Dual identities run deep throughout my entire body of work. I often perceive a suggestion of the other with every subject I photograph. The slip between the two spaces, along with projecting those dual identities to their creators as well as their spectators interests me the most.  For these photographs I wanted to use the […]

I am a fauxtographer. I love photography, but have no aptitude for apertures. Photocopying, that’s my medium. It’s a kind of crude photography and my favored tool for manipulating appropriated imagery. I use fashion photographs, pulp magazine pages, and art history icons from my graduate studies in ancient Greek art. Becoming Venus and Cycladic Series […]

Art history is one of the subjects I find most fascinating to work with. I am driven by the concept of questioning themes intrinsic to the history of painting, such as perception, presence, and absence—that is to say, the very essence of its raison d’etre. I use a wide range of materials and techniques, at […]

Skin is the largest part the Body. Skin is the sensitive part—sometimes so fragile, sometimes so tough. Skin is appearance, but what’s inside skin is more important than that. It’s a Soul. Pomme Chan Courtesy of the artist. Skin is the largest part the Body. Skin is the sensitive part—sometimes so fragile, sometimes so tough. […]

Side View, Nino Korinteli’s debut solo exhibition at Broadway Gallery in New York, presented a  refreshing panoply of new work by the artist. Incorporating a wide array of media and subject matter, Korinteli’s vision is broad. Though self-taught, Korinteli demonstrates a dexterity, sensibility, and awareness of art history far more informed than the "outsider" or […]

The channels through which photography finds its way to the buyers are still highly traditional. Original prints are mainly sold through galleries. But since new media channels, particularly the Internet, are gaining increasing importance in all sectors of the economy, including the fine art market, there is no reason why the trading of artworks through […]

My youngest sister was born when I was 13 years old. It was a few months before the sex education program started at school, and I had no knowledge about sex. Friends made fun of my parents for having a baby, and that was really confusing for me. I respect my parents. They were very […]

Leah Oates: You have an upcoming solo show at Charles Cowles Gallery in June. Can you give us a preview of what you will be showing, and, since this is a big show for any artist, tell us how you are preparing mentally? Pepe Villegas: I met Charles Cowles almost a decade ago through mutual artist friends, […]

Leah Oates: When did you know you were an artist, and how did you develop as an artist? Sebastian Lemm: It was a very gradual process. Growing up, I never really considered being an artist, although I’ve always had a desire for creative freedom. It took me a while to figure out how to best […]

Rupture, Part One, aims to portray the situation that arises when things break down: when the routine of life pauses and the door is opened for basic, unmediated humanity to step and replace the automata of contemporary rigor. Such moments are inflections on how we function on a most basic level, without the societal and […]