Author Archives: jolanta
Threading It Together
Broadway Gallery NYC’s recent group exhibition, Translucent Threads, curated by Basak Malone, features a talented group of international artists whose works thread together conceptual practices with material practices, excavating memory and lived experience in order to distill the essences of these immaterial events into translucent images that glow, vibrate, and reverberate together in unexpected and […]
Barbara Palka-Winek
The sumptuous paintings of Barbara Palka-Winek represent a crossroads of East and West. Drawing upon sources as varied as Orientalism, Byzantine art, and Mycenaean metalwork, the artist also exhibits more contemporary references including Art Nouveau symbolism, and modernist Abstraction. Jill Smith The sumptuous paintings of Barbara Palka-Winek represent a crossroads of East and West. Drawing […]
Aase-Hilde Brekke
Oslo based artist and teacher, Aase-Hilde Brekke breaths a deep spirituality into the art world. Working toward being an “impulse to change, creative energy, inspiration, and the flow good ideas” she brings her knowledge of Tibetan yoga into her photos and performance pieces. Simone Cappa Oslo based artist and teacher, Aase-Hilde Brekke breaths a […]
Let the Sun Shine In!
Broadway Gallery NYC’s recent exhibition, Caymanian in New York, a joint exhibition by husband and wife artists, Gordon and Alta E. Solomon—both of whom hail from the glorious Cayman Islands—was a vibrant and sensitive installation of imagery that brought the magic of the Cayman Islands straight to the Big Apple. Jill Smith on Gordon and […]
Objectified
When I was a child I was very restless. I never wanted to sleep. In order for my parents to rest, they would tie me to the bed with a rope. Melanie Bonajo When I was a child I was very restless. I never wanted to sleep. In order for my parents to rest, […]
The Construct of Deconstruction
I have been making pretty straight city scenes from my head for the past couple of years. Pilita Garcia E. I have been making pretty straight city scenes from my head for the past couple of years. I like to believe they are similar to what the Internet looks like, with all the individualistic […]
The Importance of Trifles
I am fascinated by the relationship between the natural and man-made worlds, and their effects on one another. Pedro Cruz-Castro I am fascinated by the relationship between the natural and man-made worlds, and their effects on one another. Recent work has pushed the boundaries of these relationships to absurd limits, in response to our dawning […]
The Scope of Creativity
Experiencing life feels like inhaling fresh air. It’s not like you take a book, read a chapter, and you’ve gained this or that. Logan Riley The realm of invention exists in the seconds between thought, conception, and execution. It is a place where ideas come into realization, a place where artists go and play, and […]
Metamorphosis
In art one must be equipped to combat for life, not expressed in terms of combat with others or with the world, but rather like a returning to one’s place, to be one with oneself, to dwell and inhabit what one is. Vanessa Lamounier In art one must be equipped to combat for life, not […]
Women’s Studies
Venezuelan artist Patricia Cazorla creates “diaries” or personal collections of portraits of women who have a significance to her, whether because of their bold characters or because of their simple beauty.Experiencing life feels like inhaling fresh air. It’s not like you take a book, read a chapter, and you’ve gained this or that. Susan Schmidberger […]
