These drawings are derived from actual locations. When drawn, the image begins to operate as a screen or a membrane on which the view of a surrounding condenses and congeals. Here the picture plane acts to extend the delay within which sensations begin to take hold, prolonging the flicker between a moment before-ness and a […]

The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum traces how Asian art, literature, and philosophy were transmitted and transformed within American cultural and intellectual currents, influencing the articulation of new visual and conceptual languages. The exhibition explores how American art evolved through a process of appropriation and integration of Asian […]

On April 18th, 2009 I would turn 34; I live and work in Milan, Italy. In my pictures I deal with eroticism. I often perform my fantasies or situations from my imagination. The characters you find in my photos are imaginary. I do not make portraits; the models become actors of a personal fantasy. Having […]

The catalogue for the last gallery show during the lifetime of well-known sculptor Lawrence Fane is especially interesting. A book he wrote, M.T./L.F.: A Sculptor’s Dialogue with Mariano Taccola, Fifteenth-Century Italian Artist-Engineer, details the evolution of inquiry, inspiration and methods that ground his Purifiers and related pieces shown recently at Zabriskie Gallery. Fane drew and […]

My latest projects are called Spirit Flow and Floral Explosion Series, which study the idea of the inspiration in relation to our organic growth as human beings. My inspiration comes from the Greek word, “Theopneustos,” which means God-breathed. I describe this creative process as an effortless finding instead of a conflicted rational proposal. The Floral […]

Decadence and relevance. It’s about conflicts and contradictions. Duality intrigues me, surprises me, amuses me, and even disgusts me. But then I realize that everything has a dual nature. Even electrons, the particles at micro level, exhibit properties of particles and waves. Art, for me, is anything that attracts my attention, holds it, and engulfs […]

It’s good to see that the fashion industry isn’t just full of money-driven, well-dressed people. The Collezione Maramotti Museum is an example of how the fashion industry can interact with the art world, and give back to the community. Set in the outskirts of Reggio Emilia (kind of the middle of nowhere, yet the heart […]

My life and work are interwoven; I travel like a speck of dust, drawing upon the experience of shifting spaces, oceans, and the sheltering sky. I have called many cities home, but the Home remains a Foreign Place, whose culture, language, and poetry are central to my identity. Zarina Hashmi My life and work are […]

Broadly speaking my works address the classic themes of survival and the endless narratives of human struggle, often oscillating between the playful codes of pop and the high seriousness of agitprop. The city of Mumbai, wherein the enterprise of daily existence is pushed to the extreme, acts as artistic catalyst, and continually percolates my practice. […]

My sustained interest in water compels me to create visual perceptions of water and water ecology. I cut, fold, stretch, and tie paper, Mylar, tape, and plastic to express ecological issues ranging from the dramatic ecosystem breakdown in the Great Lakes, to the modest, almost overlooked ecological problems of Papillion Creek in Eastern Nebraska. In […]