The Ends of Art Kirk Hughey       “Frankly,if you’re investing in art in order to make money, you’re a fool… from aninvestment point of view, you’d be better off putting your money in lotterytickets.” (an anonymous London art-dealer)   Increasinglywe can see the art-world as a purely commercial enterprise fueled by strategiessimilar to […]

At Play with Lance Dehne Aaron Zimmerman         Lance Dehne, Salami, 2003, Color Pencil on Paper, 6″x8″.       Lance Dehne writes onArtineering: “It’s about art, mechanics, sculpturology, engineering, botany,ornithology, ideology, physiology, sculpturology, colorology, and visionology.Conceptual ideas are rethought, reworked, fine tuned, and molded into afunctional and aesthetic product.” Seems all […]

Cornelia Schleime – „Von Angesicht zu Angesicht“ Lisa Schreiber       Cornelia Schleime, Kleiner Tiroler, 2001. Mischtechnik, 200x160cm           style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>„Ich neige zum Extremen, mir f�lltes schwer die Mitte zu finden“, ist die Aussage der Ost-Berliner K�nstlerinCornelia Schleime, die seit dem 16.11.03 im Museum Junge Kunst in FrankfurtOder einen umfangreichen Auszug aus […]

“SCI-ART: Extensions of Being (Part II)”[i] M-1000         Adam Bradley, Carrier, sculpture, 90�x144�x108�, 1998       In SandyStone’s book, Split Subjects, Not Atoms; or How I Fell in Love with MyProsthesis, shewrote about her experience of seeing Stephen Hawking give a speech. She was bewilderedby how much of him was the […]

Cooking the Emulsion Olga Chemokhud Doty           In aneffort to learn more about the various Polaroid image transfer methods, Ivisited the Polaroid corporation site. Until recently, they sponsored artistswho were experimenting with instant print techniques and the cameras thatproduced them. Now the company has tightened its belt and is not as […]

Provoking Hidden Intentions with Rocco Alberico James Cavello       Rocco Alberico, 25 Miles as the Crow Flies, (image inside 3D viewer), Mixed media with 3D viewer, 22″x5″x7″.     The first time I viewed Rocco Alberico’s sculptureswas at the Broadway Gallery – I was intrigued by the multi-layered commentarieswithin his creative and thought […]

Cells, Cells, Cells… The Latest Works by Deniz Ayg�n Selma Stern Deniz Ayg�n, Two Beds in the Cell, (detail), 2003. 50 x 40, Oil on canvas. In Prison   Wearily, drearily, Half the day long, Flap the great banners High over the stone; Strangely and eerily Sounds the wind’s song, Bending the banner-poles.   While, […]

The screaming hermit: Simone Terneldo Stefano Pasquini         Simone Terneldo, Graphic rebels, 1967, mixed media on wood. Courtesy the artist � private collections, Bologna, Modena, Reggio, Sondrio (Italy).       He took part in protests, he founded cultural associationsand magazines, he realized theatrical performances, organized conferences, hewrote. He painted. Simone Terneldo, […]

Therese Nortvedt: Innocent Celebrity Selma Stern       Therese Norvedt, Worldpool         Pollock Fine Artstyle="mso-spacerun: yes">  in London is showing new works byTherese Nortvedt, one of Norway’s better-known artists. Her painterly skillseven decorate stamps in that Northern land, and her works are both in thecollections of the National Gallery in Oslo […]

Sue Melikian Steinsieck. Overlapping and layers.Rafael Samper Susan Melikian Steinsieck, The Sky is Crying, 2003, Mixed media. El paisaje interior y el exteriorse solapan en un territorio com�n. Unas veces con los ojos cerrados dirigimosla  mirada hacia dentro y otras,dibujando,  hacemos aflorar nuestropaisaje en forma de im�genes, para que adquieran un color mas vivo al […]