Amanda Besl’s tiny figurative oil paintings combine stark contrast, vivid color and gorgeous texture with the immediacy of photography. Freudian Snapshots Rebecca Moda Amanda Besl, Untitled, 2005. Oil on panel, 7″ x 3.5″. Courtesy of Lyons Wier Gallery. Amanda Besl’s tiny figurative oil paintings combine stark contrast, vivid color and gorgeous texture with the immediacy […]

The history of late 20th Century painting describes a conflict between process and image; between a self-reflexivity that elaborates on meanings that are embedded in the act and mechanics of painting (…) Elizabeth Magill: Landscapes of Painting Andrew Wilson Elizabeth Magill, Bay (2), 2004. Oil on canvas, 5 x 6 feet. The history of late […]

Peter Kastner was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1960. He is a painter but also includes all other means of expression as tools in his work, such as graphic arts, video, sound and performance. Peter Kastner: About Birds Jan van Wissen Peter Kastner, Spy, 2005. Oil paint on canvas, 50 x 50 cm. Peter Kastner […]

The Fruitmarket Gallery?s 2004 Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition presents the work of Fred Tomaselli: a New York-based artist whose meticulously-crafted ?hybrid pictures,? made using a dazzling array of materials… Fred Tomaselli’s Monsters of Paradise By Annie Woodman “Doppler Effect in Blue”, 2002 mixed media, resin on wood, 61x61cms. Collection of Raymond Foye The Fruitmarket Gallery?s […]

The WPA was an idea that artist George Biddle presented to his close friend and former classmate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Depression Era Artists By Jeanette Hendler Aaron Berkman, “Monhegan Island” (Maine), 1943-45, 19 X 23in., oil on canvas, signed lower left The WPA was an idea that artist George Biddle presented to his close friend […]

Nothing additional need be said by me about the content of Michael Moore?s great documentary Fahrenheit 911 (2004)… FAHRENHEIT 911: Realizing an Afterimage By Richard Kostelanetz Nothing additional need be said by me about the content of Michael Moore?s great documentary Fahrenheit 911 (2004), which has already been elaborately critiqued and counter-critiqued; but about its […]

All during a night / Of anxiety I wait / At last the dawn comes / Through the cracks of the shutters, / Heartless as night / the Monk Shun-e Philip Guston’S Last Laugh By Jennifer Reeves Pain plays the paperweight on Philip Guston?s desk. Keeps things tidy. Only problem is, the papers continue to […]

Subtle, fictional, paradoxical, Yoshida?s "Bachelor Brides" form an ensemble of quasi-monochromatic self-portraits, fragments of an intimate web, elaborating on a singular story: the feminine condition in Japan. Who is Afraid of Kimiko? By Max Lewicz Kimiko Yoshida “La mariee aveuglee, autoportrait” C-print 120 x 120 cm Edition of 8 Courtesy: Fifty One Fine Art Photography […]

Jungwook Grace Rim paints repetitive circles that hold biological and philosophical implications. Good Woman Under the Sun By Koan Jeff Baysa The Entrance to a River I (2003), Jungwook Grace Rim Jungwook Grace Rim paints repetitive circles that hold biological and philosophical implications. For Rim, a New York based artist and participant in the 2001 […]

Martin Derbyshire is a British artist who has been based in Beijing for nine years. Dialogues and Definitions: conversation with Martin Derbyshire By Gerald Mak Dialogues and Definitions, an installation at 798 Space, Beijing. Photos courtesy of Zhang Hao. Martin Derbyshire is a British artist who has been based in Beijing for nine years. In […]