Author Archives: jolanta
The Seen and Unseen
Broadway Gallery recently presented Wappen Field: Work in Progress by sculptor Michelle Jaffé. At this evolutionary stage of its development, the installation has six suspended chrome plated steel cutaway helmets with speakers in the top of each providing sound. The empty space below each helmet implies where a body would be. Taken as a whole, […]
Walking the Line
Over the past few decades, philosophy has become manifested in art. The project Personal Structures: Time—Space—Existence takes this development as its point of departure, and aims to present contemporary artists’ perspectives on the concepts of time, space, and existence. For Personal Structures, Max Cole gave an interview about her work. The paintings of Max Cole […]
Animated Jamming
My work is fundamentally based on drawing, but this is reinvented through large-scale site-responsive installations, interventions, drawings, and animations. All my work intends to sketch morphing and imaginary environments. For me, the ability to transform is key, and installation allows spaces to become immersive, fragile environments into which the audience can enter. I want the […]
Marija Tanaskovic – Papadopoulos
The Great works of Art are reflecting not only our impressions about them, but the deepest wishes, which are following every human being. Marija Tanaskovic – Papadopopulos The Great works of Art are reflecting not only our impressions about them, but the deepest wishes, which are following every human being. Trough my education and […]
Art of the Game
Last summer was huge for Beijing because of the Olympics. Coinciding with the world-famous athletic competitions was Ludus, a group exhibition of several international artists, at NY Arts Beijing Space. The group exhibition showcased works by Renée Breig, Angela Earley, Robert Freimark, Stephen Gostt, Tove Hellerud, Malgorzata Paryzinska, Margareta Petré, Julien Vonier, and Katherine Wood. […]
Investigating Space
There is a basic animal need to ascertain and define what is going on within a space. My work exploits this by setting up scenarios for experiences without trying to control the end experience. My work tests the limits of human perception and cognition, catalyzing curiosity for mixed feelings of doubt and unease. I am […]
A. L. Steiner + robbinschilds
The project called “C.L.U.E. (color location ultimate experience),” installed in the museum’s Shaft Project Space, comprises the following: a series of looped videos on monitors in the closet-size gallery, with a driving instrumental sound track playing softly and piles of rainbow-dyed clothing stashed here and there; a projection, on a wall outside the museum, of […]
Entering area3
area3 is a group of artists, designers, programmers, and musicians founded in Barcelona in 1999. It is a craft studio in which research, development, and experimentation are the basis for high-quality projects of technology, music, or graphic design. With the exhibition in NY Arts Beijing, area3 celebrates its tenth anniversary. The discursive axis from which […]
The Rebirth of Humanity
Mieke Kooistra: Why did you call this show Trauma? What does the title mean? Dumith Kulasekara: “Trauma” is a Greek word for “wound.” It is a physical injury or an extreme emotional shock that may lead to traumatic neurosis. This exhibition is called Trauma because I want to confront the spectator through my work with […]
Abject Romantic: Guido van der Werve at the Hayward and GSK Contemporary
Guido van der Werve’s videos, currently on show at the Hayward Gallery, are the kind of thing art writers describe as ‘hilarious’, although they’re only hilarious in an art way, meaning that any laughs that do come are snorty expulsions easy to mistake for symptoms of the cold that everyone seems to have at the […]
