Author Archives: jolanta

My name is Adel Abidin. I am an artist, working mainly in videos, video installations, installations, and most recently, photography. I’ve been living and working in Helsinki, Finland since 2001. Before that I lived in Baghdad, where I was born and raised. My visual discussions focus on issues such as cultural alienation, identity and marginalization. […]

Debra Hampton is best known for her psychedelic, mash-up collages of female heroines created from fashion and lifestyle magazine advertisements. To prepare for a work, Hampton scours through hundreds of printed images, selecting objects that signify social power, desire, immortality, and status. The details include luxury cars, jewelry, watches, haute couture, youthful body parts, and […]

At their core, the photographs Craig Doty creates are an exploration of the medium of photography itself. His aims lie in exploiting the traits of photography that are specific to its own being. Employing charged subject matter Doty aims to draw the viewer out of an apathetic viewing of the medium, to show that photography […]

To look at one of Ali Kazim’s paintings is not only to look at something remarkable, it is an observance of something deeply intriguing. Kazim is a highly skilled, accomplished painter, but he is also a compelling voice of mysterious and wondrous narratives. These stories contain subtle yet strong references to autobiographical accounts and reflections. […]