Tag Archives: light
Anna-Kajsa Alaoui
My inspiration comes from the nature surrounding the area where I live in the south of Sweden, on an island in the Baltic, from the human body, and from within. The nearness of water and the open landscape creates a lot of light in various shapes, and the way that this light alters objects and […]
Lightspeed: Trygve Faste at Ruth Bachofner Gallery
Contemporary design compresses the problems of quantum physics into domestic space. In Lightspeed, a show opened September 7th at the Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica, California, Oregon artist Trygve Faste explores the kinetic architecture of such transformations. His work experiments with the way lines organize space dimensionally, how angles catch and refract light, and […]
Announcing Adriatic Wonder: the Work of Davor Vukovic
For Immediate Release: Adriatic Wonder: the Work of Davor Vukovic Broadway Gallery, 473 Broadway Fl. 7, New York, NY 10013. October 16th – 29th 2013 Opening Reception October 17th 6-8pm Broadway Gallery is proud to announce an exhibition featuring the new work of Davor Vukovic. His most recent and largest paintings (300×300 cm) are to […]
Päivi Lappalainen
Although I am a ceramic artist, glass is an essential part of my sculptures. What fascinates me about glass is the way light penetrates the glass, how the rays travelling through the work make the colours shine and glow, and how the ever-changing light transforms the work. In my sculptures, ceramic forms the frame and […]
In Conversation: Caitlin Diaz talks to Nucleo
Caitlin Diaz: Where and when was Nucleo brought into existence? Nucleo: Nucleo was born 15 years ago, in Turin, as a collective from a heterogeneous group of people: photographers, artists, architects, industrial designers and graphic designers. Nucleo is now a design studio based in Torino, Italy. The collective is active in contemporary art, design and […]
In Conversation: Leah Oates talks to Carol Salmanson
Leah Oates: How did you become an artist and what is your family background? Carol Salmanson: I come from a family with a humble background and ambitious parents, who had no interest in the arts. I was passionate about both visual art and ballet, but my mother actively discouraged me until I was in high […]
Becky Franco: Chosen at SOHO20
Being an artist is all about vulnerability. Some artists are pretty afraid of this, creating a product that feels very closed-off and protected from the prying eyes of their viewers. Becky Franco is not one of these artists. Her large realist works on canvas are now on view through May 18th at SOHO20 Gallery in […]
Sandford Wurmfeld: Light & Dark
Few have such a compelling hold on the use of color as Sandford Wurmfeld. A life-long student of the perceptual nuances of pigment, Wurmfeld’s current show highlights his ability to subtly infuse canvasses with a spectrum of hues. Initially coming across as monochromes, the work in Light and Dark reveals itself to be just the […]
