Author Archives: jolanta
Osheen Harruthoonyan
Osheen Harruthoonyan currently lives and works in Toronto as a photographer and film maker. Drawing upon his rich experiences living in Tehran, Athens and Vancouver, he addresses subjects of memory and the deconstructive process of time. All black and white prints are created and printed by alternative processes achieved in a traditional wet darkroom. http://www.osheen.ca
Saddam Mania at Think Tank
Photographic exhibit by Teun Voeten. Images of images of Saddam Hussein on the streets of Baghdad as seen by Teun, April 2003. Photographic exhibit by Teun Voeten. Images of images of Saddam Hussein on the streets of Baghdad as seen by Teun, April 2003. Saddam, through his images and statues was omnipresent before, during, and […]
Making Friends and Influencing People – Wolfram Voelcker
The Berliner Liste takes place in an old Electricity Transformer Building in the middle of the emerging art scene in Berlin, before this building was used as the home of the Vitra Design Museum. The location is jammed with a fresh offering of works by the most interesting artists from 45 international galleries. The Berliner […]
Pan, Zoom, Tilt, Talk and Expand – Richard Rhodes
As the Toronto International Art Fair gears up for its seventh edition this November, it does so as a now-familiar marker on the art world’s cultural calendar, one that has built a sense of national community over the years. When the doors open for the Preview on November 9th and to the general public on […]
Vertical Sea – Antonio Zaya
The Canary Islands are constantly on the news these days with reports of the continuous illegal, escorted and/or expected arrival of pateras, cayuco boats and canoes to its shores. These small boats—arriving crammed with Africans from the continent, mainly from the neighbouring and closest countries (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Cape Verde) but also from distant nations […]
Jim Gaylord
Jim Gaylord’s current work is based on studies painted on acetate over film stills. Jim Gaylord’s current work is based on studies painted on acetate over film stills. In his most recent paintings, he isolates moments of destruction from the "Final Destination" film series, in which people succumb to spectacular and unlikely accidents. Drawing on […]
Aline Messi
The paint brings the paper to life, the paper, as partner, is an integral part of my work; Fine paper, supple. Fragile, soft, cut, torn… The paint brings the paper to life, the paper, as partner, is an integral part of my work; Fine paper, supple. Fragile, soft, cut, torn. The paint is fed by all the colours. Pure, alive colours. Reds, […]
Let the Art Speak For Itself – Yulia Tikhonova
In contrast to some of the ubiquitous and overwhelmingly large-scale exhibitions of late, and the exigent nature of their ideologically-charged agendas, the 6th Biennale at Site Santa Fe running from July 9 through January, 2007, is innovative in light of its almost intimate scale, character and all-embracing scope of its curatorial aspiration. Curator Klaus Ottmann, […]
Delivering the Aquarian Age Mythology – Lisa Paul Streitfeld
It finally happened. “The Show (Achilles Heels)” has delivered the conscious mythology for the Age of Aquarius. The foremost element is the androgynous being. Mircea Eliade, the renowned teacher of comparative religion, writes, “divine bisexuality is an element found in a great many religions and—a point worth nothing—even the most supremely masculine or feminine divinities […]
First Singapore Biennale – Biljana Ciric interviews Fumio Nanjo
Biljana Ciric: Can you tell me about the initiative of the Singapore Biennale as a part of the World of Opportunities project, IMF and World Bank group, as they exist under one umbrella? What does the Singapore Biennale, as an opportunity, really mean from local and global perspectives, and what are the challenges that you […]
