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Simply Elia – Stefano Pasquini
The sudden death of a young artist is always an event that makes you think. Elia, (born in Adria ? Italy as Alessandro Greggio in 1968) died in an accident last August, falling from a window. In the midst of a career that can barely be called successful, Elia did not commit suicide. Simply Elia […]
Present, past, future_ – Ron Johnson
In a brief pocket of time in the always-busy life of Christian Bonnefoi, this interview took place while driving in Bonnefoi_s car one very foggy and rainy evening, between Vitry-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, and his home in Montargis, France, south of Paris. Present, past, future_ Ron Johnson Courtesy of the artist. In a brief […]
Drunk vs. Stoned 2: Revenge of the Stoned – Elwyn Palmerton
If last summer?s version of "Drunk vs. Stoned" was more drunk (rambling and spatially discombobulated), this year?s sequel, "Drunk Vs. Stoned 2," is surely more stoned. Drunk vs. Stoned 2: Revenge of the Stoned Elwyn Palmerton R. Crumb, My True Inner Self. No date. Ink on paper, 8 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches. If last […]
Art Scam – Christopher Chambers
It’s hard to remember how we managed to eat and breathe in those ancient days before cell phones and the Internet. This summer I received announcements from several art galleries and museums advertising that they are switching their press releases over to electronic media, completely. Art Scam Christopher Chambers One of the lovely snapshots that […]
Cristiano Berti
Cristiano Berti was born in 1967 in Torino, where he lives and works. His last work for the International Biennal of Young Art in Torino (2002) Cristiano Berti was born in 1967 in Torino, where he lives and works. His last work for the International Biennal of Young Art in Torino (2002) was a photographic […]
Cristiano Berti
Cristiano Berti was born in 1967 in Torino, where he lives and works. His last work for the International Biennal of Young Art in Torino (2002) Cristiano Berti was born in 1967 in Torino, where he lives and works. His last work for the International Biennal of Young Art in Torino (2002) was a photographic […]
A Brief History of Finitude – Leah Oates
Pablo Helguera is a New-York based artist whose multimedia installations and performance pieces ask and investigate questions of memory, loss, and culture. A Brief History of Finitude Leah Oates Pablo Helguera, installation view of “The School of Panamerican Unrest.” Image courtesy of Julia Friedman Gallery. Pablo Helguera is a New-York based artist whose multimedia installations […]
Abdekader Belkhorissat
This Algerian Painter’s oeuvre is produced by illumination, often fragmentary, in flashes- striking and disquieting. This Algerian Painter’s oeuvre is produced by illumination, often fragmentary, in flashes- striking and disquieting. His creative syntax does well to exhibit the evolution, the progression of his thoughts, his desire to purge his life of malaise through this alchemic […]
Abdekader Belkhorissat
This Algerian Painter’s oeuvre is produced by illumination, often fragmentary, in flashes- striking and disquieting. This Algerian Painter’s oeuvre is produced by illumination, often fragmentary, in flashes- striking and disquieting. His creative syntax does well to exhibit the evolution, the progression of his thoughts, his desire to purge his life of malaise through this alchemic […]
Toys! – Anna Altman
If childhood is a time of whimsy, imagination, and invention, it is no wonder so much artwork harkens back to this early and irretrievable period of free play. Certain artists have reveled in the project of reconstructing children?s games, finding various exuberant paths back to the unfettered world of overflowing toy chests and impenetrable jury-rigged […]
