I like to think that I come from two patriarchal cultures (Indian and American), but patriarchal in different ways. To immigrants, Bollywood films become a lifeline to India—what we remember or never knew existed. They became a way for me to define an essentialized, melodramatic, fantasy-based culture as a cornerstone of my identity. I think […]

Sylvia Ji’s paintings mesmerize the viewer. At first glance one is taken with the drop dead sexy allure of the women she paints, but upon closer inspection you realize that many of her subjects are on the verge of death at the hands of deadly spiders, venomous snakes or poisonous flowers. In contrast to the […]

My work revolves around a tension between images that are pastoral and familiar. Much of my curiosity stems from objects and natural occurrences encountered domestically or within nature. Some of these objects whether manufactured, intentionally altered, or specifically created, are often combined with performance to create new contexts. These objects become props and part of […]

Every image I create revolves around self-reflection and questions about the existence of the female human being. My works on this theme are more related to the human body. I have worked on this theme for many years, and this year I am planning a series of traveling solo shows around Asia to present my […]

Where are you from? is an exhibition about curatorial and artistic exploration. It is an exhibition that acknowledges that the contemporary Portuguese artist wanders far from home, settling elsewhere in Europe, in the U.S., in Africa, or Asia for a time, absorbing ideas and influences and then bringing them back to feed the art milieu […]

At first glance, it would seem that the work of Brian Bress is completely inscrutable. This is a bit odd considering the interpretive translucency of collage, the medium at the heart of his multi-faceted practice. How is it that art with so much figuration, narrative, and cultural referencing seems to resist interpretation, except in terms […]

Artists Suky Best and Rory Hamilton have been collaborating since 2004 on video and printed works. Best is an artist working with print, animation, and video. She has exhibited at the Baltic Gateshead & Art Now Lightbox at Tate Britain (collaboration with Hamilton) and recently had a solo exhibition and publication, The Return of the […]

Tu Hong-Tao is a painter working in the creative hothouse of Chengdu. Similar to earlier great contemporary Sichuan artists his works deal with the place, position, and psyche of the individual. He is a young man acutely sensitive to the innumerable ingredients and signals which define the complexion of the society in which he lives. […]

Recently the public had a chance to witness the marriage between collage and poetry—the third installment of a popular show took place at the Tompkins Square Public Library Gallery.   Valery Oisteanu Ruth Friedman, Ghost of Dorothy Parker. Courtesy of the artist. Recently the public had a chance to witness the marriage between collage and […]

CG: So Goh, tell me, when did you get involved with art? GI: Well, I would say, when I was very young. I was born in Hokkaido, Japan, and honestly as far as I can remember I was always drawing or constructing something.   Christos Ganos talks with Goh Ideta Goh Ideta is an installation […]