Author Archives: jolanta
Tackling Quirky Talent – Julie Alvin
Upon entering the Rivington Arms gallery, a narrow, sparse exhibition space in Manhattan’s East Village, I was immediately confronted with an artful photograph of one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most acclaimed works, the famous Falling Water House located in Western Pennsylvania. Printed in black and white, the photograph was placed there to pay homage to […]
Magic, Medicine and Religion: Lorraine Clarke – Nigel Young
The work ranges from entire installations to small scale intriguing pieces in finely crafted presentations reminiscent of wunderkammers: strange, curious collections which seem to refer to religious and magical framings of the body in counterpoint to an underlying contemporary theme, the functional commoditization of body parts. The work goes further than this, however, in referencing […]
Jeffrey Milstein
Using a very high-resolution camera, I take these photographs at the precise moment when the aircraft is directly overhead. Using a very high-resolution camera, I take these photographs at the precise moment when the aircraft is directly overhead. My intent is to capture as much detail as possible, and by removing the context, to […]
Patient Rendering – James Hilger
I met up with the puckish Joseph Aloi, in his home on a quiet Tuesday, who, clad in a worn T-shirt of his own design and two full sleeves of tattoos was in the midst of ordering a garden burger over the telephone as he admitted to me that he was a hypoglycemic. In between […]
Focused, Forward – Elwyn Palmerton
For my generation (say, 18-34, demographically speaking, particularly males), early video games are source of intense nostalgia and affection. The lurid, eyeball-searing color and bizarre cartoon logic of those games suggest an era of fruitful experimentation in a medium that had yet to establish conventions. Possibly, the industry had yet to be professionalized; game-design was […]
Skins and Shells – Milton Fletcher
Alexandra Rutsch is a compelling New York visual artist who takes personal risks by exploring her and her family’s existence in stark, revealing, even biological detail. Recently, Alexandra and I had a candid Q&A about this overlap between her art and life.Milton Fletcher: What are the current pieces you are working on?Alexandra Rutsch: I’ve been […]
Annie Sailer
I make large, abstract, acrylic paintings that have a post-abstract expressionist/pop aesthetic. My recent work is influenced by Japanese street fashion… I make large, abstract, acrylic paintings that have a post-abstract expressionist/pop aesthetic. My recent work is influenced by Japanese street fashion, kimonos, and block prints combined with motifs from high and low culture. My […]
Piotr Turowski
"I draw for myself – it’s kind of psychological portraits. I want to be loved (like every human wants), and at the same time I want to be free. "I draw for myself – it’s kind of psychological portraits. I want to be loved (like every human wants), and at the same time I want […]
Piotr Turowski
"I draw for myself – it’s kind of psychological portraits. I want to be loved (like every human wants), and at the same time I want to be free. "I draw for myself – it’s kind of psychological portraits. I want to be loved (like every human wants), and at the same time I want […]
Piotr Turowski
"I draw for myself – it’s kind of psychological portraits. I want to be loved (like every human wants), and at the same time I want to be free. "I draw for myself – it’s kind of psychological portraits. I want to be loved (like every human wants), and at the same time I want […]
