“Finding the intersection between 70’s psychedelia and magic realism, Peddles hauntingly beautiful works literally shimmer.” “Finding the intersection between 70’s psychedelia and magic realism, Peddles hauntingly beautiful works literally shimmer.”   Jason Stopa   Reflecting on a memory, John Ashberry began City Afternoon stating “A veil of haze protects this, long ago afternoon, […]

“New York is in a unique position in that it offers a way forward in terms of its capacity for diversity, yet only if we are willing to absorb the changing cultural environment.” Sung Ho Choi, Dreamscape, 2011. Mixed media on wood, 48” x 96”. Courtesy of The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery and […]

“Today, Doron Polak is focusing on the examination of the connection between body and architecture – researching the meaning of “physical architecture.” Doron Polak, Bread and Body, (Bodies Project) 2009. Photo credit: Uri Dushy Courtesy of the artist.     Doron Polak, Body and City, (Bodies Project) 2009. Photo credit: Uri Dushy Courtesy of the artist. […]

“Throughout his life, Cohen had a seemingly endless imagination, taking wonderfully strange photographs of iconic figures, writing thousands of poems, and eventually operating the Bardo Matrix publishing house in Nepal; all the while realizing revelatory experiences into moments of ecstatic perception.” Ira Cohen: (1935–2011) Art into Alchemy Jason Stopa Ira Cohen embodied a certain mystery […]

“Drawing via embroidery, the works’ surface is created through a dance of repetitive notations, suggesting that a body’s labor isn’t separate from the product it generates but is, rather, another version of it.” osh Blackwell, Plastic Basket (independent triangles), 2010. Plastic bag, yarn, 12 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Author:  Josh Blackwell Borrowing […]

“I am not necessarily interested in intoxication as a status, but maybe as a way towards the other, the inaccessible, the being but unreachable.” Carsten Holler, SOMA, 2010. Installation view, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. Photo credit: David von Becker. Courtesy of David von Becker. Author:  Carsten Höller The SOMA exhibition as […]

“Beneath this insanity is the thought that our entire reality is, in essence, a dream or a projection of consciousness that something substantial and possibly spiritual exists beyond the boundaries of our perception.” Eric White, No Neutral Thoughts, 2008. Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Peter Farrelly. Author:  Eric White I am […]

“We are not just speaking about an idea or archaic element in the collective subconscious of a people, but about the embodiment of our archaic atavism which becomes an active entity, just like a creature itself.” Almagul Menlibayeva, Centaur, 2011. Production photograph from Transoxiana Dreams. Lambda print mounted on alu-dibond, Edition of 5, 28 x […]

“The artist takes the viewer on a journey through some of the darkest states of human existence—oppression, abjection, tragedy, persecution, poverty, loneliness, and misery…” Author:  Mihai Nicodim Gallery Adrian Ghenie, born in 1977, draws his inspiration from personal memories of growing up during communist Romania under the dictatorship of Ceausescu. He witnessed history being written […]

“This juxtaposition raises myriad thoughts, from humorous, to insulting, to calculatingly subversive, no doubt reflecting the artist’s intention.” Takashi Murakami , Tongari-Kun, 2003-2004. Fiberglass, steel, and oil, acrylic, and urethane paint, 22.96 x 11.48 feet. Photo credit: Christian Milet. Courtesy of Château de Versailles. Takashi Murakami , Oval Buddha, 2007-2010. Bronze and gold leaf 18.8 […]