Author Archives: jolanta
Yoke and Zoom
"While backing away from the wall based work, viewers risked tripping over Yoke and Zoom’s ammunition box… "While backing away from the wall based work, viewers risked tripping over Yoke and Zoom’s ammunition box ‘Not in our name’ in the center of the main space- a more subtle and effective message about the debris and […]
Youn Myeung-Ro
The old and the new meet with effortless harmony in the paintings and prints of Korean artist Youn, Myeung-Ro. The old and the new meet with effortless harmony in the paintings and prints of Korean artist Youn, Myeung-Ro. There is an explanation for this deliberate combination. At the forefront of his country’s modern art movement, […]
Youn Myeung-Ro
The old and the new meet with effortless harmony in the paintings and prints of Korean artist Youn, Myeung-Ro. The old and the new meet with effortless harmony in the paintings and prints of Korean artist Youn, Myeung-Ro. There is an explanation for this deliberate combination. At the forefront of his country’s modern art movement, […]
Young-hee You
Young-hee You graduated from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul in 1970. She also studied at the Musashino Art College of Tokyo… Young-hee You graduated from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul in 1970. She also studied at the Musashino Art College of Tokyo before receiving her M.F.A. in Painting from Sung-Shin Women’s University. To date, You […]
Young-hee You
Young-hee You graduated from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul in 1970. She also studied at the Musashino Art College of Tokyo… Young-hee You graduated from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul in 1970. She also studied at the Musashino Art College of Tokyo before receiving her M.F.A. in Painting from Sung-Shin Women’s University. To date, You […]
Spin at CVB Space – Kate Lowenstein
Like a New Orleans jazz funeral, the "Spin" show at CVB Space in the Meatpacking District combines the notion of demise with buoyant brass music for a jarring effect. Spin at CVB Space Kate Lowenstein Cynthia von Buhler, Shake Hands With Uncle Sam, Interaction view. Like a New Orleans jazz funeral, the "Spin" show at […]
Lost Connection? – Monica Colbert
John Geraci is on the verge, but of what even he is not sure. Though graffiti has been popular since the 1960s, it wasn’t until the early 80s and Fab Five Freddy’s rendering of an Andy Warhol soup can on a subway train, Basquiat’s SAMO musings and Haring’s cartoon-like tags that the mainstream art world […]
Cambodia These Days – Rodney Dickson
Americans are aware of what happened in Vietnam 30 years ago, but not so many know as much about what happened in Cambodia as a result of that war.
Trying to Get Emotional at the Boston ICA – Menachem Wecker
Nursing his elbow agonizingly, Forest Whitaker’s deep red shirt matches his face. But a "Ghost Dog" swordfight gone sour didn’t cause this injury; instead, his portrait by Sam Taylor-Wood inhabits "Getting Emotional"–a multi-media exhibit at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).
Totemic Abstraction – Christine Cavallomagno
When I first moved to New York, a friend took me to the Odessa Caf� on Avenue A in the East Village. At the time, I saw the rundown caf� through the lens of sardonic hipsterdom?as a self-consciously authentically grubby hangout to wet the palates of bobos searching for a genuine experience.
