Author Archives: jolanta
Elizabeth Bame
With each painting, my ultimate goal is not merely the composition of an attractive scene, but the creation of a moment. With each painting, my ultimate goal is not merely the composition of an attractive scene, but the creation of a moment. And that moment is not an instant or a second. That moment should […]
Ellie Brown
Ellie’s bookwork and photographs are exhibited extensively nationally including two upcoming solo exhibitions in 2005 at the Morris Graves Museum Ellie’s bookwork and photographs are exhibited extensively nationally including two upcoming solo exhibitions in 2005 at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, CA and the Southern Light Gallery in Amarillo, TX. Ellie has […]
Ellie Brown
Ellie’s bookwork and photographs are exhibited extensively nationally including two upcoming solo exhibitions in 2005 at the Morris Graves Museum Ellie’s bookwork and photographs are exhibited extensively nationally including two upcoming solo exhibitions in 2005 at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, CA and the Southern Light Gallery in Amarillo, TX. Ellie has […]
What do we know about reality? – Enrico Pedrini
Nadine Spinoza’s White Cube, on display at the Depardieu gallery in Nice, is a small box room covered inside by mirrors. What do we know about reality? Enrico Pedrini Nadine Spinoza, Installation White Cube, 2005. 82.7 x 82.7 x 82.7 in. As when looking into a mirror The shape and its reflection stare at each […]
Force of Nature – Daniel Rothbart
On May 18, 1980, Mt. Saint Helens erupted with the power of a nuclear explosion, expelling volcanic ash fourteen miles into the sky. Images of ghost forests, fuming plains and blackened ash-choked skies dominated the news. Ash, in the form of a fine gray dust, later rained down on the Pacific Northwest from Seattle, Washington […]
Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty-Year Loss at PH Gallery – Sarah Murkett
April 30th passed quietly this year, an anniversary largely unnoticed in the American media. In commemoration of the surrender of South Vietnam to the Vietcong, April 30th, 1975, the PH Gallery in New York invited eleven Nguyens to execute pieces concerning this day, thirty years later. Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty-Year Loss at PH Gallery […]
Liu Hong Yuan: Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong – Tobias Verlende
After rushing down the elevator from the forty-something level, checking emails on my mobile, forcing my way through walls of neon signs, heading through Hong Kong?s traffic jam, I finally enter the Schoeni Art Gallery. Right from my first glance at Liu Hong Yuan?s paintings I get a feeling of warmth, quietness, and rest. What […]
No Mall Rats Here – M-1000
"Shopping is arguably the terminal form of public activity."–Rem Koolhaas Seoul’s architectural landscape exemplifies what Fredric Jameson called non-site: locations without centrality and architectures of constant movement. No Mall Rats Here M-1000 Bibimbap for thousands is prepared and served at SsamzieGil. "Shopping is arguably the terminal form of public activity."–Rem Koolhaas Seoul’s architectural landscape exemplifies […]
Nicholas Bodde at White Cube Gallery, Berlin – Tina Kesting
When I walked into the White Cube Gallery in Berlin, I was confronted by the bright colorful stripes of three large paintings. My first thought: I had already seen such paintings, such horizontal bands so many times before. Nicholas Bodde at White Cube Gallery, Berlin Tina Kesting “o.T.”, Nr. 282, 2003, �l und Acryl/Aluminium , […]
The Lost Generation – Bryony Roberts
On my recent visit to Beijing, I eagerly combed the Beijing art venues, hoping to find work that looked less "Chelsea" and more "Chinese." When Chinese contemporary art exploded the 1999 Venice Biennale, it was the lush but edgy paintings that received the most attention. The Lost Generation Bryony Roberts Cao Fei, Nada at Home […]
