Author Archives: jolanta
Patricia Cazorla
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.Cazorla depicts the emotions, sensibilities, and personalities of her subjects through vivid colors, strong brush strokes, and collages of images taken from the media, although […]
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 people existing invisibly, unable to observe each other over at the colliding room town, with no walls, piled in more than […]
Illuminating the Interior
As a child growing up in Korea near the new power plants that my father was responsible for building shortly after the Korean War, I became fascinated by the magical quality of electric light, which suddenly illuminated and brought to life what once had been towns left in darkness. Pauline Choi As a child […]
A Montaged Story
In Amir H. Fallah’s latest body of work, he continues his prior explorations into boyhood memory, the intensity of relationships, both past and present, and the thin line between the real and the imagined. The Third Line In Amir H. Fallah’s latest body of work, he continues his prior explorations into boyhood memory, the […]
Woman, Interrupted
Éva Pelczer: In curating Women Forward, you chose to exhibit work from four “guest artists” who were outside of the categories of the two-part system. These artists, including Faith Ringgold and Judy Chicago, made work that pioneered the feminist art movement in the 1970s.Yuko Nii: On the East Coast in the 1960-70s, the women’s movement […]
Motioning Toward Metaphor
Of Basque ancestry, José Manuel Ciria was born in Manchester, England in 1960, but moved to Spain as a child, where he grew up. In 2005, he moved from Madrid to New York, where he is currently based. Today he is an internationally renowned painter, celebrated for both his lyrical abstractions and figurative works. Simone […]
Abstraction, with a Twist
Based in Québec, Montréal, Canada, trained engraver and innovative artist Michel Beaucage has shown his paintings around the world, including his standout contribution to the NY Arts Venice Biennale pavilion earlier this year. Shifting between two approaches—Abstraction and naïve figuration—his oeuvre is compelling in its diversity. Suzie Walshe Based in Québec, Montréal, Canada, trained […]
Tunneling through Life
The series of my mechanic installation works Cloud carries a strong expressive force that transcends over time and space. With semitransparent resin-made cloud and sculptures of the human figure that climb through the clouds, I try to present the ancient existence, development, and significance of human beings. Xu Zhong-Min The series of my mechanic […]
A Room of One’s Own
My work ranges from environmental subjects and issues to the self. When I play with time, I work with video and photographic sequences, and develop photographic installations and performance if the notion of space prevails. Lucia Pizzani My work ranges from environmental subjects and issues to the self. When I play with time, I […]
Bedazzled
Leah Oates: Every artist has a different path to becoming an artist. What was your path?Mickalene Thomas: When I was in middle school I attended an after-school program at the Newark Museum in New Jersey. But during high school my interests naturally shifted and I became seriously into cross-country and track and field. Mickalene Thomas, […]
