Author Archives: jolanta

In preparing for any discussion concerning the merits or characteristics of installation-based artworks—their physical and aesthetic properties and their ideological origins—it first seems necessary to elaborate upon the ways in which such works are experienced. This discussion relies upon an understanding of the different experiences encountered through narrative artworks and artworks belonging to a second […]

In a New York performance season in which the controversial London import “My Name is Rachel Corrie” took center stage, there occurred something new and exciting around the periphery: multiple examples of new narrative, energizing a wide range of live downtown performance. This is not the sophistic navel gazing of the past but an authentic […]

Leah Oates: When did you know you wanted to be an artist? I read a bit about you beforehand, and you came from an artistic and bohemian family in Montreal, where you were raised. You had originally wanted to become a lawyer. What was your progression?Chris Dorland: I have always been an extremely visual person, […]

Peering through a barely open doorway, the viewer is presented with a nude woman lying at a rakish angle across her bed—nearly drooping onto the floor. The scene is an old-fashioned bedroom strewn with significant looking objects—a carefully placed mirror, roses and other objects loaded with ambiguous meaning. Fortunately we are provided with a written […]

A lifetime before I moved to hipster-central, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I was a sorority girl at the University of Michigan. The salacious underbelly of this time-honored community still continues to fascinate me.  This world of friendship, camaraderie, sex and violence from my past became a kind of springboard for my career as a serious artist. I […]

I remember well when I first entered the small gallery of New General Catalog on Franklin Street in Greenpoint. The first thing that caught my attention was the beautiful space itself—not your typical white cube. I am positive that Darri Lorenzen can recall a similar encounter, how he must have been taken with its washed-out […]

Much of our work is made up of found objects, so first and foremost, collecting is the initial step. What we find eventually becomes our materials, so we have a preference for what we can get in abundance. At the moment, it is predominantly clothing. Acquiring vast quantities is the basis of our larger sculptures […]

In French, Les Fauves means “the wild beasts.” This is worth noting because French-Canadian painter Pierre Juteau has developed a highly intellectual approach to art making that has led him to build his work upon the joyous freedom and deceptively “primitive” style of the Fauves. This dénouement is the result of the ambitious goal Juteau […]

Entering the space, big black intertwining leaves, connected through aerial roots, hover in the air and take up the space, from wall to wall. The viewer is surrounded by Monstera, a beautiful and yet menacing work made out of paper, tape, wire and nylon; it is inspired by a tropical plant well known within 50s […]