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PLAMEN DEJANOFF:“As by an invisible hand” Plamen Dejanoff   has had an active career in Europe, although he remains a relatively young artist.Born l970 in Sofia, Bulgaria, the artist presently lives and works in Berlin.He recently had exhibitions at Pinksummer Contemporary in Genoa, Italy, the ProjectSeries at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and is currently […]

“Peace as an Universal Language,” a exhibition at the Broadway Gallery, NY Jamey Hecht and Kyong-Ha Yim Since art emerges from the unconscious, it affords an alternative to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that plague the waking mind each hour. But the subject matter of the same art often cries out from the […]

Energy and Entropy In his post-formalistessay titled Painting as Model (1993), the art historian and critic Yve-AlainBois asks, “What is it for a painter to think?” This is an especiallyinteresting comment when discussing the subject of pure abstraction. Since thereis no discernible signifier that one can detect in non-figurative work, the questionthat Bois raises is […]

Leonid Lerman, "The Memories of Ruination" Mark Daniel Cohen I met a travelerfrom an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command Tell that […]

The Intricate Precision of the Field ; The Kabbalistic Mysticism of Robert Mark Daniel Cohen William Blake mayhave been right. The first and most mystical of the English Romantic Poets maywell have been correct in preferring the exactitude of the line to the vaguenessof the color field. For Blake’s concern was not over the proprieties […]

SCI-ART: Science and Art – So Different, So Similar?J. Bronowski (Harper & RowPublishers: 1956) As fields of study, science and art could be seen as having similar goals andaspirations, but are different in methodology and application. The general consensuson science and art relations today is that they are completely different professionsand have nothing to do […]

Surviving as a gallery in LA Mery Lynn McCorkle With real estateprofiteers busily boosting rents for artist lofts and art galleries in New York,staying in the art scene means perpetually seeking cheaper rent. As a result,galleries are popping up all over, making going to openings a logistical nightmare.You can’t be in Harlem, Chelsea, Soho, Williamsburg, […]

"Translatability" is the July 2003 show at Berlinerkunstprojekt David Adamo and Gordana Bezanov Below are a seriesof artists’ statements from the show. C a r l o s M o t t a With "Untitled 117 (Bellavista)," I am interested in activating thecontent of a series of photographs that represent the violent death of civiliansfor […]

WILL MCBRIDE Anna Bulbrook “I am veryinterested in boys. Let there be no doubt about that. But I do not meet themin train stations nor in the men’s lavatories. I do not go to places where I expect to see boys. I do not ask boys to come home with me for pay. But whenI […]

Interview with Andr�s Ram�rez Gaviria Esme Watanabe Watanabe:Andrés, what are the sources of the sounds? They seemed abstract and withoutreference but gave me the feeling of travelling through a haunted house. I feltlike spirits and ghosts were echoing my steps,, it was a little creepy, but engaging. Gaviria:Some of the sounds are a mix of […]