In my art I would like to depict the best that I can the beauty of the world wonderfully made for us by our Creator. I can see this beauty everywhere—in a smile of a small child, in a bouquet of the wild flowers, in the shady forests and peaceful waters of the lakes, on […]

I think that from the very beginning of my painting I was interested in people, in all of them milling around. I liked looking into their faces, trying to read them like in the books I’ve always loved. It’s just like one poet and journalist wrote about me and my work – I’m a painter […]

Paul Kasmin Gallery presents never before seen works by Hungarian-born artist Simon Hantai. Hantai’s work can be distinguished by his signature technique “pillage,” or folded, tied, and dyed un-stretched canvas. His work  interplays between positive and negative space, resulting in both geometric and botanical patterns. A massive figure in Europe, his work deserves more recognition […]

By Masha Froliak In the midst of nineteen commercial buildings of Rockefeller Center, scattered between 49th to 50th street, stand nine unique human figures of Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. Human Nature, the latest site specific creation of the artist, is built of massive bluestone slabs piled on top of each other into forms which resemble […]

Ah, art fair season. What’s not to love, right? Sometimes art fairs take your money, pour an unbelievable amount of closely-hung work into your brain via your wandering eyeballs, and kick you in the ass as you exit. You are stuck on the sidewalk wondering whether you ever need to see a work of art […]

I first really got to know Barnaby Ruhe as the actor who portrayed Jackson Pollock, while I did a much more minor turn as Clement Greenberg, in Bill Rabinovitch’s fantastic fiasco “Pollock Squared.” Ruhe is foremost a painter, while also practicing moving energy around as a healer, a shaman, and a boomerang thrower, he transfers […]

Kevin Sudeith, Chandra Observatory over Winter Wheat Fields; November 2010; Rim rock capstone (collapsed), carving, 21 & 23 carat gold leaf, varnish; 16″x12″; Sumatra Hills, Montana. Kevin Sudeith practices the oldest extant art form—petroglyph carving—an unusual direction for a contemporary artist whose training includes an MFA from SVA, a BA from San Francisco Art Institute, […]

I am an artist from Norway who graduated from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 1989. My art has developed from powerful drawings to colorful and expressive oil paintings with abstract elements from nature. My art has been described as follows: “Thorsby’s signature element of light reverberates through all her paintings, whether from […]

Speaking of his painting, is governed by the strong impact of expressive color, developed through effects creating ever minimalist concepts of open spaces where one contemplates the work can be immersed and feel part of it. Through its unique insight and self-learning, based his compositions in contemplation of multiple images and situations of nature, which […]

Painting stroke by stroke over my photographs I add by hand what the camera can’t capture: sounds, emotions and vibrations. My work is a magical combination of photography, digital and traditional art. claudiasalguero.com