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What Not to Wear: Art and Fashion fuse in Manhattan Style – By Faran Krentsil

A very long time ago, John Donne remarked, "no man is an island." What Not to Wear: Art and Fashion fuse in Manhattan Style By Faran Krentsil A very long time ago, John Donne remarked, "no man is an island." Not so long ago, the art world began to realize that its production was not […]

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Nelly Thomas

Nelly Thomas is a photographic artist, originally from New York and currently living in Germany. She likes to capture each viewer’s eye… Nelly Thomas is a photographic artist, originally from New York and currently living in Germany. She likes to capture each viewer’s eye through her specific style of abstract photography. Her subjects are the […]

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Nelly Thomas

Nelly Thomas is a photographic artist, originally from New York and currently living in Germany. She likes to capture each viewer’s eye… Nelly Thomas is a photographic artist, originally from New York and currently living in Germany. She likes to capture each viewer’s eye through her specific style of abstract photography. Her subjects are the […]

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Delicate Drudgery – By Danielle O’Steen

Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, open up a world full of isolation and busywork, where the main characters are women, beasts or a mixture of both, all thrown into a senseless line of duty and mostly carrying the artist’s own face. Delicate Drudgery By Danielle O’Steen Amy Cutler, “Tiger Mending”, 2003. Gouache on paper, 17.75×14.75in. Courtesy […]

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Olivier Toma

His art can be described as "Calligraphy of the Senses"."Senses", as much for the quality of the materials he uses, as for his wish to… His art can be described as "Calligraphy of the Senses"."Senses", as much for the quality of the materials he uses, as for his wish to manifest a certain hidden reality […]

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Olivier Toma

His art can be described as "Calligraphy of the Senses"."Senses", as much for the quality of the materials he uses, as for his wish to… His art can be described as "Calligraphy of the Senses"."Senses", as much for the quality of the materials he uses, as for his wish to manifest a certain hidden reality […]

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The Empire S.N.A.F.U. Restoration Project – By Michael Idov

Here’s one problem with found/naïve/outsider art: its rather porous definition extends to anything that superficially looks like it. In many cases, the subject actively resists the embrace. The Empire S.N.A.F.U. Restoration Project By Michael Idov Here’s one problem with found/naïve/outsider art: its rather porous definition extends to anything that superficially looks like it. In many […]

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EXTRA OPEN: A conversation with Charlotta Kotik, Dread Scott, and Bill Scan – By Horace Bockington

arbitrary lines between insider and outsider, between emerging artists and "art stars", but more importantly conceptual and political based art, formalism and narration. EXTRA OPEN: A conversation with Charlotta Kotik, Dread Scott, and Bill Scan By Horace Bockington arbitrary lines between insider and outsider, between emerging artists and "art stars", but more importantly conceptual and […]

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No Art, Yes Dance! – By June Julian

Aesthetics, a big lisping term for the branch of philosophy that examines the nature and meaning of art, nowadays is just another word for nothing left to lose No Art, Yes Dance! By June Julian   Anemone Dance Theatre. Sara Blasi.     Aesthetics, a big lisping term for the branch of philosophy that examines […]

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The Great Transition: Artists’ Photography and Video in China – By Christopher Phillips, Exhibitio

My interest in recent Chinese art was first kindled in 1998, when the exhibition Inside Out, at that time the most comprehensive survey of contemporary works from China to appear in the U.S., was presented at P.S. 1 and the Asia Society in New York. The Great Transition: Artists’ Photography and Video in China By […]

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