Author Archives: jolanta

A beautiful young woman, thirty going on sweet sixteen, Cynthia von Buhler, is selling her body in an exhibition "Cynth-O-Matic" at the Dollhaus Gallery in Williamsburg, from April 10 through May 8. Cynthia von Buhler Is Selling Herself, Cheap By Charles Giuliano     “The Artist” detail       A beautiful young woman, thirty […]

Upon close inspection, the cartoon-like figures in Australian artist Cameron Hayes’ large-scale paintings are definitely not meant for children. Squirming Derangement in Icicle Blue By Danielle O’Steen   Hayes, In the South Pole the explorers were so afraid of not having enough food for winter that they starved to death in the summer, 2002. . […]

Seeping through the surfaces of Christoph Morlinghaus’ impeccably crafted photographs is a profound and infectious irony that reveals, rather than creates, the uncanny presence of mortal consciousness inherent in the fissures of our built environment. Empty Spaces and Filled Meanings: Christoph Morlinghaus @ Roebling Hall By Denise McMorrow     “TWA (Tunnel).” C-Print mounted on […]

On the last page of the tenth anniversary issue of the Utne Reader appeared a photograph of five nude women. Celebrating Fat Attitudes By Lori Don Levan   Laurie Toby Edison, Debbie Notkin, April Miller, Carol Squires, Queen T’hisha and Robyn Brooks, 1994, gelatin silver print.       On the last page of the […]

Frost Activity, the title of Olafur Eliasson’s latest one-man show in Iceland, incorporates a paradox of sorts. Frost Activity: Chilling Icelandic Art Hafnarhus, Reykjavik Art Museum By Isabelle Schiavi     Olafur Eliasson, Frost Activity, 2004. Installation, Reykjavik Art Museum. Photo: Ari Magg       Frost Activity, the title of Olafur Eliasson’s latest one-man […]

In February 2003, when war with Iraq moved from a distant possibility to an imminent reality, many people wondered what George Bush knew that a majority of the countries in the United Nations didn’t. Shot: Picturing War By Catherine Edelman     Jean Gaumy, Veiled women training in the outskirts of the city, Tehran, Iran, […]

It is a rare and marvelous event when a dedicated artist enters the popular culture as Marina Abramovic did with "The House with the Ocean View," a 12-day ritual fast in full view of a gallery audience. Abramovic’s Body Counts More than Once By L.P. Streitfeld       Abramovic image,     It is […]

The quintessential American dancemaker tells tales with moving bodies. Le Grand Paul Taylor By Lori Ortiz         Robert Kleinendorst and Lisa Viola in Le Grand Puppetier. Photo Paul B Goode.       The quintessential American dancemaker tells tales with moving bodies. Paul Taylor was a student of painting but changed course […]

Peter Zummo, Tom Hamilton, Michael Evans performing at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, October 2004 Sound Clusters of the Abstract Kind: By Helen Levin Peter Zummo, Tom Hamilton, Michael Evans performing at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, October 2004Peter Zummo, Tom Hamilton, Michael Evans performing at the […]

From August to October, the Swedish art public was exposed to Finnish artist Osmo Rauhala at Millesgården in Stockholm. Lost Paradise By Jeanette Gustafsson From August to October, the Swedish art public was exposed to Finnish artist Osmo Rauhala at Millesgården in Stockholm. In an exhibition composed of monotypes, paintings in wax, film and video, […]