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After decades of shadow dwelling, the East Bay emerges to ignite the Bay Area art scene like never before. The Rise of the Second City: East Bay Curators Reclaim Style of the City Ho By Petra Bibeau The Rise of the Second City: East Bay Curators Reclaim Style of the City Ho By Petra BibeauEric […]

Chelsea is so institutionalized it’s scary. All the shows have this whitebred, polished, superficiality that is all image and no ingenuity, all slickness and no soul. Rider Project 2004 By Aaron Zimmerman Rider Gallery, interior view.Chelsea is so institutionalized it’s scary. All the shows have this whitebred, polished, superficiality that is all image and no […]

Oh, but you will, the first solo show of painter Echo Eggebrecht, was on display recently at the new Chelsea location of Sixtyseven Gallery. Not a Soul in Sight By Christina Vassallo Echo Eggebrecht, Totem, acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 inches, courtesy Sixtyseven Gallery Oh, but you will, the first solo show of painter […]

My first aesthetic impression of Yuliya Lanina’s current show was how the bold colors of her drawings, rich reds, oranges, yellows and blues, seemed to further illuminate the corporal forms attached to the utilitarian walls of the Williamsburg Art Nexus Gallery. "Mirror, Mirror…" By Morgan Schulman "Mirror, Mirror…"My first aesthetic impression of Yuliya Lanina’s current […]

All in all, the fall season was pretty lackluster this year, but as the weather gets colder the art season seems to be heating up a bit: WINTER PICKS By Christopher Chambers Adam Hurwitz, Pack, 2004 Oil on Linen 36"x72"All in all, the fall season was pretty lackluster this year, but as the weather gets […]

In their latest video and photographic installation "Erehwon", taking its title and location from Samuel Butler’s satirical novel set in New Zealand, the Wilsons nest subjects of behavioral codes and medical praxes from the early twentieth century as forms of social control. Fragile Syntheses By Hilary Sample In their latest video and photographic installation "Erehwon", […]

Founded in 1904 and under royal patronage since 1911, London’s Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS) is made up of a thriving mix of members ranging from artists at the top of their profession to those at the start of their careers. The UK’s Sculptural Newcomers By Selma Stern Tine Bech, Floating, 2003, reactive robotic […]

What inspires Dallas-based artist, Rusty Scruby, is only a fraction of his highly complex, engineering-based process of creating. Reconstructed–Sights and Sounds of a Modern-day Weaver By Cris Worley Rusty Scruby’s technique of photographic weaving is apparent in this rear, construction view of his Railroad Crossing, 2004, reconstructed ink jet print, 20 x 14 x 3 […]

I first saw David Altmejd’s work in the last Whitney Biennial. ALTMEJD, KUSAMA, KOSUTH, AND KRUGER By John Perreault David Altmejd, The University 2 Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery A Werewolf in Brooklyn I first saw David Altmejd’s work in the last Whitney Biennial. In my Artopia essay I gave his Delicate Men in Positions of […]

[in] organic is the maiden showing for the Saragris Gallery, whose Lower East Side space was transformed from a hair salon to a boutique art gallery in October Nature: Forged, Framed and Painted By Ivan Gale Nature: Forged, Framed and Painted [in] organic is the maiden showing for the Saragris Gallery, whose Lower East Side […]