Author Archives: jolanta

To ourselves we are invisible. We have holes, lenses, where other people have faces, full bodies. With playful wit, Tim Hawkinson presents the possibilities of the world as an extension of his body and of his capabilities, particularly the manual and sound-producing. Hawkinson: Artist as Center of the Universe Barbara Rosenthal To ourselves we are […]

Norma Drimmer?s work asks vital questions about the tensions involved in the creative process of art-making. Drimmer deftly explores how the spiritual side of our imagination helps to form the pragmatic reality of what we finally create. Informed by the Kabbalistic concept of the ten Sefirot?the ten forces or energies that provide a way of […]

Sleepy Haven, from 1993, by the brilliant German filmmaker Matthias Müller (b. 1961), is seductive, hauntingly poignant and powerfully abstract. A recent exhibition devoted to this single early work by Müller at the Thomas Erben Gallery afforded an ideal opportunity to explore it in detail. Matthias Muller’s Sleepy Haven Aaron Yassin Film still, from Sleepy […]

"The classroom is a sea of blood…" was the only way the teacher could explain the scene to which one of her little students had led her. That was after the girl had burst in upon her sixth-grade class as they were eating lunch. Drenched in red she announced: "The blood is not mine." Japan’s […]

As I walked on 25th Street in the direction of the A.I.R. Gallery where Katsura Okada was exhibiting her latest works, I saw a billboard on a breezeway about 30 feet above my head. The text printed on it, credited to Patrick Mimran, read, "A good work of art is something that gives you goose […]

Using sound, installation, video and photography, the exhibition Minority Reportby I set out to explore and reconstruct the reasons for my departure from the former Yugoslavia in the 80s. In addition, it investigates why I decided to immigrate and assemble my new home in the UK. Looking Backward Pedrag Pajdic Predrag Pajdic, Reality Check No1, […]

When asked if she is a feminist, Hong Kong painter Au Hoi Lam replies with a prompt "No," and explains that she would rather not "advertise" herself as a woman or a man. Her answer is characteristic of most young female artists today, who want their art to speak for itself without the weight of […]

The late 90’s work, which anticipates the large installation "Metamorphosis of Evolution" in the 2002, finds Sieverding exploring technical and scientific imagery including x-rays, computer scans and detailed pictures from genetic research. KATHARINA SIEVERDING: IRRESISTABLE HISTORICAL CURRENT (#3) By Horace Brockington The late 90’s work, which anticipates the large installation "Metamorphosis of Evolution" in the […]

In her early works the extended self-portraits of her face filing the frame —close to the lens, eyes staring directly into the camera proposed implication for the viewers. KATHARINA SIEVERDING: IRRESISTABLE HISTORICAL CURRENT (#2) By Horace Brockington In her early works the extended self-portraits of her face filing the frame —close to the lens, eyes […]

For over three decades the Berlin-Dusseldorf based artist Katharina Sieverding (born 1944 in Prague) has created an iconoclastic body of works that have had profound affects on succeeding generations of younger artists. KATHARINA SIEVERDING: IRRESISTABLE HISTORICAL CURRENT (#1) By Horace Brockington   “Transformer,” 1973. Solarization 2 A/B. Courtesy of Thomas Schulte     For over […]