Author Archives: jolanta
Tripping on Reality – Whitney May
If the idea of swinging back to the psychedelic 60s while holding tight to the high gloss, rainbow-colored aesthetic of Japanese anime of the late 90s sounds at all appealing, Deitch Projects may have a purple and black striped shag rug with your name on it. The heavily layered, multimedia show “After the Reality” curated […]
Sawako Kato
I have been making sounds with a laptop computer, field recordings and things around me for years. Although I deal with field recordings (often natural sounds), I’m not a stoic naturalist. I need electricity to live. I am the kind of person who sits in front of a computer screen for over ten hours per […]
The Transparency of Light and Space – Lisa Paul Streitfeld
The convergence of light and space takes on new meaning in the transparent surfaces of Tatyana Stepanova. A native of Siberia with a background steeped in Russian folklore and world travel, her return to her homeland with “Light and Space” at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art this fall is marked by transcendent personal narrative […]
Stephen Rue
Simply put, my paintings are psychological exorcisms through visual metaphor. A blend of psychology, sociology, and spirituality, my images act symbolically to not only express my views of the world, but also help me grapple with my own sense of self. “Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata” is characteristic of my newest work where traditional, and […]
A Slave to the Rhythm – Christine Flok speaks with artist Derek Jackson
Christine Flok: What is it about the art of drag that enticed you to use it to compose much of your work?Derek Jackson: I have never met someone who didn’t like to play dress up. Fashion is—from child warriors in the Congo to Madison Avenue—it’s a basic human impulse to express yourself through clothing and […]
Living with Tranquil Imagination – Eduarda de Souza
Peruvian artist Sandra Gamarra, 34, is the hottest ticket in appropriation art. Founded by Mr. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), also famously explored by artists Elaine Sturtevant, Mike Bidlo, Sherrie Levine and Richard Pettibone. Sandra uses painting approximately 90% of the time to reflect on cultural utopia and the necessity of questioning contemporary art. Sculpture and video, […]
Kota Ezawa – Michelle Gonzalez Valdez
It’s as if San Francisco-based artist Kota Ezawa has taken a cleaver and hacked away at a fundamental axiom in Debord’s seminal publication. Momentous occasions, such as Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s hotel protest, have faded from the forefront of the American public only for a burgeoning artist to reinvigorate their significance. Ab initio, Ezawa […]
Eileen Cohen
With a combination of form, color, tone, composition, the expression of face, hands, body, and actions, my figures are placed in an environment that tells my story…. With a combination of form, color, tone, composition, the expression of face, hands, body, and actions, my figures are placed in an environment that tells my story. Using […]
Death through Suture – Eduarda de Souza
In an inexplicable and continuously violent world where men make history through wars and count them as statistics, Rosana Palazyan has been showing us, for almost two decades, that “God lives in the details.” No statistics for her, deaths are as they should be; a loss or a salvation of a human soul. Praise for […]
Erik La Prade interviews Susan Weil
Susan Weil’s retrospective show at the Sundaram Tagore gallery opened on April 20th, 2006 in New York. This particular exhibition presented 50 years of Ms. Weil’s work in various mediums; paintings, limited-edition art books and collages et cetera. The gallery has published a catalogue to accompany the exhibition. The catalogue measures 12 by 17 inches […]
