallery. The artwork in the show embraces a brand new phase in Herakut’s artistic evolution, as they continue to take risks and blend their signature styles into one unique, refreshing urban voice. […]

Durham’s works address the melding of theology and philosophy to create a world in which we are able to evaluate and weigh issues against the scale of reason and logic. The mastery of this technique allows us not to conform to the masses but instead, to understand, rise above, and then influence the masses. This […]

When looking at art, is it fair to differentiate between what is erotic and what is not? Erotica is very personal, so trying to establish work as erotic is almost impossible. For example, in a Seurat study for The Echo, it is the curve of an arm and a hand raised to the mouth that […]

I am interested in exploring the nuclear-powered sublime on a firsthand basis. Over the past several years, this interest has provoked excursions to malignant locations like the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, former East German Atomic Bunkers, and the Swedish Space Corporation’s Esrange Launch Site in the Arctic Circle. In addition to these specifically charged spaces, I […]