It’s not unusual to encounter a show that’s actually two shows–a totally bifurcated affair. Installation artists do it with their sprawling installations, leaving gallery back rooms to smaller (sellable) work. Gabriel Orozco at Marian Goodman Elwyn Palmerton Gabriel Orozco, Project Table, 2005. Table, sculpture, mixed media. Inv.#10206. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery. It’s not unusual […]

Faux flora thrives in a humble house that doubles as an art gallery known as Sala Diaz in San Antonio, Texas. Artist Leigh Anne Lester cultivates genetically modified plants through layered, graphite drawings on mylar. Artificial Arrangement Michelle Gonzalez Valdez Courtesy of the artist Faux flora thrives in a humble house that doubles as an […]

Yuriko Yamaguchi’s Web #5 is a paradox of rushing movement and absolute stillness. A tornado turned on its side, its nest of bent wire, sprinkled with organic, papery pods, swarms from a hole in the gallery wall. Yuriko Yamaguchi Catherine Walworth Yuriko Yamaguchi, WEB #5. Yuriko Yamaguchi’s Web #5 is a paradox of rushing movement […]

When city planners cast an eye on an area and bandy the words "urban renewal," "urban regeneration" or simply "development," alarm bells often ring among local artists. Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow Mitchell Miller courtesy of the artist When city planners cast an eye on an area and bandy the words "urban renewal," "urban regeneration" or […]

Rarely, am I charmed by an artist’s work. It happened in San Antonio, Texas, at the WAX (Writers and Artists Exchange) where hundreds of artists gathered to hear the comments of a dozen visiting critics and editors. On the Lam D. Dominick Lombardi Wai Ching Lam, “Hundred Nights Series,” 2001-2005. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x […]

"We are not afraid of the future," declared Tomas Bata, the famous (and to some, infamous) Moravian entrepreneur. "The shoemaker to the world" and his synonymous descendants not only manufactured shoes, but societies, each a facsimile of Bata’s own town of Zlin, the heartland of his Empire. Future Tensed Mitchell Miller courtesy of the artist […]

From October 21, 2005 through January 29, 2006, The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art was one of the most significant exhibitions of the Albright-Knox’s recent history. Not Just Another Brick in the Wall Erin Scime Xu Bing, Ghosts Pounding the Wall, 1990-1991. Installation: rice paper, ink, soil, and mixed media. Image courtesy Xu Bing Studio. […]

Stepping into a dark room was what I least expected from Olafur Eliasson’s new exhibition "Motion Notion," considering his acclaimed The Weather Project, a representation of the sun and sky in the Turbine Hall, from 2004 at the Tate Modern. Magic with light, water and a sponge (forget the smoke and mirrors) Janna Schoenberger Olafur […]

King Tat is a newly commissioned installation by Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson at the John Hansard Gallery in Southampton, UK. Even before arriving at the gallery, one question arises: who was King Tat? Is he a composite of peoples, of people who the local newspaper report as being found dead surrounded by a lifetime […]

In 1887, LL Zamenhof published a book in Russian called Unua Libro (First Book) under the name Doktoro Esperanto. His goal was to create a universal second language that would lead to the lofty ideal of global peace and understanding. Retracing History Vanessa Garcia William Kentridge making Balancing Act (Fragment for Georges Melies), 2003. Courtesy […]