Author Archives: jolanta
British Rubbish
Here, Rizzoli presents a a career retrospective that`s not only definitive, but aesthetically pleasing, with over 300 colour images, an introduction by Nick Cave and informative essays from Jeffrey Deitch and Michael Bracewell. The book opens with Noble and Webster’s first light sculpture Excessive Sensual Indulgence (1996), a fountain of fairground-style light bulbs that was […]
Ravi Paranjape
“I believe that the charm in my realism is accomplished by my constant efforts to make my creations beautiful” Courtesy of the artist. Ravi Paranjapewww.raviparanjape.com My natural endearment for Indian classical music, traditional Indian miniature paintings and ethnic crafts and folk arts, set me on the righteous path of ‘making the beautiful […]
Kristine Harper
“And that breeze was what kept me there…” Courtesy of the artist. Kristine Harper www.kristineharper.com The forest seemed blue that day, cold and dangerous. I could hear the blue leaves blowing in the wind, and the feel of the sharp blue air creeping through my jacket. But in the blue layers of leaves […]
Jean-Marc Schwaller
“the essence of his art being the interplay of color.” Courtesy of the artist. Jean-Marc Schwaller www.jmarcschwaller.com “Jean-Marc Schwaller’s monumental oil paintings are being shown at the MAHF: a magnificent exhibition. His paintings appear to be hewn and then smoothed as if with a knife but without the density of the material ever diminishing the […]
Home Within Home
Do Ho Suh is a wanderer. He is compelled to move but always wants to bring home with him. Since he has developed the ability to make a home wherever he is, things are starting to pile up. A case in point is Suh’s signature transportable fabric installation piece, Seoul Home… (1999), a diaphanous, ghostly […]
Tun Pin Wang: Undefined
Hionas Gallery is pleased to present “Undefined”, an exhibition of new large-scale pastel drawings from Tun Ping Wang. This is Wang’s first show with Hionas, and is just the gallery’s fourth exhibition since opening to wide acclaim in June, 2011. Wang’s haunting portraits reflect the artist’s fascination with the imperfect beauty of faces, and how […]
Archives of American Art Annual Benefit
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Lygia Pape at Serpentine Gallery
Lygia Pape (1927–2004) was a leading Brazilian artist whose work brought together daring experimentation and formal rigor.Magnetized Space is the first major exhibition of Pape’s work to be presented in the UK. The exhibition brings together well-known and previously unseen works, spanning sculpture, performance, paintings, films, poems, engravings and collages.Pape was a founding member of […]
Censored Public Spaces: NYC Weights and Measures
I gather images and sounds. Sometimes, I go out with a camera and recorder simply to document, without any pre-ordained agenda. This isn’t the only way I work – right now I’m finishing a narrative feature – but even there it’s a hybrid which makes use of traditions of street shooting that go way back, […]
Defining Documentary, The DocNYC Festival
Within New York there is a plethora of creative outlets for the artist of any medium or genre. But with so many options becomes the burden of organization. This was so with the subject of documentary. A place was needed in which the New York audience could be exposed to documentary filmmaking on an intimate […]
