Author Archives: jolanta
Fibers of Brooklyn: A Woman’s Work
The Textile Arts Center in Carroll Gardens did not bill the inaugural “Artists in Residence” exhibition as a feminist project. But here, women’s labor of the millennia, work produced in and for the sphere of the home, to cover themselves, to envelop others, was assembled under the heading “art” rather than the diminutive “craft.” Pieces […]
Uta Barth at 1301PE Gallery
1301PE is pleased to announce its second exhibition with internationally renowned artist Uta Barth. Since the early 1990ʼs, Barth has made visual perception the primary content of her work. The Ground and Field series brought her to international attention and this attention has continued as each of the following projects presented observations about human perception […]
Twinned Towers: Al Braithwaite at Leila Heller Gallery
“Art is the one place for us to go, for all this stuff to be shored up. The stuff of 9/11 is too big to carry in silence. It has to be summoned up and detoxified. To have the conversation after ten years, to reflect in new ways, might alleviate some of the anxiety […]
Dorothea Rockburne at the Parrish Art Museum
The Parrish Art Museum is a great excuse to trek out to the beach, especially on a non-beach day. Nestled in Southhampton, it is soon to inhabit a nearby cornfield where it will have the impact as a kind of huge incubator of contemporary art. Its design mirrors turn of the century dairy farms, but […]
Jamie Dalglish: Three Triptychs
pull up your socks poppy don’t let him eat alone left eye onto left eye across the room the devil eats alone Jamie Dalglish: Three Triptychs A Dinner Conversation pull up your socks poppy don’t let him eat alone left eye onto left eye across the room the devil […]
Saying No: Reconciling Spirituality and Resistance in Indigenous Australian Art
The word “No” does not exist in the majority of the over 200 Australian Aboriginal languages. Where it does exist, this powerful word is reserved for the elders and is used with great care and ceremony. As these languages reach the brink of extinction, indigenous Australian artists are using contemporary art to assert their […]
Marianne Blomqvist
“My works are influenced by the cycles of nature and the changing seasons.” Courtesy of the artist. Marianne Blomqvist www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/taiteilija.asp?id=2588 My subjects come from nature. I am interested in simple elements such as trees, water and earth. The motifs arise from my emotions, which I organize according to the perceived reality around me. Impressions, […]
Lucia Timis
Courtesy of the artist. Lucia Timis www.absolutearts.com/luciatimis When I paint, I take a journey, deep in my memories, my feelings, my dreams, I try to reveal my interior reality, my imaginary wishes, my questions of existence……
Ivan de Monbrison
“For me, art is the only answer in our modern world to the question of death and the fragility of human nature.” Courtesy of the artist. Ivan de Monbrison www.artmajeur.com/blackowl For me, art is the only answer in our modern world to the question of death and the fragility of human nature. Through the […]
Elena Clement
“Elena creates figurative and abstract paintings focused in a process of interior searching, and shares them with us.” Courtesy of the artist. Elena Clement www.elenaclement.com Elena creates figurative and abstract paintings focused in a process of interior searching, and shares them with us. We must be willing to appreciate the color and the company […]
