Author Archives: jolanta

Kate Meng Brassel: What was the immediate context of your creation of 3 Men in 2007? Ian Warren: After finishing undergrad in Massachusetts, I spent a year moving all over the country: from NYC to Utah, California, and Mexico. Somehow I ended up settling in the unlikely state of Ohio. During that period, I made […]

For years now, Farrell Brickhouse has been towing the line between abstraction and figuration on an intimate scale; creating paintings that conjure up a plethora of associations from romantic to violent all imbued with a wonderfully strange light. For Brickhouse, this year proves especially busy, having participated in Scope Fair earlier this year and now […]

I am interested in what happens to traumatizing or confounding images when they are removed from their original place in cultural memory. My work investigates visual nuances that occur when these images are translated into a mass-media product, stripped of their inherent meaning, and re-presented in a new context, with an entirely disguised origin. By […]

My work deals with the condition of woman in contemporary society, questioning her obsessions with body image, beauty, sexuality and aging. With a minimalist approach—and mostly conceptually based pieces—I use different media such as installations, video-performance, embroidery, and objects. “Although few women will reach society’s beauty ideals, many will sculpt their bodies as needed: put […]

Robert van der Hilst, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, lives and works between Shanghai and Paris. He has been a professional photographer since the 1960s and has conducted numerous projects from Cuba and South America to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. First visiting China in 1990 on assignment, van der Hilst’s interest in China […]

Brow undoubtedly glistening with beads of sweat as one walks down a worn, navy blue carpeted hallway on the sweltering opening night, the corner is turned to find the door to unit 409 wide open. This is Arts and Sciences Project’s latest exhibition, showcasing the work of Brooklyn artist Rob de Oude. The viewer is […]

An amorphous mass pulls itself into existence, rises from its rubble, and accretes like a volcanic pile. The resulting sculpture is satisfyingly tactile and rocky. Its glossy yet sandy surface invites the viewer’s touch. Nooks and crannies guide the hand from bulks at the bottom to the tip, as the formation twists up and out […]