Remarkable technically and abundantly imaginative, Elena Sarni creates striking paintings filled with resonant images that comment on contemporary life and human nature.  In her engrossing new show, entitled “Still Life Landscape,” which opens December 2 at the Grant Gallery, she uses the still life as a way to explore our unconscious. Sarni did not title […]

“Eikasia—The Pride of Progress” is not only the name of an exhibition. Josefina Posch’s current exhibition at DDM Warehouse, combining her previous and recent works, reveals her attitude toward our society, highlighting its false sense of convenience. Each sculpture in the space is hung closely, resembling us sitting in our office cubicles.  Posch’s most recent […]

On view at the Max Lang Gallery this Fall are works by Chinese artist Zhang Huan including performance-based concept photographs (a term used by the artist), works on paper and recent sculptural work. Videos of some of the artist’s past performances will also be screened. This exhibition will be present from September 22 through October […]

These days it is hard to talk about Chinese experimental art without paying attention to action and performance art. The situation has certainly improved since the late 90s, when discussions on performance art remained limited to a small number of internationally renowned artists, and often took place within the broader context of the development of […]

Even in the eclectic world of visual art, there are outsiders. Seattle sculptor Jessica Geiger’s unique creations are unexpected and difficult to categorize. Viewers are drawn to her smaller, doll-sized creations and miniature dioramas, expecting a Norman Rockwell scene. Instead, they discover an Alice Neal-Duane Hanson-like, twisted lovechild creation. Gallery patrons are alternately delighted and […]

It’s been a while since I first understood that no one can discover the contemporary French art scene simply by going to the Georges Pompidou Center. However, if you stay in Paris for, say, longer than four weeks, you can discover a lively, visceral and often subversive type of urban art. The so-called street art […]

Cold contact evangelism requires a leap of faith. It is, by definition, a method of making oneself vulnerable in the hope that a faith-based connection will occur between two strangers. Those who practice cold contact evangelism are ministers who successfully share the gospel with strangers. For those gifted in this mode of outreach, cold contact […]

Leah Oates: Please speak about your background in the arts and how you conceived Boyd Level?Jonathan Neil:  I come from an academic background. Currently, I’m a few months away from finishing a dissertation for my Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia. For a little over a year now I have been writing criticism and reviews […]

In times such as these, where the lack of true and unconventional love is a marketable commodity, where various degrees of madness, violence and corruption all over the planet are coupled with the rising prices of food, oil, rent and with the constant, diminishing power of the dollar, there is need for a high level […]

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was Dada whose light burned briefly but brightly. What was Dada? As Tristan Tzara put it, “Dada is a state of mind. Dada is a supreme religion of truth and true feelings, feelings that can be communicated through ‘wireless telepathy.’ Dada is the collective power of […]