Spearheaded by an increasing cultural globalization and, more specifically, by the West’s ever-expanding multiculturalism, large exhibitions such as the Taipei, Gwangju and Shanghai biennials have introduced contemporary Chinese art and artists to the global stage. Although this may appear to have been an overnight phenomenon, it is actually a gradual one that parallels the political […]

In our modern societies, transparent materials outshine opaque materials, bearers of traditions and sometimes obscurantism.  Either vehicle of political liberty or inevitable means for a capitalism which must maintain trust, this change from the opaque to the transparent is one among the many that a China of the 21st century is experiencing—but probably the one […]

Liu Jian Hua’s artworks present an unflinching illumination of the all too intimate relationship between materialism and humanity.  These questions and issues that are raised in his artworks are, for instance, evident in works like Do You have an answer? This work is a mixed-media piece wherein Liu Jian Hua uses both stainless steel sculpture […]

Amy Bennett is a Brooklyn-based artist who builds dollhouse-sized models of neighborhoods to stir up her imagination and to begin to create intricate and detailed stories of the families within it. Her paintings are striking, allowing the viewer to take a look into compelling and often dark homes, and reflect an extremely well-polished craft.Jenny Ziomek: […]

In recent works I have been committing myself to the development of an individualistic discourse in and from the fountainhead of the painting. In an attempt to establish a new set of languages for ink and wash painting, I have tried to bring the ornamentality, allegoricity, and narrativity of the painting into play; making ink […]

Leah Oates: What was your progression as an artist? Did you always know you wanted to be a painter? Please talk about how you developed to where you are now. Carlo Maria Mariani: I knew I wanted to be an artist when I was six years old. I started to draw and then began painting […]

Jeff Soto’s current show at the BLK/MRKT gallery in Los Angeles features a new series of paintings on canvas, panel and paper. “Cold Ice Age” continues Soto’s intrepid exploration of his private imaginary world, but with a twist—the amplified conscience of a new parent; the show’s title refers to his intensifying apprehension about the future […]

Fuse Gallery’s “Draw” art exhibit recently made a huge mark with its New York debut. As a result, galleries around the world have come calling to host the show too.  “Draw,” curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey, opened at New York City’s Fuse Gallery last fall with over 1000 media, celebs, artists, musicians and […]

Is the sky transparent? Or is the glass transparent? The heart is transparent. The heart resembles the sky; it also resembles the glass. Because of the heart, air can then produce numerous kinds of colors. Glass is the mirror of the sky, while the sky reflects the heart. The glass thus is full of life […]

Alpher Xian: Your photographs have a dreamy quality to them. They seem to me that they come naturally, rather than just being “taken.” Do you research your subjects or do you know them intuitively? Do the pictures find you, or you do go out to look for the pictures?Alec Soth: I usually have a list […]