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 Dumitru Gorzo, The […]

San Diego’s 25-year old Community Art Space Project, dubbed "Sushi," is a nomadic but essential voice in the San Diego art community. "Pencil on Glass" at Voz Alta Project Gallery Richard Frankin Joe Winter?s television screens and radio equipment translate visitors? movements through the Voz Alta Project Gallery into TV snow and sound distortion. San […]

Whitechapel, London, 2003: I am meeting Tea Mäkipää because I am curating a show called the Young Artist’s Biennial in Helsinki The Dumpsters of Humanity Annamari V�nsk� Pirjetta Brander, L’amour de Loin, 2004 Whitechapel, London, 2003: I am meeting Tea Mäkipää because I am curating a show called the Young Artist’s Biennial in Helsinki. Tea […]

Architecture is the most important artistic discipline in Finland, and From Wood to Architecture, at the Museum of Finnish Architecture through September, shows that those working in the shadows of Eliel and Eero Saarinen and Alvar Aalto are continuing to produce innovative, but very sensible and sensitive buildings. In Praise of Wood John Gayer Kupla […]

Since she quit her master’s thesis in sociology 12 years ago, Gun has been making subtly sociological photographs, sculpture, videos, and light and sound works. Th Act of Generosity John Gayer Gun Holmstr�m, Vitamin power, C-elephant, 1996. Hanna Rikkonen, Helsinki City Art Museum. Since she quit her master’s thesis in sociology 12 years ago, Gun […]

"The bottle of water in the plant pot–does that really work?" asks a passer-by dropping in to ask about the plants in the gallery window. Ilona Valkonen: Kuvataideakatemian Galleria Taru Elfving Ilona Valkonen, Garden for One with No Land, 2005, installation view. Courtesy of the artist "The bottle of water in the plant pot–does that […]

For most people, life at home implies maintaining a series of traditions and routines. But in Aarne and Arja, a series of sixty watercolors depicting his life with his partner Arja between1998-2004, Aarne Jämsä reveals that not every day passes smoothly in the Jämsä household. Aarne and Arja: Aarne J�ms� John Gayer Aarne and Arja […]

For over 20 years, Spring has brought performance to the heavily trafficked intersection at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Stage Combat Bozidar Boskovic The Making of a Black Widow. Photograph by J. Capriola For over 20 years, Spring has brought performance to the heavily trafficked intersection at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. The Whitney Museum […]

Brent Spaulding presents the essence of the cowboy in a series of towering silhouettes. Dwarfed by these imposing nine-foot images, the viewer may be romanced by their mythical grandeur or seduced by the implied violence of the scene unfolding. Heroes, Villains and Wide Open Spaces Michael F. Brady Brent Spaulding. Brent Spaulding presents the essence […]

This past December in an industrial Baltimore warehouse, sculptor Tim Scofield debuted his latest performance involving large machinery and acrobatics. Fabricated in steel, a pair of bare metal sculptures set the stage for Scofield and fellow aerialist, Mara Neimanis. Lifting Heavy Metal Cindy Moore Tim Scofield. This past December in an industrial Baltimore warehouse, sculptor […]