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K. R. TooHill

K.R.TooHill is an abstract expressionist painter who creates large, mixed media paintings on paper. The artist’s unique mixing of paint medium… K.R.TooHill is an abstract expressionist painter who creates large, mixed media paintings on paper. The artist’s unique mixing of paint medium stretches the bounds of traditional watercolor painting. Delicate layers of luminous colors mix […]

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Far Above the Hudson’s Waters – By Piri Halasz

High above the Hudson River, two hours by train from Manhattan, stands Olana, a national historic site once the home of the Hudson River School painter, Frederic E. Church (1826-1900). Far Above the Hudson’s WatersBy Piri Halasz Andy Wainwright. “Olana State Historic Site”. Photo courtesy of The Olana Partnership. © Andy Wainwright       […]

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FELA KUTI REVIVED BY INDEPENDENT CURATOR – By Jessica Ann Peavy

When I first came to meet Trevor Schoonmaker to write this story, he asked me if I have ever listened to Fela, and when I politely said that I hadn’t heard much of his music, he immediately tossed five Fela CDs at me, and said "Take them, you have to listen to it!" FELA KUTI […]

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Kevin Titzer

I mainly use scavenged materials for my work. I start off with drift wood from the river. After the wood has been banging around in the Ohio for a few months… I mainly use scavenged materials for my work. I start off with drift wood from the river. After the wood has been banging arould […]

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Kevin Titzer

I mainly use scavenged materials for my work. I start off with drift wood from the river. After the wood has been banging around in the Ohio for a few months… I mainly use scavenged materials for my work. I start off with drift wood from the river. After the wood has been banging arould […]

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Moved to Stillness — Anri Sala’s Dammi I Colori – By Regina Gleeson

Anri Sala’s video project, Dammi I Colori, works against the unspoken rules and formulas for creating ‘moving’ media. It shows Tirana’s changing urban facades as a manifestation of its changing socio-political climate. Moved to Stillness — Anri Sala’s Dammi I Colori By Regina Gleeson Anri Sala, “Dammi I Colori” (detail). Single channel video, 15’ 24. […]

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Painting EPITAPHIOS and Performing SYSTEMS – By Aaron Yassin

Aaron Yassin interviews Raha Raissnia. Painting EPITAPHIOS and Performing SYSTEMS By Aaron Yassin Painting EPITAPHIOS and Performing SYSTEMS By Aaron Yassin Raha Raissnia, “0111”, Oil on Canvas, 79 x 77 inches, 2004. Courtesy of Thomas Erben Gallery Raha Raissnia (born 1968 in Teheran, Iran) is a painter of intense abstract images. Her first solo exhibition […]

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KOK FOOK Tan

KOK FOOK Tan is a new, up and coming artist who hails from Tg. Karang, a place renowned for its lush paddy fields and charming fishermen villages. KOK FOOK Tan is a new, up and coming artist who hails from Tg. Karang, a place renowned for its lush paddy fields and charming fishermen villages. He […]

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KOK FOOK Tan

KOK FOOK Tan is a new, up and coming artist who hails from Tg. Karang, a place renowned for its lush paddy fields and charming fishermen villages. KOK FOOK Tan is a new, up and coming artist who hails from Tg. Karang, a place renowned for its lush paddy fields and charming fishermen villages. He […]

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Glass Plane, White Wall, Steel Grid – By Sarah Lookofsky

Traces of Modern Structural Forms in Contemporary Art . Glass Plane, White Wall, Steel Grid By Sarah Lookofsky Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. Images ©1997,2001 Peter G. Palumbo Traces of Modern Structural Forms in Contemporary Art The steel frames, the sparse interiors, the white walls, and their glass counterparts are structural elements that designate […]

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