Author Archives: jolanta

Cecily Kahn is an abstract painter who for the past twelve years has been engaged in a serious dialogue with American nonobjective art of the 1930s and 40s. ComLooking Forward and Looking Back: The Art of Cecily Kahn By Julie Karabenick Cecily Kahn. Reach 30Cecily Kahn is an abstract painter who for the past twelve […]

The Detroit Cobras’ new long player, Baby, has all the hallmarks of a 1975 classic you never knew existed. Rasping, soulful vocals that ooze trashy bohemian sexiness are set to classic old school Rock and Roll riffs and rhythms and revamped into a blue grass barn dance. Kinky Pop By Cedar Lewinsohn Album Cover for […]

From September 16, 2004 to January 8, 2005, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Centre of Contemporary Art in Turin, presents the all- female group show Don’t Touch the White Woman, curated by Francesco Bonami. Don’t Touch the White Woman! By Natalie Massone Saiph Daniela Kostova performing her artworkFrom September 16, 2004 to January 8, 2005, […]

In the middle of Laugavegur, in a wooden house wth corrugerated steel siding, is a very special museum, or should one say collection, as either term translates the Icelandic name SAFN. SAFN By Hlynur Helgason A glimpse into SAFN, the names of represented artists on the window, intermingling with a permanent installation by Lawrence Weiner […]

Hildur Bjarnad�ttir unraveled two yards of painter’s canvas, which she rewove as a wall hanging. Unraveling the Painter’s Weave By Eva Heisler Hildur Bjarnad�ttir, Frippery 2004. Velvet pile embodery on a table cloth 60 x 60 inches on a pedastalHildur Bjarnad�ttir unraveled two yards of painter’s canvas, which she rewove as a wall hanging. The […]

Walead Beshty’s show, "The Body/Body Problem" showing this fall at Wallspace Gallery in New York, in parallel to the young LA-based artist’s exhibit at PS1’s project room, proved one thing, above all: stark and flashy surface need not come at the cost of art historical, conceptual and socio-analytical elaboration. The Phenomenology of Fondling: Shopping By […]

In this age of media frenzies, media circuses, and all of their reality television offshoots, it is hard to find a group of people not exposed to our mob rule society. At the Abbey By Jason Murison ElzayIn this age of media frenzies, media circuses, and all of their reality television offshoots, it is hard […]

101 Gallery’s director, B�dvar Gunnarsson, had prepared me: Steingr�mur Eyfj�rd was a bit of an eccentric, he saw conspiracy in many circumstances, and viewed most things as furthering an ominous purpose. Steingr�mur Eyfj�rd By D. Dominick Lombardi "Filling the Holes" Mixed media on canvas 2003101 Gallery’s director, B�dvar Gunnarsson, had prepared me: Steingr�mur Eyfj�rd was […]

The exhibition Fashination at the Modern Museum in Stockholm is a large production curated by the Museum’s director together with one of the museum’s curators, a participating artist and a fashion editor of a Swedish lifestyle magazine. Stating the Obvious By Power Ekroth Twins, 2003 © Vanessa Beecroft Foto: Vanessa Beecroft Courtesy Deitch Projects, New […]

Last October, in Eboli, a town in the heart of south Italy, artist Tommaso Guarino opened "Senza Appartenenza" (Without Belongings), a fascinating exhibition of paintings from 2002 to the present. Faces Without belongings By Raffaella Marano Tommaso Guarino. Donna Vestita di Rosa (Woman dressed in Pink) Oil on CanvasLast October, in Eboli, a town in […]