Author Archives: jolanta

The International Fair of Contemporary Art was held in Innsbruck`s Exhibition Hall 4 from February 24-27, 2006. Ten Years of Innsbruck ART Thomas Wunsch Innsbruck Art Fair.         The International Fair of Contemporary Art was held in Innsbruck`s Exhibition Hall 4 from February 24-27, 2006. It was a cause for celebration, marking […]

Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (per formative) work that would Interact in a public sphere? william Pope L. Mandy Morrison Courtesy of artist Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (per formative) work that would Interact in a public sphere? William Pope L.: My six major influences are 1) my family, […]

Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (per formative) work that would interact in a public sphere?Annie Sprinkle: Having been a prostitute and porn star for many years, I wanted to express what I was interested in personally (beyond being a fantasy) which was more complex. Annie Sprinkle Mandy Morrison     Annie Sprinkle. […]

Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (performative) work that would interact in a public sphere? Olive Bieringa of the BodyCartography Project Mandy Morrison Olive Bieringa, BodyCartography Project. Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (performative) work that would interact in a public sphere? Olive Bieringa: I was interested in how these very […]

Open doors, half-open doors, leaning doors, non-rigid doors. "The door," as Bachelard informed us in his famous work The Poetics of Space, "is the cosmos of the half-open. Stage Evidence: Just Doors Claudia Albertini Loris Cecchini, Stage Evidence, 2003. Seven doors installation, iron and urethanic rubber. Courtesy of Galleria Continua °™ Beijing. Open doors, half-open […]

From time immemorial, Man has celebrated his sexuality through art: sometimes he has paralleled his sexual and spiritual joys, resulting in such wonders as India’s Khajaraho Temple which, due to its colossal size has survived the dreaded censor and centuries of puritanical hypocrisy Anthony Christian Anthony Christian Anthony Christian, Self portrait with bananas. From time […]

Like Chinese contemporary art itself, galleries in China have literally gone from non-existence to experiencing something of a boom at the moment in recent years. Creative Agents and Legends from China Carol Lu Courtesy of artist Text provided by the writer as part of the project presented at ARCO ’06 for the "Cityscapes" section–China. Like […]

A young girl sits in the warm waters of her bathtub, undressed, hair slicked back and plastered to her neck and shoulders. But this is no typical bath time ritual. The Book of Disquiet Julie Alvin Alex Prager, Envy. A young girl sits in the warm waters of her bathtub, undressed, hair slicked back and […]

Along with the international outcry for commercial appreciation of Chinese art being purported by an increasing number of commercial venues (both locally and western funded), private and corporate interests contributing to the implementation of a league of native buyers and ambitious collectors are certainly shifting, especially in Beijing and Shanghai. Space Up: Universal Studios, Beijing […]

Transvestism in art and culture has a curious and concomitant checkered history. It can be the bawdy, safe, normative heterosexually appealing sort of cross-dressing associated with Dame Rose, for example. Venus or Penis Envy Raul Zamudio Oreet Ashery, Marcus Fisher 1 (haircut), 2000. Transvestism in art and culture has a curious and concomitant checkered history. […]