John Waters has happily personified the concept of sleaze for forty years. John Waters: Change of Life By Michael Cohn     Margaret Harrison, Beautiful Ugly Violence (Hammer), 2003. Oil on Canvas, 26″ x 26″, Photo Credit: Scott Chernis       John Waters has happily personified the concept of sleaze for forty years. Now […]

Catalyzed by the burgeoning feminist consciousness of the 1960’s and 70’s, pioneering British painter Margaret Harrison – like many other women artists of her generation… Violence isn’t Always Ugly at First By Steven Brian   Margaret Harrison, Beautiful Ugly Violence (Hammer), 2003, Oil on Canvas, 26″ x 26″, Photo Credit: Scott Chernis       […]

What is it about Mark Rothko’s brushstrokes that stop the eye of the observer, make that eye glisten as if it belonged to the artist himself, who has lightened up the canvas to make marks of color defined and undefined? A Sheer Mastery of Color By Harriet Zinnes Mark Rothko       What is […]

The small show "Five Dutchies in New York" opened to a warm and festive reception Feb. 5, at the Broadway Gallery, located at 473 Broadway in SoHo. Five Dutchies in New York By Karen Swikata The small show "Five Dutchies in New York" opened to a warm and festive reception Feb. 5, at the Broadway […]

Winand Staring lives for (and because of) water. Winand Staring’s Waterworld By Christina Vassallo     Winand Staring lives for (and because of) water. This international artist spent twenty years in the field of economic development trying to unlock the mystery of effective global water management in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Peru, and Guatemala. Staring’s paintings […]

At his recent exhibit at Art In General, Mike Peter Smith delivers a strong message with two small works – Fire Escape 6 and Fire Escape 7. Escape From The Ordinary By Danielle Augusta Cannon       Mike Peter Smith, view of Fire Escape 6 and Fire Escape 7.       At his […]

In the CRG Gallery an exhibition from the young but talented artist Stephanie Pryor is on view until the beginning of May. Stephanie Pryor: How to deal with wild animals and classical artists By Aude Milaguet     Untitled (nature series 1) H, 2003. Acrylic ink on paper. 9 X 12 inches.       […]

From March 5th to April 14th the Julie Saul Gallery has a group exhibition on the theme of mapping called "Uncharted Territory: Subjective Mapping by Artists and Cartographers." Theoretical Frontiers By Aude Milaguet Gonzalo Puch, Untitled, 1998, chromogenic print.         From March 5th to April 14th the Julie Saul Gallery has a […]

Part One: The Serious and Ambitious Catalogue. WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2004 By John Perreault     roni horn Roni Horn http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/finch/finch3-10-3.asp Doubt by Water 2003       Part One: The Serious and Ambitious Catalogue The three curators of the 2004 Whitney Biennial — Chrissie Iles, Shamim Momin, and Debra Singer — make an immodest claim […]

During Spring Break, an odd expression, it was not Girls Behaving Badly on a beach somewhere near the Equator (which, in hindsight might have been a better idea), but rather ten days braving the rigors of a winter that just won’t quit in the city that never sleeps. Whitney Biennial 2004: New York in March: […]