The Ins and Outs of Beatriz Milhazes Elba Benitez O Conflito, 2001 (Acrylic on canvas, 150,5 x 35,5 cm)   TheBrazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes’ work is characterized by the Baroquecolorist quality of her canvases. At first sight, they seem to state asunequivocal their condition as paintings of organic forms: images of abstractedflowers, branches, leaves, intuited […]

MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ: DELIMITED OCCCURENCES Horace Brockington    In theearly 1970s Marc Chaimowicz was interested in ideas of art, which could challengedartists to move beyond the Duchampian readymade that had challenged the conceptof the art object. During the period, Chaimowicz wrote about performance artfor Studio International, in addition to actively participating in the origins of […]

Chrissy Conant’s Edible Metaphors Danielle Cannon   “It is notin life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.”style="mso-spacerun: yes">  This quote, taken from George E.Woodberry, resonates with truth that one encounters  in Chrissy Caviar, an installation formerly at The Aldrich Museum ofContemporary Art, now made accessible throughhref="http://www.chrissycaviar.com/">www.chrissycaviar.com.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Under the “General Information” sectionon […]

NEO ‘80s Peter De Potter Don’t believe the headlines in nowadaysglossy fashion magazines or the recent slogans from the record company’spr-machines: the eighties are NOT back and no, we will NOT be dragged ‘back toeighties’. That decade is over, it all happened 20 odd years ago and we stillhaven’t mastered the art of actually travelling […]

ABSTRACTION NOW Andr�s Ram�rez Gavirias Curated byNorbert Pfaffenbichler and co-curators Sandro Droschl, Sixpackfilm and Lia andMiguel Carvalhais, ABSTRACTION NOW brings together current non-representationaltrends in art centered mostly on audiovisual media. The exhibition, excellentlyorganized by its curators, covers the work of a group of young artists whodisplay ingenious approaches to abstract themes, as seen not only […]

Getting To Know James Rosenquist Again Charles Giuliano James Rosenquist smiles while recalling studio days in the 1960s�photo by Charles Giuliano, 2002 I’veknown James Rosenquist; but to know the man is not to know the man. I know somethings, but that’s about it. Nor do I know the work better than someone whonever met the […]

Scavengers- Ingrid Calame and Joseph Cornell Jennifer Reeves style="mso-spacerun: yes">     Does the meansjustify the ends in the making of art? Does a sound theory alone make theobject demonstrative? Is the artist a mute data provider and the viewer solelyresponsible for the revelation? Holding that art is capable of far more thansatisfying the urge for decorum […]

Lemler Lost among the City Danielle O’Steen Ghosted Message, 36″ x 30″, 2000, polaroid transfer on watercolor paper JoanLemler’s current show at the Broadway Gallery fills the space with photographsof textured emptiness, allowing the viewer to feel as if they are the mostrecent human presence in these scenes. Sinewy and antique in appearance, manyof the […]

The Art of Torture Joao Ribas A replica of a cell at an art show in Madrid. Image of Salvador Dali.   style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>From the pages of the Spanishnewspaper El Pais erupted a disturbing anecdote. Jose Milicua, a notedart-historian, uncovered evidence that “anarchist” forces used modern art totorture prisoners during the Spanish Civil War. Surfacing at […]

Gloria Kisch’s Thee Bells James Kalm Gloria Kisch, Bell 10   "Bells are of the sky. Bells are of nature. Itwasn’t a conscious decision, they just came out." This was thespontaneous response to a question I asked Gloria Kisch regarding her reasonsfor creating her new series of sculptures, "The Bells." I’d beenthinking about these works […]