Author Archives: jolanta
Manifesting Commerce
I have always been fascinated by the notion of the animal—as a symbol, but more significantly, as a kind of physical entity. Bataille, in "Theory of Religion," talks about a space he calls “animal intimacy”—a conceptual space or age that has existed before the age of human production/consumption, which introduced a fundamental hierarchy. But he […]
Life as Art
Change is much more painful than progress, yet infinitely more rewarding. Imagine if Guston decided to continue with his muted abstractions? Imagine if he succumbed to the pressure of expectation from dealers and collectors? Then I imagine he would exist as a marginal abstract expressionist who rode the wave of America’s first great art movement. […]
Life as Art
Change is much more painful than progress, yet infinitely more rewarding. Imagine if Guston decided to continue with his muted abstractions? Imagine if he succumbed to the pressure of expectation from dealers and collectors? Then I imagine he would exist as a marginal abstract expressionist who rode the wave of America’s first great art movement. […]
LIMN Art Gallery
Specifically designed as an environment for LIMN’s continuing effort to bring art and design together, LIMN Art Gallery exhibits emerging to well established artists from the Bay Area and around the world with a strong emphasis on contemporary Chinese art. Specifically designed as an environment for LIMN’s continuing effort to bring art and design together, […]
Naked City Spleen
Over the last nine years, New York City has grown to be my favorite city. The island of Manhattan alone has such a dense, mysterious network of man-made structures soaring fifteen hundred feet aboveground and digging 800 feet below. The five boroughs of New York are connected by more than 35 bridges and tunnels that […]
War Zone Aesthetics
For me, the first encounter with the aesthetics of terror took place in front of the TV. Growing up in Tel Aviv, one could not help seeing images of state and underground terror on television. During the 1990s, when the phenomenon of Palestinian suicide bombers first emerged, it had a distinct visualization—suicide bombers’ videos. These […]
April Bending
“An impressionist capable of extracting subtle emotion with figurative suggestion, April Bending produces images which reflect cosmic threads beaming with protean human character,” says Marx Simao April Bending “An impressionist capable of extracting subtle emotion with figurative suggestion, April Bending produces images which reflect cosmic threads beaming with protean human character,” says Marx Simao in […]
April Bending
“An impressionist capable of extracting subtle emotion with figurative suggestion, April Bending produces images which reflect cosmic threads beaming with protean human character,” says Marx Simao April Bending “An impressionist capable of extracting subtle emotion with figurative suggestion, April Bending produces images which reflect cosmic threads beaming with protean human character,” says Marx Simao in […]
April Bending
“An impressionist capable of extracting subtle emotion with figurative suggestion, April Bending produces images which reflect cosmic threads beaming with protean human character,” says Marx Simao April Bending “An impressionist capable of extracting subtle emotion with figurative suggestion, April Bending produces images which reflect cosmic threads beaming with protean human character,” says Marx Simao in […]
Thirty Seven Degrees Gallery
Thirty Seven Degrees Gallery focuses on exhibiting well-established and significant artists from Europe’s German-speaking culture. Thirty Seven Degrees Gallery focuses on exhibiting well-established and significant artists from Europe’s German-speaking culture. www.thirtyseven-degrees.com
