Author Archives: jolanta

Michal Chelbin’s highly evocative photographs are both acutely sensitive explorations of the human condition as well as beautifully conceived black, white and color portraits that give more than a nod to other more venerable masters of her craft, such as Diane Arbus and Mary Ellen Mark. Like these artists, Chelbin’s vision is compassionate and drawn […]

From time to time there comes an artist to remind you of tradition, the value of skill, the importance of excelling at a craft and constructing another world with ordinary materials and dexterous fingers. The best thing about Saskia Olde Wolbers is that she has incredible talent in creating objects, yet her work is still […]

Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (performance) work that would interact in a public sphere?Peter Walsh: While I would prefer to work quietly in a studio, I have found that my desire to communicate the political, economic and technological realities of contemporary society has pushed me towards public performance. Mandy Morrison: What influenced […]

Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (performative) work that would interact in a public sphere? Nicolas Dumit Estevez: My interest is in stepping out of the safety of the art institution environment to insert my experiments into a less predictable context. I enjoy dealing with projects where I often choose not to be […]

Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (performative) work that would interact in a public sphere?Damali Ayo: I am always looking for the best media to communicate the concept I am working with. For "living flag" I was looking for a way to explore the idea of reparations. It was an issue that needed […]

For nine evenings, in October of 1966, collaborations between engineers and artists resulted in a series of performances that incorporated leading edge technical objects and systems. This series was initiated by Billy Klüver, a physicist at Bell Telephone Laboratories and artist Robert Rauschenberg. Courtesy of artist Technology, Poetry, Mystery and Pleasure – Anne Swarts For […]

One cannot absorb the beauty of a Santerineross piece at a glance, as captivating as that one glance may be. One doesn’t purchase a Santerineross to balance the décor of a room, though once hung, the piece may cause you to linger in that room more than any other. This art ensnares you through a […]

Emerging from a backwater where populist and elitist pop culture sometimes meet are five master-class collagists, united here under the banner, "Constellation." This mix-and-match quintet can only be defined by multiple esthetic characterizations: neo-dada accomplices, surrealist co-conspirators, Fluxus-happenings pranksters, assemblage-ist provocateurs. Grand Masters of Collage – Valery Oisteanu Pavel Zoubok Gallery Ray Johnson (1927-1995), Untitled […]

Writing in the Guardian newspaper in 2003, Jonathan Jones set the birthday of video art around 1974 in the multiple video images of President Richard Nixon as the first inklings of Watergate slowly came to the public’s attention. Focused, with merciless intensity, on the TV rhetorician, video revealed its talent for penetration peeling away Nixon’s […]

Upon first glance at the press release for Participant Inc’s "Ridykeulous," one knows what they are in for. The show, curated by A.L. Steiner and Nicole Eisenman, consists of works by 46 different artists, classified as misandrists. This clear, mocking classification, plainly stated at the top of the release is echoed throughout the entire show. […]