Author Archives: jolanta
EXIL: 11 Women Artists, the Slavic Nomads
In capacity of an experienced critic and a correspondent to NY Arts Magazine, the Tribes and Modern Painters, I have followed (through various written articles, interviews and the artistic catalogues that I have personally written and supplied) the development of the most promising contemporary artists who left the country once called ‘Yugoslavia’ and who have […]
Cinematography of Urban Madness
“A riveting new book, Pietro Reviglio’s Cinematography of Urban Madness questions the nature of real and imagined cinematic narratives in a visually stunning manner. The harsh lighting of an artist studio sets the tone for this short enigmatic work wherein autobiography meets fiction with violent overtones. Reviglio’s book is a quick read but densely populated […]
Makoto Sasaki
“… he expressed darkness of the abstraction and minimalism …” Caption: Courtesy of the artist. Makoto Sasaki www.sasakimakoto.com/ Existence of the darkness which harmonizes with light, individualizes space lighted up by the light and makes space brighten. Makoto Sasaki pursued that in public space, in the building and on facade of the building after […]
Jerry Adder
“In the universe of Jerry Adder a visible battle between good and evil forces takes place.” Caption: Courtesy of the artist. Jerry Adder www.jerryadder.com In the universe of Jerry Adder a visible battle between good and evil forces takes place.The inner conflict of humans is brought to light and made tangible in the […]
Jenny Marie-Johnsen
“There are unlimited possibilities, like in the little universe of the egg.” Courtesy of the artist. Jenny-Marie Johnsen Janeke Meyer Utne, Art Historian Jenny-Marie Johnsen describes herself as a painter rather than a photographer, something which emerges clearly in the video, “Eclipse.” The title is taken from a phenomenon of nature, but what […]
Shunsuke Kawasaki
Caption: Courtesy of the artist. Shunsuke Kawasaki www.tongpharandsunsetscorn.com The frame of thing has very unexpected sense of existence. I think that the state until the completing is the most beautiful about the building and house and so on too. Frame is all of the base. Because the building and the living thing […]
John Allcock
“The intertwining of two ancient trees, exposed on a mountainside, seemed to convey at one and the same time both erotic involvement and antagonistic struggle. “ Caption: Courtesy of the artist. John Allcock www.artbyallcock.co.uk Although my work in general can be characterised as “landscape,” typically my […]
Leah Oates Interviews Yasuomi Hashimura
Leah Oates: What is your background and what was your progression as an artist? Yasuomi Hashimura: After I had left Japan in the late ’60s and after my couple years in Hawaii, I finally made it to the American mainland. I attended the Art Center of Design in Pasadena for a very short while because […]
Modern Idol
Walking into sculptor David J. Merritt’s studio is like walking into a gathering of friends and strangers. There are heads everywhere, humorous, personal, and impetuous. Merritt works quickly, in the moment. Unfired clay, tape, and foam capture his gestures and impulsivity. Dozens of colorful faces might still be moving under invisible hands. Their absurd features […]
Lee Ables
“The fact that I choose the non-representational mode as a means of expression is because I feel that I can best stir the imagination of the viewer in this manner.” Lee Ables www.leeables.com It has always been my feeling that a work of art has to be more than mere reproduction of something […]
