Author Archives: jolanta
? THE WAR
Sometime in September 2007, Jan and I realized there were no iconic images for the current anti-war movement. With no draft and limited visual coverage of the ugliness of the war, there’s barely a movement at all. If the traditional method of resistance was that prominent artists pick up the baton and take the lead, […]
Transcendence
Reverie, the recent group painting show at Broadway Gallery in New York, was a sumptuous event exploring new directions in abstraction. The works on view were a compelling mix of technical approaches, all of them speaking to dreamlike and liminal states. Boasting an international roster of accomplished artists, the show included the work of Bonnie […]
When Canaries Face the Catââ¬âFlipping the Bird with Jack the Pelican
Amahoro—the title of Tom Bogaert’s first solo show—means Peace. It is a word of African origin with special meaning in Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo, lately just some of the nations politically torn with carefree violence and genocide. It is said that when members of different tribes greet, they hopefully wish each other “amahoro”—yet with artists […]
Bryan McFarlane
Born and raised in Jamaica, and now currently living in the US, painter Bryan McFarlane maintains strong ties to his Jamaican cultural roots and Maroon ancestry. Runaway slaves who banded together against the white British colonials, the Jamaican Maroon community kept the oral, artistic, and historic traditions of their West African heritage alive. Drawing from […]
Molly Bildgemutt
A stunning group exhibition, Inside Ed was one of Broadway Galley’s highlights of the year. Featuring an exciting group of extraordinary international artists, and curated by the visionary Tchera Niyego, Inside Ed included D. Chaim Smith, Christopher Gordon, Ugur Kunst, Marie-Jose Vielot, Anna VanMatre, and Ilana Dayan Zadik. The Group Show Inside ED was […]
Sleepwalking in Memories
With photography, I record my daily activities, such as listening to music, going to movies, shopping, gallery hopping, and chatting. Taking photographs is a necessity in my life. It’s as natural as eating and sleeping. Liu Ren is a Beijing-based artist. Liu Ren, Someday, Somewhere-04, 2005. C-Print, Size A: 100 x 100 cm Edition: […]
Living Paintingââ¬âHarry C. Doolittleââ¬â¢s Kaleidoscopic Mandalas
Starting with canvas board, the artist composes unplanned compositions stemming from his unconscious and his dreams, compositions he often fully visualizes while he sleeps. Often centralized around the motif of the circle—or for Doolittle, the mandala—these visionary acrylic images combine repeated patterning of circles and rectilinear components, resulting in dramatic designs that produce interesting optical […]
No Off-Key Sucker Punches Aloud
STRIKE! mixes boxing matches and contemporary chamber music, with most of the performances taking place in boxing rings. In combining such seemingly disparate genres, the crowd at STRIKE! is unusually diverse. STRIKE! derives much of its fundamental vitality from everyone getting to learn a little about the each other’s “world.” From this odd coupling, STRIKE! […]
Infrastructure / Absence, Breakthrough / Containment
China is undergoing one of the most dramatic transitions in the history of the world. The acceleration of change echoes throughout our society and beyond our borders. Inevitably the changes result in both stimulation and trauma. The past is disappearing and the present is in constant flux. China is becoming more and more dynamic as […]
Abissology
Comprised of works created in different media, this exhibition introduces a new fictional model called “Abissology,” or the science that studies the abyss, which is the result of the artistic practice of the artists. This model is reflected in the fiction they create, which is concerned with the literary composition of a specific science of […]
