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The WPA was an idea that artist George Biddle presented to his close friend and former classmate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Depression Era Artists By Jeanette Hendler Aaron Berkman, “Monhegan Island” (Maine), 1943-45, 19 X 23in., oil on canvas, signed lower left The WPA was an idea that artist George Biddle presented to his close friend […]

Nothing additional need be said by me about the content of Michael Moore?s great documentary Fahrenheit 911 (2004)… FAHRENHEIT 911: Realizing an Afterimage By Richard Kostelanetz Nothing additional need be said by me about the content of Michael Moore?s great documentary Fahrenheit 911 (2004), which has already been elaborately critiqued and counter-critiqued; but about its […]

All during a night / Of anxiety I wait / At last the dawn comes / Through the cracks of the shutters, / Heartless as night / the Monk Shun-e Philip Guston’S Last Laugh By Jennifer Reeves Pain plays the paperweight on Philip Guston?s desk. Keeps things tidy. Only problem is, the papers continue to […]

Subtle, fictional, paradoxical, Yoshida?s "Bachelor Brides" form an ensemble of quasi-monochromatic self-portraits, fragments of an intimate web, elaborating on a singular story: the feminine condition in Japan. Who is Afraid of Kimiko? By Max Lewicz Kimiko Yoshida “La mariee aveuglee, autoportrait” C-print 120 x 120 cm Edition of 8 Courtesy: Fifty One Fine Art Photography […]

Jungwook Grace Rim paints repetitive circles that hold biological and philosophical implications. Good Woman Under the Sun By Koan Jeff Baysa The Entrance to a River I (2003), Jungwook Grace Rim Jungwook Grace Rim paints repetitive circles that hold biological and philosophical implications. For Rim, a New York based artist and participant in the 2001 […]

Martin Derbyshire is a British artist who has been based in Beijing for nine years. Dialogues and Definitions: conversation with Martin Derbyshire By Gerald Mak Dialogues and Definitions, an installation at 798 Space, Beijing. Photos courtesy of Zhang Hao. Martin Derbyshire is a British artist who has been based in Beijing for nine years. In […]

How we look at art differs from one age to another. Neo-Art By Slawomir Marzec 1. Dariusz Lipski, The Analects 110 x 70 cm. (A detail ) Glass showcase, small stones covered with salt, which crystallizes continually altering the shapes. Every pebble is completed with a fragment of Konfucjusz`s text, which creates motionless “shadows” preserving […]

International Exhibition of Sculpture and Installation A Bridge between West and East at OPENASIA 2OO4 By Paolo De Grandis Top left: Yoko Ono, Onochord, 2004, video installation. copy; Yoko Ono 2004. Top right: Ye Fang, Sails, 2004. 3 bronze , 120 x 180 x 9 cm; 300 x 120 x 9 cm; 150 x 150 […]

Ideology: visionary theorizing. Ideology, Art and Propaganda By Niko Angelis Image by N. Angelis Ideology: visionary theorizing a: a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or cultureb: a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culturec: the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program. [1] […]

It’s funny how these things work. The Return of Lee Bontecou By Edward Rubin Untitled, 1961. Welded steel, soot on canvas, and wire, (72.4 x 39.4 x 45.1 cm). Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin ñ Madison; Edna G. Dyar, Humanistic Foundation Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Fund purchase (1973.5) It’s funny […]