The Belgian artist Wim Delvoye, famous for the piece Cloaca–a machine which produces real faeces–is now using Beijing as one of his new centers for his notorious creations. Wim Delvoye’s Art Farm Lissette Olivares Wim Delvoye’s pigs are tattooed by Ms. Moon, Lian Ji, and Cheto Castellano at the Art Farm in Beijing. The Belgian […]

In February 2005, a group of young professionals decided to join together and found "Partner Communication," an advertising company. The Beauty of Garbage Natalie Saiph Massone Noemi Piccardo, Photos for the Garbage Project, Genoa, 2005. In February 2005, a group of young professionals decided to join together and found "Partner Communication," an advertising company. Within […]

Brightness that blinds and noise that prevents comprehension–Gianluca Codeghini works with the contradictions and extremes of perception. His sound installations and performances do not merely ask viewers to find new ways to see, hear and communicate, but give them no choice. The Finger In The Eye Emilio Corti Gianluca Codeghini, Dice non-dice, 2005. Brightness that […]

Excerpts from a conversation between Horace Brockington and Jessica Murray, who recently moved her non-profit space from Brooklyn to Chelsea, and became for-profit along the way. Two years is a century now Horace Brockington Jesse Bercowetz, Matt Bua, and Carrie Dashow, Under Island – Under Gone (The Book), 2005. Mixed media, 48 x 73 x […]

Tokyo is gearing up for the summer holidays with the usual apparently random selection of exhibitions pepped up with a smattering of kid-centric shows, like "Howl’s Moving Castle>" at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Report from Tokyo C.B. Liddell Yasumasa Morimura, Dedicated To La Duquesa de Alba / Black Alba, 2004. Color photograph on canvas […]

In 2004, when Romania inaugurated its first-ever National Museum of Contemporary Art in Ceausescu?s nightmarish Peoples Palace, Dumitru Gorzo contributed a large painting depicting the palace on fire while two thugs knife a peasant ?a tableau based on a folkloric legend of the Carpathian mountains. Three Breasts and Multiple Tongues Valery Oisteanu Courtesy of the […]

I discovered Toyism by chance, and I immediately loved the way the images communicate some of the most difficult themes in a very bright way. Toyist Art Natalie Saiph Massone Dejo, The Freakshow . Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150 cm. I discovered Toyism by chance, and I immediately loved the way the images communicate […]

Sharon Louden’s current exhibition initially conjures associations with natural forms such as hair, cilia, bacilli or underwater life. Framing Line: Sharon Louden at the Neuberger Museum of Contemporary Art Miriam Kienle and Joelle Jensen Sharon Louden ,Footprints , 2006. Animation, 4 minutes. Courtesy of the Neuberger Museum of Contemporary Art. Sharon Louden’s current exhibition initially […]

Gae Savannah’s meticulously handcrafted sculptures of brightly decorated fabrics and manufactured beads and hair accessories integrate East-West elements into idiosyncratic totems of a consumerist age. Gae Savannah’s Characters of a New Order Lisa Paul Streitfeld Gae Savannah ,Nyassa , 2005. Beads, fabric, metal, wood; 76″ X 24″ X 24″. Gae Savannah’s meticulously handcrafted sculptures of […]

Unpopulated parking lots with pay phones, bakery thrift shops and video rental storefronts are the subjects of Carolyn Swiszcz’s mixed-media paintings. Carolyn Swiszcz David Lefkowitz Carolyn Swiszcz, Bakery Thriftshop, 2005. Acrylic, ink, relief print on paper, 18 x 40 inches.     Unpopulated parking lots with pay phones, bakery thrift shops and video rental storefronts […]