Author Archives: jolanta
Jeremy Penn
Jeremy Penn was born in 1979 in New York and studied Fine Art at both the University Jeremy Penn was born in 1979 in New York and studied Fine Art at both the University of Maryland and Pratt Institute. His works have been exhibited internationally and received honors from curators at museums such as […]
Annemarie Busschers
Annemarie Busschers (NL) was born in 1970, in southern, Catholic Hertogenbosch, Hieronymus Bosch hometown Annemarie Busschers (NL) was born in 1970, in southern, Catholic Hertogenbosch, Hieronymus Bosch hometown. She moved to the northern, Protestant city of Groningen in the early 90s where she studied at the Minerva Fine Arts School; she never moved back down South. […]
Ginny Casey
There are customary systems for composing an image which become clear after a long There are customary systems for composing an image which become clear after a long day of trolling artists’ websites—day of trolling artists’ websites— central shapes, which fit comfortably inside the edges of the picture plane, and room for the eye to […]
Johanna Hamm
My work deals with the ideas of traumatic memories, and the destructive steps our mind My work deals with the ideas of traumatic memories, and the destructive steps our mind can take to protect itself. My interest in these mental states of mind springs from my work as an art therapist with mentally ill and […]
Soft Rock Closes Sept 15
Soft Rock1:1 121 Essex Street, 2nd floor, Lower East SideAugust 18 – September 15, 2012 Opening: Saturday, August 18, 7 – 9 PM
Whitney Tassie: Utah’s New Curator
Following an international search, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah announced the appointment of Whitney Tassie. Following an international search, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah announced the appointment of Whitney Tassie as the organization’s new Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. umfa.utah.edu
Melanie Daniel: “Echo Shield” at Asya Geisberg Gallery
In Melanie Daniel’s recent series “Echo Shield”, elements of military modernity become abstractions, unmoored in a sea of painterly chaos. Joyous expressive indulgence is undercut with sly sharp half-buried chunks of concrete or steel. Avoiding any clarity or one-sided accusations, Daniel nonetheless uses very specific symbols, some invented, that evoke fortification, surveillance, ancient architecture, and […]
Shiva Lynn Burgos
Shiva Lynn Burgos’ conceptual practice positions itself within the unifying concepts of evolution, competition, natural and social selection. Her diverse practice encompasses painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film, installation and performance. Shiva Lynn Burgos is a New York born conceptual contemporary artist working in New York, London, Berlin and South France who has exhibited extensively […]
Jess Fuller
Borne of obsessive behavior interpreted through a meditative process. Washing, dyeing, fraying, unweaving, painting, and again; for Fuller, recontextualized on the [canvas]. Sunshine Diet with a side of El Pussy Cat — Jess Fuller introduces a gridded language. Clarifying diagrammatic or butchered synecdoche. A series of clues to decipher, but are we privy to […]
Noah Lyon
Noah Lyon is a wit-quenched painter living and working in New York City In the style of Basil Wolverton, Noah Lyon is a wit-quenched painter living and working in New York City retardriot.com
