In December of 2003, DJ Danger Mouse began the counterintuitive task of mixing black and white. Appropriately Grey By John Eischeid     By Margaret Maloney     In December of 2003, DJ Danger Mouse began the counterintuitive task of mixing black and white. He wittily entitled the result "The Grey Album," since it was […]

I stumbled in, sick as a dog, on the last day of Thomas Nozkowski’s exhibition at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Thomas Nozkowski – Examined Abstraction By Matthew Bourbon     Untitled (7-8), 1992. Oil on canvasboard, 16″ x 20″     I stumbled in, sick as a dog, on the last day of Thomas […]

Dum Dum Grown-Up Art features nine not so dum dum artists. Dum Dum Grown-Ups By Louise Patrick       Josh Kil, Performance is Job One, wall painting       Dum Dum Grown-Up Art features nine not so dum dum artists. Reading the press release, one might expect to see a bunch of illegible […]

Make it New! (Ezra Pound). A marvellous night took place at the Estorick Collection in London in the first week of February when staff and invitees celebrated the opening of the museum’s exhibition "Blasting the Future! Vorticism in Britain 1910-1920". The Past is Blasting the Future! By Selma Stern   David Bomberg, Ju-Jitsu, 1913.   […]

Sad news to report: Monique Goldstrom lost her long battle with cancer and passed away at age 56 in mid-February. Spring PICKS By Christopher Chambers       David Fried, Rainscape no. 21, 2004, C-Print on Diasec, 37″x50″.          Sad news to report: Monique Goldstrom lost her long battle with cancer and […]

Compiler is a new presentation platform for contemporary art, in particular video and audio works, performances, interventions and documentation of process-oriented works. Compiler / DVD-Magazine for Contemporary By Susann Wintsch   DVD-Magazine for Contemporary Art       Compiler is a new presentation platform for contemporary art, in particular video and audio works, performances, interventions […]

Upon visiting Elissa Levy’s solo exhibition at Brooklyn Fire Proof, the first thing one encounters when emerging from the stairwell is a small, black symmetrical form on the wall. Warcraft By Lauren Ross Elissa Levy, Soldier’s Circle – trim, 2004, Vinyl, 26 ft x 9 inches. Upon visiting Elissa Levy’s solo exhibition at Brooklyn Fire […]

Carol Caputo refuses the isolation of an artist’s studio. Bringing the Street into the Gallery By Eva Ponderose   Street Study, crayon and acrylic, 65″ by 68″       Carol Caputo refuses the isolation of an artist’s studio. Her art isn’t just about the city – it literally brings the city into the fabric […]

We all have had days when we feel uneasy inhabiting our body, uncomfortable in our own skin. Boundaries of the Body: Filling Up/Spilling Out By Jody Servon   Ene-Liis Semper’s Oasis, 1999. Single-channel video, color, sound       We all have had days when we feel uneasy inhabiting our body, uncomfortable in our own […]

I arrived at the Berliner Kunstprojekt in the multi cultural district in Berlin-Kreuzberg late on a Saturday night. Controlled Chaos: Lance Dehn� By Tobias Verlende   Untitled, 14″ x 18″, Graphite on paper, 1986       I arrived at the Berliner Kunstprojekt in the multi cultural district in Berlin-Kreuzberg late on a Saturday night. […]