Author Archives: jolanta
The Extravagant Constructions of Joyce Melander-Dayton
The title of Santa Fe-based artist Joyce Melander-Dayton’s current outing at the June Kelly Gallery in New York City reads Extravagant Constructions, an apt title, especially when you are standing up close and studying the artist’s intricately bejeweled craftsmanship and her use of materials and patterning (think Fabergé Egg or the Gobelin Tapestries). The work […]
IDOL: Becoming the Ritual Shrine: Video Works of Sam Clagnaz
Hatshrine (2008), a 7-minute video piece by Sam Clagnaz, watches the faceless artist slowly and methodically assemble a shrine in his home. He places a plastic soda bottle on a straw seat, exits the frame, and returns to place wigs and hats on top of the bottle—the idol is emerging—one by one. The artist then […]
Mladen Stilinovic, Lugwid Museum, Budapest Through July 3
Mladen Stilinovic, Lugwid Museum, Budapest Through July 3 LUDWIG MUSEUM BUDAPEST BUDAPEST Through July 3 Curated by Branka Stipančić and Katalin Székely
ArtHamptons 2011
ArtHamptons 2011 ArtHamptons 2011 Southampton, NY July 7-10 ArtHamptons 2011: The Fourth Edition Of The Top Fine Art Fair In The Hamptons. 4,000 Works by 500 Artists Represented by 77 Galleries from 10 Countries July 7 – 10, 2011.
Menasart Fair 2011, Beirut, Lebanon. July 13-16, 2011
Menasart Fair 2011 Beirut, Lebanon. July 13-16, 2011
Arte Santander 2011, Santander, Spain. July 20-24, 2011
Arte Santander 2011 Arte Santander 2011 Santander, Spain. July 20-24, 2011
Art Bodensee 2011, Dorbirn, Austria. July 22-27, 2011
Art Bodensee 2011 Art Bodensee 2011 Dorbirn, Austria. July 22-27, 2011
3 Worlds In 1: Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Lithuania.
3 Worlds In 1: Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Lithuania. Featuring artists from London, Iran, and Lithuania. Angela Bartram, Hugo Dalton, Kieron Dennis, Hojat-olah Amani, Kourosh Salehi, Farsam Sanghini, Gytis Skudžinskas, Andrius Zakarauskas and more. Angela Bartram, Hugo Dalton, Kieron, Zavier Ellis, Juliana Cerquiera Leite Robert Luzar, Maslen & Mehra, Ekua McMorris, Alexis Milne, Nika Neelova, […]
Yang Jiechang Review
Yang Jiechang’s artistic path is both exemplary of the globalization of issues in contemporary culture and part of the long-term heritage of the extraterritoriality of art and the destiny of artists. Born in a region of southern China strongly marked by poverty and a nomadic lifestyle, he opted very early for art as a personal […]
SEQUENTIAL AMERICA: American Comics and Social Commentary
Comics and comic books have long been thought of as belonging to the realm of children, deemed immature as literature and amateur as art, summarily dismissed and denied any serious consideration. Granted, the recent Green Lantern film does little to dispel those notions, but merely with its multi-million-dollar existence it cements the tremendous leaps comics […]
