Author Archives: jolanta
The Modern Vanitas
When I paint I like to do so on printed materials; it is a way to unite my passion for topics such as anatomy and mechanics, and my hobby for collecting posters, maps, atlases, and geography with my work. Fernando Vicente When I paint I like to do so on printed materials; it is a […]
Cinematic Snapshots
Vanitas is the newest body of photographic and video-based works by celebrated Canadian husband-wife collaborative team Nicholas and Sheila Pye. In Vanitas, the Pyes play with themes present in the art historical genre of still life painting to examine their own relationship. Andrea Pollan Vanitas is the newest body of photographic and video-based works by […]
With You I Want To Live
While Art Basel Miami, the most important contemporary art fair in the country has been raking in the press as well as the big bucks, the adjacent city of Fort Lauderdale, with much less fanfare, has been silently growing by leaps and bounds. Ed Rubin While Art Basel Miami, the largest and most important contemporary […]
Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés
Two major subjects for Duchampions [sic] are Marcel Duchamp’s final work, Étant donnés: 1. La chute d’eau, 2. Le gaz d’éclairage (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas), posthumously revealed to the public in 1969, and Duchamp’s lifelong devotion to chess. Two acutely relevant exhibitions opened within a month of each other early this […]
Nikolas de Masi
The Australian bush is known for things like dingoes, walk-abouts and a rich native history Abraham Greenway The Australian bush is known for things like dingoes, walk-abouts and a rich native history. Now you can add one more-32-year-old artist Nikolas de Masi. His abstract outback landscapes are a chronicle of his life and what he […]
Vivien Kabar
Vivien Kabar’s work highlights elemental images, using dramatic ploys such as contrasts in scale, shifts in focus, mirrored reflections Suzie Walshe Vivien Kabar’s work highlights elemental images, using dramatic ploys such as contrasts in scale, shifts in focus, mirrored reflections, staccato images and multiple or layered surfaces. Sensory perception for Kabar is a spiritual activity, […]
Hedonistic Seduction
In my paintings, I attempt to reflect my sense of the times we are living in, both how richly interesting they are and how difficult it is for most of us to navigate their uncharted waters. Terry Rodgers In my paintings, I attempt to reflect my sense of the times we are living in, both […]
Girl, Recomposed
In the series of works entitled I Recompose Myself I represent a world of automatons composed by pieces that can be taken apart and easily reassembled—“terminator” mutants with the most curious and surprised human expressions. Vania Elettra Tam lives and works in Milan, Italy. In the series of works entitled I Recompose Myself I represent […]
Reflective Tendency
I am interested in a way of looking at the world, not in an idea. I am not looking for something; rather, I find things. I am looking for situations where my innermost is mirrored by the outer world. Marianne Mueller’s exhibited Combine (1995-2005) as part of her DREAM-US-09 show, was on view in […]
Capturing Penis Envy
My works play with questioning the reality of the world around us. What things are hiding from us? What things are blocking our view? It is a game of shifting absence and presence that makes certainties fragile. Jules Julien’s solo show Cadavres Exquis was on view at Diesel Denim Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, in August […]
