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White Columns
White Columns consists of an ongoing program of culturally diverse exhibitions and services for visual artists. White Columns consists of an ongoing program of culturally diverse exhibitions and services for visual artists. It is a not-for-profit gallery which is open to the public, free of charge, eleven months per year and presents new exhibitions every […]
White Columns
White Columns consists of an ongoing program of culturally diverse exhibitions and services for visual artists. White Columns consists of an ongoing program of culturally diverse exhibitions and services for visual artists. It is a not-for-profit gallery which is open to the public, free of charge, eleven months per year and presents new exhibitions every […]
Again for the First Time – Emilie Trice
Walking down a nondescript street in East Berlin in the middle of the night in the dead of winter poses infinite possibilities. Behind every crumbling façade is the pent-up aggression of a city trembling with creative anxiety. Again for the First Time Emilie Trice Maurizio Cattelan, Bidibidobidiboo, 1996. Taxidermic squirrel and mixed media. 50x58cm. Walking […]
The Crystal Dedal – Vladimir Belegolovsky
Zodchestvo is a Russian word for architecture. But it is a word of spiritual connotations as well. Architecture could describe any structure, but zodchestvo is an art form defined by great rigor and beauty. It is also the name of the annual architectural festival in Moscow. The Crystal Dedal Vladimir Belegolovsky Steve Roden, Transmissions (voices […]
In Resonance – Dawn Chan
Remember that hyperactive boy in junior high, the one who found nothing funnier than the fact that he was an indefatigable public nuisance? At In Resonance, last month’s Seattle-based sound art exhibit, that boy was Thurston Moore. In Resonance Dawn Chan Jim Haynes, Fragments of a Former Moon, 2005. Glass, rust, illumination, audio. Photo: Mark […]
Fabrication – Sarah Baker
Being fashion-forward in a town that’s hardly so is one thing, being forward thinking is entirely another. A group of engaging young Omaha artists is using the city’s most experimental art venue to prove it’s both. Fabrication Sarah Baker Mannequins wearing designs by Peter Fankhauser and Alexia Madara, 2005. Being fashion-forward in a town that’s […]
Seducing the Viewer – Monica Colbert Seducing the Viewer – Monica Colbert
The intense, sublimated eroticism of Jehan Legac’s art is based on a manipulation of the body induced by a synthesis of reality and fantasy. Seducing the Viewer Monica Colbert Jehan Legac, Hold the Grip. Courtesy of artist. The intense, sublimated eroticism of Jehan Legac’s art is based on a manipulation of the body induced by […]
Female Inferno – Elizabeth Daza
What do women want? What does society want for women? As an advertising executive in Nuremberg and Munich, Leticia Cortez had to try to answer these questions in her campaign ads everyday. Female Inferno Elizabeth Daza Leticia Cortez, Female Inferno, 2005. Courtesy of http://www.sinnartistik.de/ What do women want? What does society want for women? As […]
Mediterranean Encounters – D. Dominick Lombardi
On the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the Straits of Messina stands an ancient tower filled with contemporary art. The tower, which is of Medieval origin, was originally used as a light house for the treacherous seas here. Mediterranean Encounters D. Dominick Lombardi Image of Parco Horcynus Orca, 2005. On the coast of the […]
Living in the World – Zhang Zhaohui
No one can deny this. We live in a society pregnant with raw desires and riotous with rigorous competition. Society generates anxiety, instils fear and brews exhaustion. Living in the World Zhang Zhaohui Zhang Zhaohui, Valentize Day, 2005. Courtesy of artist. No one can deny this. We live in a society pregnant with raw desires […]
