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Fusion of the Oriental Mind and the Western Material: Art of Meeok Paik – Sae-Kwan, Oh

Fusion of the Oriental Mind and the Western Material: Art of Meeok Paik Sae-Kwan, Oh         Meeok Paik, Psychokinesis, Acrylic on canvas, 89.4 X 145.5 cm         The early worksof Meeok Paik contained images of nature, with vague and deliberate referencesto their sources. Paik’style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>s approach to the nature began […]

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Oppressive performances by Yael Davids – Edo Dijksterhuis

Oppressive performances by Yael Davids Edo Dijksterhuis Yael Davids, Aquarium. Photo by Johannes Schwartz A man with his head stuckinside a filled aquarium. A girl confined in a hollowed out mattress that lookslike a quilted tomb. A boy lying on a bed with his head in a pillowcase. Theperformances of Yael Davids are certainly not […]

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The Miami Cilantro – Basel Twist: Notes from the Not-So- Underground – Lee Klein

The Miami Cilantro – Basel Twist: Notes from the Not-So- Underground Lee Klein     Will Pappenheimer, Pome Kit, at the Miami Basel Art Fair           One can stillwitness an overly smug Jeffrey Deitch wandering out of the Delano – as if theglamour of the surround could make his personality more […]

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Second State – Aaron Yassin

Second State Aaron Yassin       Randy Stoltzfus, The Garden Gate, Oil on canvas, 96″x120″         The first timeI visited Randy Stoltzfus’ studio in Brooklyn it was late in theday, nearly dusk. The light level was low, particularly as the studio had onlya block of windows facing north. I began looking […]

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Van Auten

  My work is fueled by a fascination with psyche, soul and transcendence. I strive to pull viewers beyond the visual plane to meditative realms My work is fueled by a fascination with psyche, soul and transcendence. I strive to pull viewers beyond the visual plane to meditative realms of psychological space. Lone figures present […]

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Van Auten

  My work is fueled by a fascination with psyche, soul and transcendence. I strive to pull viewers beyond the visual plane to meditative realms My work is fueled by a fascination with psyche, soul and transcendence. I strive to pull viewers beyond the visual plane to meditative realms of psychological space. Lone figures present […]

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Sumpthin Bout Dat Show at Rare Gallery uh Jim Wright’s Paintin’s at Got Me – Aaron Zimmerman

Sumpthin Bout Dat Show at Rare Gallery uh Jim Wright’s Paintin’s at Got Me Aaron Zimmerman       Jim Wright, Fuzz Love in the Tub, 2003. Acrylic on panel, 56″ x 56″. Image courtesy of Rare Gallery.         Damn. You know, I wuz ina hills a West Ver-Gin-I-A for most a […]

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Je$u$ $ave$ Chicago – Adam Barraclough

e$u$ $ave$ Chicago Adam Barraclough       Gregory Shirilla, Agatha.     Gregory Shirilla, Agatha. Whether you love or loathethe paradox of such statements, it is hard to escape them. They have become apart of the American cultural dialogue. It’s not uncommon to find contemporaryart that comments on this omnipresence, so the idea of […]

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Ann Hamilton’s Corpus – Charles Giuliano

Ann Hamilton’s CorpusCharles Giuliano   View from installation, Ann Hamilton, Corpus, Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, December 13, 2003 through October, 2004.         Seated on thesteps of the football field sized Building 5 of Mass MoCA, we tried to get thesense and insight of a new installation by Ann Hamilton. It is […]

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Chuck Close: Process and Collaboration – Harriet Zinnes

Chuck Close: Process and CollaborationHarriet Zinnes       Chuck Close, Self-Portrait/Pulp, 2001. Stenciled handmade paper pulp in 11 grays, 57 1/2 x 40 in, Edition of 35.     Ifit is the human face that a viewer is interested in, then the artist ChuckClose’s depiction of his own face, fascinating and inexorable, must be […]

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