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Fallujah. Najaf. Mosul. Punta Gorda. Swift boats. Memorial. Memorializing. Safety Concerns. Guarded. Terror threat levels. Good for a Laugh By Tia Blassingame Fallujah. Najaf. Mosul. Punta Gorda. Swift boats. Memorial. Memorializing. Safety Concerns. Guarded. Terror threat levels. Questioning patriotism. Terror. Terrorists. Terrorism. Terrorizing. Flag-draped coffins. I find myself adrift in a swirling sea of depressing […]

In his latest work, Roaming: New Landscapes, presented at the Julie Saul Gallery up to October 16, Todd Hido brings the spectator into the photographer’s own perspective along the way as he travels .. The Existential Sense of Roaming By Cinzia Villanucci Todd Hido, Untitled #3223, 2003. Chromogenic print. Courtesy of Julie Saul Gallery In […]

Recently on view at Mixed Greens were two solo exhibitions that examined issues of home and place through the lenses of two artists whose aesthetics are informed by the simultaneous influence of East Coast and West. It’s An East Coast/West Coast Thing By Ann Tarantino Mary Temple, “yellowclapboardpolkadot”, 2004. Photo collage, 18 x 24 inches […]

Nouveau Techno: New Media Installations by Sylvie Blocher, Claude Closky, and Matthieu Laurette is an intriguing exhibition, despite its prosaic title. Who Are You, Really? By Donna McAlear Claude Closky, ‘+1′, 2000, video projector, computer, permanent Internet connexion (www.sittes.net/indice), table, 4 x 5,33 x 7 m minimum. Installation view, Rotterdam Biennial (March 14 – April […]

As part of the New Museum’s recent "Counter Culture" exhibit, artist Julianne Swartz was commissioned to do a site-specific work that would help introduce the museum to its new neighborhood–that segment of lower Manhattan formerly known as "skid row." Telephoning From Skid Row: A Conversation with Julianne Swartz By David Markus Julianne Swartz, Can You […]

The work of Thelma Mathias is in that well-worked vein of modernism that seeks to ally words with images into something considerably more meaningful than mere illustration Stitching the Image By Jan Adlmann Thelma Mathias “The Rose” 64″ x 64″ mixed media source: the artist         The work of Thelma Mathias is […]

Back in 2001, Sun-Min Kim forever changed the course of pervasive art history when she sent her then long-distance boyfriend, David Horvath, a hand-sewn plush doll modeled after a little character he frequently doodled into the corners of his correspondence with her. Creature Feature- An Interview with Uglydolls creator David Horvath By Adam Barraclough A […]

Elaine Marinoff draws upon the sensual language of the body to express all that is emotionally, psychologically and physically human. Elaine Marinoff: An Inner Journey By Tova Beck-Friedman Repose 60×48 oil Elaine Marinoff draws upon the sensual language of the body to express all that is emotionally, psychologically and physically human. A figurative artist through […]

It is easy to concede the cold esotericism in contemporary art as something of a donn�e. Heart and Soul: In Defense of the Painterly By David Markus Tra Bouscaren. The Lovers. Oil on Canvas. Courtesy of MATCH Artspace It is easy to concede the cold esotericism in contemporary art as something of a donn�e. Thoughts […]

In "Meta Vision," the viewer finds two shows that are both complementary and divergent. Meta Vision By Aaron Krach Lee Whittier’s Heaven F46 v3 in the exhibit META VISION at Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, 2004, Light Jet Print Mounted on Citra, 30 x 26 Inches. In "Meta Vision," the viewer finds two shows that are […]