Author Archives: jolanta
Pornographic Matter – Shane Phelps
“Evil is the reason for Consciousness/Flesh is the reason for Oil paint/the meaning of substance—the meaning of unmeaningness/Cruelty as a condition of art.”When I was invited to Perry McPartland’s studio to write a review of the works in his forthcoming show in Norway, I spotted the above-quoted note stuck in a corner. I couldn’t resist […]
The Fine Art of Metaphysical Melee – Milton Fletcher
Pioneering computer multimedia artist Terri Ferrari follows a unique, well-considered and deeply felt artistic path. With little fanfare, Ferrari has contributed his knowledge, equipment and vision to countless conceptual, performance and computer artists in New York City over the last decade. He is truly an underground force and growing legend. Terri Ferrari, Body, Ink […]
Black Style Now – L. Brandon Krall
When was the last time you visited the Museum of the City of New York? “Black Style Now” would be an excellent reason to visit this brick and marble, Colonial Revival mansion at Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street on the park. This exhibition offers a celebrity-driven view of the hip-hop and fashion mesh that has […]
WORD: Thought Things – L. Brandon Krall
What is the object of art—what is the art object? We might begin by trying to describe the evolution of abstraction in art, or work plus words. Mallarmé and Apollinaire were poets who experimented with graphic elements in revolutionary ways. They were precursors of successive evolutions responding to and advancing the forms that led to […]
Mike Pare
Mike Pare has shown extensively throughout the US and Europe with recent exhibitions at ATM Gallery in New York City. Mike Pare has shown extensively throughout the US and Europe with recent exhibitions at ATM Gallery in New York City. His subjects range from members of the love generation to tattooed youths lost in a […]
Eddie Martinez
Eddie Martinez is a Brooklyn-based artist who has attracted rapid attention over the past two years following solo-exhibitions at ZeiherSmith… Eddie Martinez is a Brooklyn-based artist who has attracted rapid attention over the past two years following solo-exhibitions at ZeiherSmith, New York; and Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden. In both his drawings and paintings, Martinez strives […]
Nicolas Sauliere
I work by stratifications, from the floor to the wall. Gestures, releasing writings or crude signs, alternate with minutely designed computer work. I work by stratifications, from the floor to the wall. Gestures, releasing writings or crude signs, alternate with minutely designed computer work. Nicolas Sauliere
Mad Cow: Absurdity and Anxiety in Contemporary Culture – Joelle Jensen
Truth being stranger than fiction, the outbreak and ensuing panic of a deadly madness epidemic spread by farm animals provides an apt theater for the absurd metaphor for our times. The title’s use is broad as it refers less directly to the meat-induced disease and more directly to a play on the word mad. The […]
New Jersey Artists: Identity – Kathryn Klanderman and France Garrido
This group exhibition showcases 36 artists from a New Jersey statewide call for entries addressing the concept of identity in an engaging and diverse spectrum of interpretation, regardless of medium. The artists were presented with this premise: “Identity in the 21st century speaks of both our contemporary culture and our heritage. ‘Identity theft,’ cloning, pop […]
Exploding Pop Art Myths – Lisa Paul Streitfeld
Mickey Mouse became a universal icon in the 1950s. Pop artists grew up with Mickey on their neighborhood movie screens, their toothbrushes and bubble gum wrappers. A later generation of artists became familiar with Mickey as a character on a television show and in the Disneyland theme park. How could such a mass-produced American image […]
