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It was late. Inside my loft studio surrounded by images of various circus freaks, a pair of war machines, blue organ meat, canvases and simian bones. Meat Craig Larotonda Craig Larotonda Craig Larotonda, The Meateaters, courtesy of artist It was late. Inside my loft studio surrounded by images of various circus freaks, a pair of […]

Walking through "Lure of the Lore" is like daydreaming out loud. Not surreal so much, but secret-real or sub-real. The kind of real where inspirations, ideas and thoughts get stuck, reoriented and then distilled; chain reactions that slip and slide around the real or supposed real where seconds become hours, hours infinite. Lure of the […]

Hyperrealism, so popular in its recent gruesome version, is a broad attitude, a big trend that traces back to the beginning of the 20th Century. We must not forget that Marcel Duchamp’s Etant Donnèe laid the basis. Predators Emilio Corti Josè Molina, Hombre Mono. Courtesy of artist. Hyperrealism, so popular in its recent gruesome version, […]

>You’re in Venice. It’s 1292–the Grand Council has decreed that all glass-making houses are to be confined to the island of Murano. Only the Italians are to know the secrets of glass…In fact, Venetian glass makers are forbidden, by punishment of death, to leave Venice or to even teach their trade to foreigners. Glass Exposed […]

At the Altar of Her Memories is a 27-minute documentary film that captures the heart-wrenching events in the life of Bracha Ghilai, a Holocaust survivor who was barely fifteen years old when the Nazis occupied her hometown in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia in 1944. At the Altar of Her Memories, Directed by Tova Beck-Friedman Gulsen Calik “The […]

I hate zoos. It’s not just that caged animals are depressing. It’s the sycophantic posture that the visitors are reduced to, wandering cattle-ike through a transparently artificial environment purporting to represent the "natural" one. Sonic the Warhol Elwyn Palmerton Courtesy of the artist. I hate zoos. It’s not just that caged animals are depressing. It’s […]

It is a decided minority of modern dancers who have anything inside–a depth, an intelligence, a charisma, a sense of freedom–that seems larger than the mere sum of their physical acts and movements;(…) How to Start A Daniel Linehan Fan Club Andrea Liu Daniel Linehan, Squeeze Machine, 2006. Photograph by Steven Schreiber. It is a […]

China is now suffering from the negative consequences of overuse of plastic bags. The country dumps over two billion plastic bags per day. A Grey Theatre Pauline Doutreluingne Wang Jianwei, A Flying Bird is Motionless, 2005. Photograph. Courtesy of the artist. China is now suffering from the negative consequences of overuse of plastic bags. The […]

Inspired by Carlo McCormick’s curatorial effort at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, "The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974 — 1984," or "Downtown is Over" (my words), what follows is an oblique commentary on the subject: May/June Picks Christopher Chambers Ed Evans, Xenobio, 2005. Acrylic on linen, 36 x 26″. Acrylic on canvas. Inspired […]

Much has been written about the relationship between architecture and words, especially within a postmodern context; witness, for example, Peter Eisenman’s claim that his buildings function as texts. Words Suspended in Air Colleen Becker courtesy of the artist. Much has been written about the relationship between architecture and words, especially within a postmodern context; witness, […]