Author Archives: jolanta

It’s easy to think of mankind and nature when coming face to face with the work of artist Jackie Sleper, who is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. For in every work of art that she creates, be it a painting, a photograph, or one of her intricate jewel-like sculptures, no matter what the subject matter […]

She is a white collar (toplofty looking and designer-clad), sometimes dazed, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia; she is a part-time prostitute, a masturbator, addicted to both cheap and expensive drugs, both with the same overwhelming pull; she has a love for pistols (dummy ones, of course), a wild imagination, which is actually her subconscious desire to […]

This can’t be a group of hills! From a distance, they look more like mushrooms or fungi sprouting up in the grass following a spring rain. Seen from high up, they look like a group of mollusks, spread out in idle conversation. Fungi never stop evolving; man never ceases to alienate himself from others; space […]

Since 2004, I have been making “magazine clothes,” which are made of old magazines. My idea is to deconstruct and reconstruct the shredded magazine pages, giving a meaning and content to my “magazine clothes.” There is a certain containment and embodiment of society within the human form. The human form is a language that shapes […]

Jade Doskow: I wanted to talk about the fact that you just got your MFA from SVA, and I’m guessing that the show at the Broadway Gallery was the first solo project you’ve done in New York. I wanted to discuss what your plans are for this summer. Yusuke Nishimura: Since that program was geared […]

Since 2004, the three of us have wanted to work on a project about the human body. The Translucence series finally materialized in 2006, shaped by our fascination/obsession with bodies and classical art. When UNMASK originated, we each adopted a character meant to represent idealized versions of our actual physical forms. Through these disguises we […]

I have fallen in love with a tree in the middle of a gigantic parking lot. I cannot really explain how this happened, but love is a hard thing to explain. The tree is not something that most people notice, except as a source of shade for their cars. Yet, somehow, on a beautiful summer […]

My work consists of wall-based sculptures that are made up of intricately crafted components often tinged with somber qualities. I use words and familiar sayings as a starting point to create sculptures tinged with a tongue-in-cheek approach to language. Language is a set of recognized symbols that enable us to communicate with one another. However, […]