Author Archives: jolanta
January 21, 2008
NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Monday, January 21 Douglas Gordon Wins Roswitha Haftmann Prize; Italy Gets Artifacts Back From Met, Collector Shelby White; Scott Killdal’s Memory Projects; Peter Weber’s Paper-Objects To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here International Top News Douglas Gordon Wins Roswitha Haftmann Prize The […]
Scott Kildall’s Memory Projects
Most art is about memory in a way that doesn’t deserve elaboration. Art simply records. But there is a more profound truth at work. Art elevates aspects of life to make it unforgettable. This memorial function is becoming obsoltte as the machine, the computer, rememebrs more and more for us. Memory though becomes a troubling […]
Weber and Thompson at Margaret Thatcher Projects
Minimalist artists Peter Weber and Bill Thompson create accessible art by deceptively simple means. Both artists have a singularly controlled vision defined by visually compelling abstract elements that send an immediate message. There is nothing in the art of either left to chance. That the works are well crafted and fully resolved adds to their […]
January 18, 2008
NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Friday, January 18 Relocating Michelangelo’s David; First Northern Art Prize To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here International Top News Relocating Michelangelo’s David The city of Florence is considering relocating Michelangelo’s David in an effort to ease congestion in its city center, […]
Portrait of a Wondering (Wandering) Painter
Expression—artistic expression—is a common enough trait in New York City. Not that location defines creativity, hardly, but New York can “stamp” art as either getting through the gate or getting banished to the land of obscurity. It’s interesting then, that the first museum exhibition of Bob Dylan’s paintings was held in a small German city. […]
Milena Crupi
Milena Crupi’s art represents a daily visual glistening of truth, which are often disturbing and composite in nature. It is the viewer’s job to “decipher” the truth. Milena Crupi Milena Crupi’s art represents a daily visual glistening of truth, which are often disturbing and composite in nature. It is the viewer’s job to “decipher” […]
Harry C. Doolittle
Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Harry C. Doolittle was a copywriter/creative director at some of America’s leading ad agencies. Harry C. Doolittle Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Harry C. Doolittle was a copywriter/creative director at some of America’s leading ad agencies. He began painting in the 60s and had his first show […]
Harry C. Doolittle
Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Harry C. Doolittle was a copywriter/creative director at some of America’s leading ad agencies. Harry C. Doolittle Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Harry C. Doolittle was a copywriter/creative director at some of America’s leading ad agencies. He began painting in the 60s and had his first show […]
Bente Elisabeth Finseraas
Bente Elisabeth Finseraas received her MA from Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway. She prepares fibers with tulips, stinging nettles, cotton and flax… Bente Elisabeth Finseraas Bente Elisabeth Finseraas received her MA from Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway. She prepares fibers with tulips, stinging nettles, cotton and flax and has developed unique […]
January 16, 2008
NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Wednesday, January 16 McCartney Organizing Late-wife’s Photography Exhibition; Broad Museum Renamed To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here International Top News McCartney Organizing Late-wife’s Photography Exhibition Paul McCartney is organizing the first major U.K. exhibition of photographs by his late wife Linda, […]
