An exciting core of new works by artist, including Johnston Foster, as far ranging as recent works by Mia Westerlund to the delightful slide of Yutaka Sone’s Amusement Romana are re-invigorating new art possibilities beyond the restricted context of video installations. ANIMATE: Johnston Foster and Liza McConnell By Horace Brockington     Johnston Foster and […]

singing ringing things Liz Phillips has created sound environments and large-scale site-specific sound installations for decades. The Sounds of Sculpture / Liz Phillips: new sound works By Paula Rabinowitz   Hiroaki Sato 2004         singing ringing things Liz Phillips has created sound environments and large-scale site-specific sound installations for decades. The two […]

It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tragic news assaulting us every day: diseases, earthquakes, famine, political coups, terrorist attacks, wars . . . a litany without end. Collateral Damage: Echoes In Our Soul By Virginia Maksymowicz     Echoes In Our Soul       It’s easy to become overwhelmed by […]

Translating poetry from any one language to another presents formidable challenges. Criticizing Criticism By Glenna Gordon Translating poetry from any one language to another presents formidable challenges. Translating a visual experience into a verbal one is just as difficult. Perhaps it is just this challenge that motivates artists, writers and critics. While much is lost […]

In 1822, Joseph Nicephore Niepce (1765-1833) created the first permanent photographic image. Neo Post Pictorialism By Charles Giuliano       Ron Rizzi, Piss Moon, 2003 oil on muslin on panel 20×30″         In 1822, Joseph Nicephore Niepce (1765-1833) created the first permanent photographic image. Camera devices had been in use by […]

The not so Sacred Life after Death of Saint Dali. Global Dali By Valery Oisteanu             The not so Sacred Life after Death of Saint Dali. A diary of surreal insignificance by Valery Oisteanu The Black Hole of Dali One recent Sunday afternoon I was invited to join "the traveling […]

The photograph reveals only a single grotesque or comic moment, I thought, not the person as he really was more or less all his life. STARBUCKS COFFEE By George Porcari The photograph reveals only a single grotesque or comic moment, I thought, not the person as he really was more or less all his life. […]

There is a new innocence in New York performance this season that is exploding with innovations stretching from the experimental downtown scene to the classical dance world. Dance in 2004:A New Populism Born out of Collaboration By L.P. Streitfeld   A New Populism Born out of Collaboration         There is a new […]

Peter Welz is a Berlin-based artist, known for his contemporary kinetic reconfiguring of the traditional concerns of the sculptural figure. Rhyming Circles: Peter Welz By Mick Wilson           Peter Welz is a Berlin-based artist, known for his contemporary kinetic reconfiguring of the traditional concerns of the sculptural figure. More recently, and […]

Mental Oyster is as much pearl as oyster. Jim Lambie’s new installation at the Anton Kern Gallery focuses on the optical effects created by repeated forms and contrasting colors. Review: Op art Pops at Anton Kern By Glenna Gordon     Jim Lambie 2004 installation view       Mental Oyster is as much pearl […]