Author Archives: jolanta

Several show-stopping and intellectually-challenging works welcomed viewers to the Lungomare G. Marconi, the section of the exhibition most arrayed with art. In city terms, this part of the exhibition runs some 5 or 6 city blocks. First to catch our eye, and especially hypnotic, when lit up at night, was Chinese artist Feng Feng’s stunning […]

Until his death at age 91, Matta continued to plumb the depth of mind expansion, encompassing a territory from the origin of life in the oceans—Mar de Madres (1989)—to the outer reaches of the galaxy. In an essay in the catalogue accompanying the show, Justin Spring explains the working technique: ”Just as in a dream […]

Inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous 1969 Bed-In, Occupy Wall Street supporters #RevPlay launch their newest campaign-game, urging people everywhere to ask Who Are You in Bed With?  On February 14th, we reclaim Valentine’s Day as an invitation for peaceful revolution: love over money, staging a Bed-Out in the public square, open to […]

While in Zurich from1916-20 he pioneered the Dada movement with Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara and others. In1940 he left Europe for the US and became an American citizen. His films include theseminal Dada film: Dadascope, and he produced a catalogue of films in collaborationwith Hans Arp, Calder, Duchamp, Ernst, Man Ray and others. “Richter’s oeuvre […]