Author Archives: jolanta
SAFE: Design Takes On Risk – Hilary Sample
SAFE: Design Takes On Risk, curated by Paola Antonelli, was on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from October 16, 2005—January 2, 2006.
Port Glasgow – Mitchell Miller
Seinfeld made the definitive statement on coffee table books in its recurring plotline where the ever-ingenious Kramer authors a coffee table book on coffee tables (with fold out legs for those who don’t actually have a coffee table to put it on). Port Glasgow Mitchell Miller Mark Neville, The Port Glasgow Project. Seinfeld made the […]
Tyger Tyger Burning Bright! – Marco Arce
After 15 years dedicated to hand painting small postcard size images, which were shown singly, or grouped in quartets, polyptychs, with an occasional diptych thrown in, Mexican artist Macri Arce in his recent exhibition, "The Tiger Series" at Galeria Ramis Barquet, has taken a bold new leap into uncharted territory. Tyger Tyger Burning Bright! Marco […]
Stranger than Fiction – Leah Oates
"Manufacturing Landscape" is the first major touring retrospective of Toronto-based photographer Edward Burtynsky that brings together 60 works from private and public collections. Stranger than Fiction Leah Oates Edward Burtynsky, Nickel Tailings #34. Courtesy of the artist. "Manufacturing Landscape" is the first major touring retrospective of Toronto-based photographer Edward Burtynsky that brings together 60 works […]
Journey of Discovery – Keith Morant
There cannot be a verbal appraisal of my paintings as, in the final analysis, each is its own self-referential statement, and if it could be written down then the work becomes immediately superfluous. Journey of Discovery Keith Morant Keith Morant, Dreamtime. Courtesy of artist. There cannot be a verbal appraisal of my paintings as, in […]
Painting as a Visual Reflection – Slawomir Marzec
Transmigrating Images," the most recent exhibition of Grzegorz Sztabinski at the Studio Gallery in Warsaw, presents works including paintings, drawings and installations, spanning his career. The names of his cycles are characteristic, thus allowing us to infer the horizon of the author’s interests, for example "Logical Landscapes," "Inter-Things," "Self-Quotations," "Cuts and Castoff Parts." Painting as […]
Space in Flatland – Matthew Bourbon
The recently deceased Scott Barber is being honored with a handsome survey exhibition at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas. The show reveals an artist refining his art into a body of very accomplished paintings. As a fixture of the Texas art scene, Barber’s art is often contextualized by descriptions of pictorial flatness and an […]
Wake Up, Planet Earth – Colin St. John
Johann Faust gave his soul to Mephistopheles in order to acquire knowledge of the world. Jerry Foust gave up all his possessions in order to paint. Foust lives and works in a huge, abandoned studio on Greene Street in SoHo. By all accounts, he is a homeless man, but he has made a home of […]
Hell Yes – Scott Weiland
On weekends when I was a child, my father would roam around greater Atlanta looking for interesting things to photograph. I happened to be with him the day he discovered the artist Nellie Mae Roe. Hell Yes Scott Weiland Kinya Hanada, Untitled, 2006. Courtesy of the artist. On weekends when I was a child, my […]
Solving the Problems of the Painted World – Kathy Feighery and Richard Butler
Kathy Feighery: I think that’s what a lot of my art is about, teetering on the edge between abstract and representational. There’s a landscape quality, especially any time you draw a horizon line. Solving the Problems of the Painted World Kathy Feighery, Dress #1. Oil on canvas 36″ x 48″. Kathy Feighery: I […]
