Author Archives: jolanta
Fedor Alexeev: Abstracting St. Petersburg’s Landscape
urban geometrics “Only after this aesthetic decision-making is complete can Alexeev embark on the culmination of his process: a finished composition filled with space and color, its geometric tendencies subtly corresponding to those of St. Petersburg.” Courtesy of the artist. Fedor Alexeev: Abstracting St. Petersburg’s Landscape By: Jill Smith Fedor Alexeev is an […]
Art Naples 2012
Art NaplesMarch 22 – 26, 2012 The second annual Art Naples will return March 23 – 26 to the Naples International Pavilion at Immokalee and Livingston Roads. The 2012 Fair will again showcase an array of international galleries exhibiting artists spanning 20th century modern masters and 21st century contemporary and emerging artists. The presentations will […]
Davor Vukovic’s Captivating Color
essence of life “They are not objective, but emotional. They are reflections, memories and dreams combined with his reality. Like in his poems, he is seeking for the essence of life.” Courtesy of the artist. DAVOR VUKOVIC’S CAPTIVATING COLOR BY ABRAHAM LUBELSKI Davor Vukovic’s paintings, like his personality are provocative, full of vigor and […]
Ahira Misa: Provocation of Color
vivacious abstractions “She leaves her abstractions up to the viewer’s eye and relies solely on the buzzing colors to communicate a narrative.” Courtesy of the artist. Ahira Misa: Provocation of Color Aihara Misa, born in Ibaraki-ken, a prefecture of Japan, after exhibiting all over Europe and Japan since the early 1970’s, has made […]
The Annual 2012
The Annual: 2012 Chie Fueki, “Heather,” acrylic, mixed media, paper/wood. Featuring works by over 100 artists and architects, the Annual reveals the cross-generational dialogue occurring in the art world by juxtaposing contemporary masters with emerging and mid-career artists, showcasing Academicians and invited artists and architects. “The Annual: 2012,” is on view Wednesday–Sunday, 11am […]
Whitney Biennial 2012
Whitney Biennial 2012 Sarah Michelson (b. 1964), Devotion, 2011. Photograph © Paula Court Sculpture, painting, installations, and photography—as well as dance, theater, music, and film—will fill the galleries of the Whitney Museum of American Art in the latest edition of the Whitney Biennial. The biennial will also feature special artists in residence, Sarah Michelson and […]
The Virgin Show
The Virgin Show This new space’s inaugural exhibition features artists never shown before. “The Virgin Show” will be on view through March 31, 2012. Family Business 520 West 21st Street Chelsea , NYC familybusiness.us
Destined Encounter: New Works By Sang Yong Lee
Shrouded in the illusion of cultural globalization, we have become acculturated to other places in the world as they enter our virtual world. Artists call up diverse images, providing fresh stimuli and recognizing the unknown in their environments. Through duality and ambiguity, artists provide emotional awakening, through which people can mutually confirm their identities, and […]
Re-Imagine Art Festival at the Ukrainian Institute of America
Trying to find one’s place between the walls of the past and the future, the artists have created a body of compelling, emotionally charged works. On the ground floor was an installation by Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos made of steel, cotton and mirror serving as a metaphor to re-imagine the self, while the dance of Inka Juslin […]
In Conversation: Nicola Tyson Interviews Angela Dufresne
“In art, as in painting and music, it is not a matter of reproducing or inventing forms, but of capturing forces. For this reason, no art is figurative.” That’s what Gilles Deleuze claims in The Logic of Sensation. Agreed? Abstract painting, as a distinct investigation, could be been as a set of moves by now, […]
