A brave new world! With the possibilities of genetic research, the human race can approach the pinnacle of human evolution. Science makes dreams possible of a pro-longed life, an abundance of recreated natural resources, and a world made up of genetically superior beings. SCI-ART: Property, Identity, and Creation Mythologies of Genetic Research by M-1000 A […]

"Photography, in other words, is heavily into subject matter… POLARITIES, THEN & NOW by Piri Halasz "Photography, in other words, is heavily into subject matter, whereas abstraction is (or appears to be) nothing but style. As such, it is terribly difficult to describe in words." In the 1970s, when I was in graduate school, it […]

Text matters to Bill Viola. His exploration of the moving image is not merely the employment of a new technology. Bill Viola by Harriet Zinnes Text matters to Bill Viola. His exploration of the moving image is not merely the employment of a new technology. The text of explanation in the catalogue of the work, […]

Jean Miotte is an artist an unconscious, subconscious, super-conscious abstract painter in a nonrepresentational category, and one of the cofounders of INFORMALE, a French abstract-art style. Jean Miotte: The "Accidental-Alchemist" of Gestural Forms and Colors by Valery Oisteanu Jean Miotte is an artist an unconscious, subconscious, super-conscious abstract painter in a nonrepresentational category, and one […]

Chelsea Art Museum Makes A Space Outside the Commercial Galleries… Reimaging Chelsea by Lee Klein Chelsea Art Museum Makes A Space Outside the Commercial Galleries This November a new museum opens in Chelsea. French action painter Jean Miotte and Dr. Dorthea Keeser open the Chelsea Art Museum, a 20,000 square-foot open space conceived as a […]

Adi Nes’s photographic works are a series of staged and digitally manipulated conceptual images that explore issues of gender, personal and national identity. ADI NES: AFTER IDEALISM by Horace Brockington Adi Nes’s photographic works are a series of staged and digitally manipulated conceptual images that explore issues of gender, personal and national identity. While Nes’s […]

As bookends to The Brewster Project 2002 this past summer, Linda Dennis and Pan Xing Lei presented mythic personal journeys to the public. The Sacred Marriage of Opposites: "Double History" Revitalizes the Ancient Icon for the 21st Century by L.P. Streitfeld As bookends to The Brewster Project 2002 this past summer, Linda Dennis and Pan […]

I was having lunch the other day with another critic whom I highly respect in one of West Chelsea’s 10th Avenue restaurants when the topic of conversation suddenly turned to what is "hot" in the market today. Symptomatic Non-Art by Robert C. Morgan I was having lunch the other day with another critic whom I […]

Despite the fact that Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid have already become world class stars, they don’t seem to forget Russia and regularly bring new exhibitions to Marat Guelman’s gallery. Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid. "Dmitry Tveritinov’s story" @ Marat Guelman’s Gallery. by Andrey Kovalev Despite the fact that Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid have already […]

Recently Pelagia Kyriazi exhibited work at the International Print Center New York in the exhibition The Lure of Diversity: New Prints 2002/Autumn. Pelagia Kyriazi by NY Arts   Recently Pelagia Kyriazi exhibited work at the International Print Center New York in the exhibition The Lure of Diversity: New Prints 2002/Autumn. Marilyn Kushner, one of the […]