As of June 10th, 2011, the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin will be presenting the latest exhibition ‘Helmut Newton Polaroids’. For the first time ever, over 300 works based on the original Polaroids offer a comprehensive overview of this aspect of Newton’s oeuvre. Starting in the 1970s, Helmut Newton used this technology intensively, especially for […]

  My most recent series, Untitled (Undead), springs from my persistent interest in the destruction of the Lebanese Civil War and its aftermath. The series consists of life-size interpretations of dead bodies silkscreened onto polished stainless steel, with ink and gunpowder cued by my earlier series 15 Untitled Men. The overall presentation references Michelangelo Pistoletto’s […]

 My recent work delves into the contradictions and spiritual practice of female monastic communities as metaphors and case studies. My collaborations explore the lines between art, commerce, and devotion, while considering the role of gender in these Utopian societies. Epistemological ripples result, as meaning is re-purposed, labor re-contextualized, and the value of my authorship challenged. […]

Where has the French salon of the 18th century gone in our 21st century media-driven New York youth culture? Fresh, self-styled patroness Sally Golan provided an answer at last week’s “Dive into a Dream” party at the Grace Hotel. Mademoiselle Golan threw 400 guests in a pool surrounded by surrealist photography, collages, performances, paintings, and […]

  Can computer technologies provide strong new environments and tools for artists to create impressive sculptures? Today, with computer-aided design (CAD) methods, 3-D shapes can be mathematically represented, computationally built, interactively designed, and virtually displayed in the cyber world. These virtual objects can even be “re-built” in our real world with modern fabrication technologies. “Computer-aided […]

  Shanghai Art Fair 2011 (15th), as Asia’s celebrated art exchange with long history and high internationalization degree, will be grandly held from September14-18, 2011 at ShanghaiMART. Continuing the scale as before, presenting domestic and overseas collectors a gorgeous art event in Shanghai as well. “It is believed that Shanghai Art Fair will continue leading […]

  In “The Labyrinth,” George Bataille compares conventional architecture with the labyrinth in order to critique the repression inherent to social order. Conventional architecture imposes order upon chaos; the labyrinth is where all oppositions collide into chaos. The encounters of different beings in the labyrinth recur, making them more complex and beautiful. My work creates […]

What about secrets in the age of Wikileaks? Don’t absolute transparency and information explosion offer the best possibility for camouflage? Secrets are so obvious today that we are no longer aware of them. Man has always been fascinated with secret societies and their clandestine rites, their covert knowledge, and exclusive circle of members. The character […]

“It’s shit!” proudly declared German artist Stefanie Gutheil to her gallerist Mike Weiss upon his recent visit to her Berlin studio. Weiss, who was meeting with the artist to view the progress on the new works to be featured in her second solo exhibition at Mike Weiss Gallery, stepped into Gutheil’s studio-turned-alternate-universe now populated by […]

Under the current circumstances, the artist could not give us his own statement. In his stead, Dr. John Tancock of Chambers Fine Art in interview with Jason Stopa. Chambers Fine Art represents Ai Weiwei in Beijing and New York. Jason Stopa: Ai Weiwei has undergone several trials in the past seven months. From the demolition […]