Author Archives: jolanta

What do flying dogs, imaginary cities, plastic surgery and infant automata have in common? Nothing. Yet each are the su Colleen Becker Pleix / Blink, Birds, 2006. Music by Vitalic. PIAS. www.pleix.net/films.html What do flying dogs, imaginary cities, plastic surgery and infant automata have in common? Nothing. Yet each are the subject of an audio-video […]

All that is ever stored, placed in safekeeping, or shored up against the elements and against time, has already inevitably entered the realm of the fragment. Colette’s Storeroom of the Imagination Alan Jones Colette All that is ever stored, placed in safekeeping, or shored up against the elements and against time, has already inevitably entered […]

At 16 I told my best friend that when I grew up I was going to be a photographer for Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler or any of the other assorted skin mags stashed away in granny’s utility room. An Attempt to Get Laid Terry Donovan Terry Donovan, Sid and the Alien. Courtesy of Terry Donovan. At […]

Desire, as we all know, is imperative. In the works of Fernanda Chieco, that’s where eroticism begins. Performance Drawings Juliana Monachesi Fernanda Chieco Desire, as we all know, is imperative. In the works of Fernanda Chieco, that’s where eroticism begins. By establishing relationships, similar to the ones we find in medical textbooks, between bodies and […]

SeeCandyBleed.com is an online solo erotic art project that deals with the wonderfully taboo subject of menstruation. I, the artist, go by the name Candy. See Candy Bleed Candy    Candy, Anatribute. Photograph. SeeCandyBleed.com is an online solo erotic art project that deals with the wonderfully taboo subject of menstruation. I, the artist, go by […]

The artist’s online name is Show-n-tell and in her new book, WebAffairs, pictures are drawn in pixilated mosaics; not with brushes or pigments, but with bytes of information relayed at high speed down channels of broadband. WebAffairs Joanne Cachapero Courtesy of the artist The artist’s online name is Show-n-tell and in her new book, WebAffairs, […]

Dolls have been a part of the postmodern visual landscape since the 70s when artists Laurie Simmons and David Levin thal utilized dolls to create constructed narrative scenes, which they then photographed. What is the ongoing artistic fascination with dolls? Oh You Beautiful Doll Douglas F. Maxwell Stephen Roach, Eros, 2005. Lambda print, 16 x […]

"Take Notice!" is a selection of six artists displayed at the midway point of winter when the days are just beginning to get longer and the first thoughts of renewal, rebirth, hope and change begin to pervade our minds as we emerge from the slumber of darkest days of the year that turn our thoughts […]

A curatorial statement for "Ecstasy: In and About Altered States" states simply that the exhibition explores "altered states and alternative modes of perception featuring painting, sculpture, video, film, installation, photography and new media by some of today’s leading artists as well as the most promising work by the up-and-coming generation. Parallel Worlds Jovana Stokic Pipilotti […]

Since the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the collective unconscious of world culture has sought to re-enter a state of perfect unity and safety. Spatial enclosure has been the realm of this desire. Eccentric Space: Sculpture James Biederman David Hatchett, Shop Rite, 2001. Stainless steel and aluminum shopping cart, 36″x55″x32″. Since the expulsion from […]