War is in our nature. The innate presence of self-preservation is everywhere. It guides us through life and causes us to stamp out all things that threaten the sense of security we require to live in peace. Like peace, there has always been war. In fact, it has proved itself a key element in the […]

American history has played a critical role in the development of my work. As an African-American artist and performer, it is my responsibility not to forget how comedy and humor were used to humiliate and mock people of color at the turn of the 20th century. These controlling images utilized in minstrel shows and portrayed […]

John Kingerlee, a UK-born practicing Muslim, has lived on the Beara Peninsula on the coast of Ireland for the past 25 years. He also spends about half the year in Granada, Spain, and in Morocco. All these lives, all these places, and all these beliefs bring texture to his work. D. Dominick Lombardi is a […]

The targets of my photographic interests result in documentary series about particular communities or social groups. A specific picture of a specific group represents just one of the many different parts of the whole. It is not my goal to find a universal model. It is not my idea to globalize and create a certain […]

This photographic series puts together the different elements that document the existence of a sacred cult living in the primeval Polish forest. This cult represents an eco-terrorist movement that opposes Darwinist theory. They believe people evolved from plants and they are trying to reverse evolution by living like them. Turning their backs on human civilization, […]

New Zealand-born Dutch artist Dylan Graham creates hand-cut paper works that exhibit a superlative technique of the most intricate virtuosity. The cutouts depict silhouettes of three-dimensional forms held together by a repetitive grid with filigree-style embellishments. Opting not to use high-tech processes, he allows his hand to show through the ornately decorated narrative grids that […]

My new work depicts extravagant, yet flameless explosions. These media-inspired renderings of soldiers are fragmented and joined with those of vintage, foreign-model automobiles inspired by memories of my early upbringing in Libya and Pakistan. Born in Libya, Fawad Khan is a Pakistani-American painter based in New York. His first solo exhibition debuts March 13 at […]

Russian artist Petr Axenoff, in his first Italian solo show at Gallery Pack, Milan, challenges the audience with a hazardous juxtaposition of fascination and cruelty. The greeting words “welcome” are shiningly displayed on the entrance wall, made out of golden gun bullets, faced by golden antitank obstacles. An image rich in references, from Beuys’ and […]

For some time, Andy Warhol has conceded us 15 minutes of fame. That being the case, the prerequisite was to have an accident. That tricky media-worthy relevance would not spare Marilyn, Elvis, or Mao. Their faces were sufficiently important to be worthy of being remembered, reworked, and converted into a treasured object or icon for […]

One of the most encouraging developments in the creative community over the past few years has been the popular resurgence of figurative art. More noteworthy than the newfound enthusiasm for drawing and painting in the marketplace are the tenacity, resourcefulness and intelligence among young artists who make figurative work today. These qualities were on display […]