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Playing The Curve
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:34Leah Oates: How did you become an artist, and did you know early on that you would be in the arts, or did you begin as something else? Were there other artists in your family?Dianne Bowen: In the mid-60s, my parents were part of a movement of young artists moving out to Brooklyn, buying and […]
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Natural Forces
Monday, 20 September 2010 14:09Born in Huizhou, Canton Province, China in 1935, Yu-Tian Cheu immigrated to the U.S. in 1962 to pursue his dreams of being an artist. He had always been influenced by the history of Western art. Counting Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Pollock among his seminal influences, he had always aspired to come to the West to […]
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A Captivating Collapse
Friday, 17 September 2010 14:08Diana Al-Hadid’s sculptures are like Robert Smithson’s “quiet catastrophes,” moments of disaster and decay frozen in time and space. She builds elaborate, intensely physical, large-scale sculptures of what she has called “impossible architecture” in various states of decline. Depicting forms more historical than contemporary—cathedral spires, classical columns, large pipe organs, and Gothic towers, which are […]
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Tremendous Idiosyncrasy
Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:18Established in late 2008 by Noah Venezia, a Pratt Institute graduate and practicing designer, Stupendous is a biannual publication currently designed and printed in New York, NY. Randomly thematic, Stupendous remains free of design constraints while managing to achieve a distinct tone throughout. The final result is ultimately informed by submissions of its contributors, a […]
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The Movement Away From Still Life
Wednesday, 15 September 2010 14:22My name is Adel Abidin. I am an artist, working mainly in videos, video installations, installations, and most recently, photography. I’ve been living and working in Helsinki, Finland since 2001. Before that I lived in Baghdad, where I was born and raised. My visual discussions focus on issues such as cultural alienation, identity and marginalization. […]
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In the Eye of the Consumer
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 19:06Debra Hampton is best known for her psychedelic, mash-up collages of female heroines created from fashion and lifestyle magazine advertisements. To prepare for a work, Hampton scours through hundreds of printed images, selecting objects that signify social power, desire, immortality, and status. The details include luxury cars, jewelry, watches, haute couture, youthful body parts, and […]
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Invisible Truths
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 14:23At their core, the photographs Craig Doty creates are an exploration of the medium of photography itself. His aims lie in exploiting the traits of photography that are specific to its own being. Employing charged subject matter Doty aims to draw the viewer out of an apathetic viewing of the medium, to show that photography […]
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Reciprocal Depths
Monday, 13 September 2010 16:29To look at one of Ali Kazim’s paintings is not only to look at something remarkable, it is an observance of something deeply intriguing. Kazim is a highly skilled, accomplished painter, but he is also a compelling voice of mysterious and wondrous narratives. These stories contain subtle yet strong references to autobiographical accounts and reflections. […]
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Sample Post
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Sample Post
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