Author Archives: jolanta

Igor Stevanovic, has been banned. Again. Not a single art gallery in Sao Paulo, the city in which Stevanovic has been based recently, was willing to accommodate the controversial Serbian-born artist and his newest live performance entitled Slap. This is not the first time authorities have attempted to silence Stevanovich’s. Slapping Censorship By Rebecca Ironside […]

Experiencing the work of Monika Weiss involvesall your senses to some degree. One can not simply walk past the Skulenie (2003), an enigmatic charcoal drawing on photographic backdrop paper, without feeling the essence of the artist’s presence, or hearing the echoes of physical form resonating in Weiss’ drawings, sculpture installations, live or video projected performative […]

The problem for most writers, when they read to an audience, is the cadence of the spoken word. Film Section: GOODBYE SPAULDING GRAY By David Hatchett     Tribeca View     The problem for most writers, when they read to an audience, is the cadence of the spoken word. Cadence is crucial to the […]

Oddly enough, even Clement Greenberg might have relished "Fourth Annual Merry Peace," which was recently staged at Sideshow in Williamsburg. This is not because it was exclusively devoted to the sort of art that he admired, but rather because it was a cheerfully eclectic mix of mo and pomo, with no fewer than 169 artists […]

Tisn’t still the season to be jolly, so my pet bitch this new year is these charities that take rampant advantage of emerging artists. The well-intentioned collectors get tax write offs, a nice (maybe) dinner and under-priced original artworks. The charity gets …well…the money. New Year’s Picks By Christopher Chambers Joyce Korotkin "CAMEO: Robert Longo," […]

"You should say yes to every possibility. It’s simple, just go and try it. Film Section: THE TECHNICAL WRITER By Tarvis Watson   THE TECHNICAL WRITER       "You should say yes to every possibility. It’s simple, just go and try it. And then you’ll know," so says the dying Camille to Jessup, her […]

Screening at MoMA in January 2005, Chain (USA 2004), is the long awaited first feature length film from Jem Cohen. In a career that has made a study of the lapse of time, the meaning of place and the effect of both on the individual, Chain is an essay in cultural critique that pulls strands […]

The box is a miniature remake of the barracks of Tule Lake concentration camps in 1944, where the Yonemoto family had been incarcerated. It is built with slats, its inside covered with black tar paper. An image of DNA, sculpted by Norman Yonemoto, shines in the right-hand corner of a box—a DNA double helix, made […]

In celebration of the bi-centennial of Haiti’s independence, Haitian filmmakers Michele Stephenson and Guetty Felin have put together a one-time film festival to give homage to Haitian cinema. Films from Afar: An Interview with Haitian Filmmakers By Jessica Ann Peavy In celebration of the bi-centennial of Haiti’s independence, Haitian filmmakers Michele Stephenson and Guetty Felin […]

Alex Harsley purchased his first "real" camera, an Exacta XV, in 1959. Later that year he was employed as a messenger for the New York District Attorney. He soon acquired the position of photographic technician at the office. Harsley furthered his dedication to the photographic process by founding the Minority Photographers Group, in Harlem and […]