Author Archives: jolanta
The Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art Benefit
Art Foundations are a dying breed. They’ve been under threat from conservatives for everything from wasting taxpayer’s money to anti-religious sentiments. FAPE – The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), is leading the way for how they can continue to thrive in the 21st century. This past October FAPE honored Ann L. Gund, […]
Tacita Dean Presents “Film” at the Turbine Hall
It is a “big ask” of any artist to create a work for the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, the onetime hub of the old power station with its cathedral like proportions. “The Unilever Series” was launched in 2000 with Louise Bourgeois’ I Do, I Undo, I Redo, a giant spider full of malignant, maternal […]
The State of Things: Occupy Everywhere and Interventionist Art
CCTV/Creative Control seeks to question the oppressive mechanisms and discourses implemented in the city through the temporary appropriation of public space. The intervention consists of a video projection displaying an over-sized eye onto the lower surface of the 10-story-height Milton Street water tower in Brooklyn, New York. Still the highest point in the area, until it […]
Hasan Thaqi
In this picture we see a closed environment with a lot of elements established. The female figure is alone, sitting down. Behind her, from the right shoulder, is a natural sharpened light. Great gloss. Her position in this way, her right hand stretched on the table creates a another view where we see a woman […]
Zofia Turlik
“My works cannot be attributed to one trend.” Courtesy of the artist. ZOFIA TURLIK aka “ZOJKA” http://www.zofiaturlik.com/index.php/en/ I was born in Poland but for many years I have been living and working in London. My painting is a reflection of my soul, emotions, energy and moods. My works cannot be attributed […]
In Conversation: Acheson, Olson, Swords, LaRocco, JJ Manford & Paskow
Peter Acheson: We were in Yellowstone Park a few summers ago with my kids. We get out to Wyoming and my daughter starts getting symptoms of Bell’s palsy. The doctors are like, “We can’t deal with this here, we gotta get her to an ER.” All of a sudden this young RN comes out going, […]
Virocode: A Disappearance of the Source
The Western New York collaborative duo Virocode will open an exhibition of photographic and video installation work at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on October 21, 2011. Since 1987, Virocode has been exploring the intersection of science—in particular, evolutionary theory, biomedical technology, and physics—and popular culture through hybrid uses of video, photography, sculpture, and digital technology. […]
Benjamin Faga Opens AT 511 Gallery
Faga’s work bridges the gap between performance, photography, installation, and design. In this new series, On the Way to Chroma Green, Faga explores the increasing influence of globalization on seemingly disconnected rural Indian villages. As part of an artist residency program funded by the Kaman Art Foundation, Faga traveled to the small village of Andore […]
