Author Archives: jolanta
Nabeela Al Khayer
Appearing almost as engravings or etchings, depicted through scratches and harsh inconsistent strokes, Al Khayer’s works render expressive portraits through her rough, gestural mark. Working on a black background, the artist creates deep recesses and shadows that add a heightened sense of drama to the otherwise neutral portraits of young women. Al Khayer’s color palette, […]
The Argentinean Touch
Concerned with the notion that the work of art consists of a coalescence of the viewer’s own perception with the object, artists Marcela Cabutti and Mónica Millán—both showing in New York for the first time—create multileveled works in a variety of media that explore the nature of experience. Marcela Cabutti, who was born in La […]
The Monstrosity of Splendor
Artist Marilyn Minter studies the pathology of glamour. Since the 80s, she has rendered beauty grotesque and gore beautiful with photos and photo-realistic enamel-on-metal paintings that shimmer like nail polish. Her latest series, which was on display at Salon 94 is more pleasant. She photographed the tongues of models through glass as they sipped and […]
Telling Tales
I’m a visual artist and filmmaker, and recently moved back to Belgium after a ten-year stay in Norway. For a few years I have lived and worked in Brussels. My work is broadcasted, screened, and exhibited worldwide on both visual art platforms and film festivals. I’ve earned awards and screenings at festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, […]
Food for Thought
Man Ray was a major cultural bridge between New York and Paris, between avant-garde painters, photographers, writers, and filmmakers. For two crucial decades (1921-1940) his Paris studio was a meeting place for artists, dealers, models, and even the nobility. Actually, Ray’s main aim was to bridge the absurd reality of pre-World War II culture and […]
