I consider my work a metaphor of the darkness of mankind. As an artist, I believe I have a prophetic mission. My message is one of danger for a society running into ecological and technological disaster. But at the same time, I can’t help but have hope. I need to scatter my paintings with flowers […]

My work has been called auto-bio-erotic photography, which seems a fitting title, as my series of self-portraits pursues surreal, dreamlike visuals with a sultry eroticism. The fundamental ideas that fuel my work are those of reconstruction and transformation. While I am often exploring erotic themes, this work is at times both symbolic and literal, touching […]

The 2008 Altoids Award features work by four emerging artists whose practices are disparate; consequently, the exhibition explores difference in contemporary art, rather than distilling its trends. Artists Ei Arakawa, Lauren Kelley, Michael Patterson-Carver, and Michael Stickrod were selected as the award recipients based on their individual practices. The work therefore has certain qualities in […]

The tree has been a closest friend and companion of human beings. Long time ago, the tree was a symbol of rich nature. My work is composed of charcoal and burned trees. The charcoal suspended in midair by transparent nylon strings produces consistent, sometimes inconsistence, pattern, and you can see how well it expresses lightness […]

In 1969, Nancy Lee Andrews worked for the world-renowned Ford Modeling Agency. “I was the tall, All-American dark girl, different from Penelope Tree, my contemporary, who was edgy.” Andrews’ entry into the music business soon followed. The Fillmore East had just opened in the East Village, featuring acts like The Association, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, […]

When the atom was split in the early 20th century, it changed the way humans intellectually perceived the world. The indivisible element upon which we understood the universe was shattered into infinitesimal oblivion. Painting radically shifted away from depictions of narrative and landscape to a Cubist fracturing of perception. Pioneered by Cézanne, Modernist painting did […]

David Kastner’s work is vast and varied. Working both three-dimensionally and two-dimensionally, his ouevre boasts several bodies of work. Liquid Expresssions, a series of images of swirling, vibrant colors that expand from the painting surfaces onto the image frames, explores what he describes as a “sense of immediacy of expression [that] imitate the phenomena of […]

I’ve always seen photography as being inherently magical. Photography by its very nature is alchemical, utilizing the ability to transform silver into visible images. Therefore I have chosen to utilize the medium appropriately. Light sensitive film and papers are receptive vehicles, and I attempt to take advantage of this both literally and figuratively. Rik Garrett […]

Austin, Texas isn’t just about music anymore. Today, one can find a vibrant downtown visual arts community and film industry backed by big names like Quentin Tarantino, and Austin natives, Robert Rodriguez, and Richard Linklater. Major museums and contemporary art centers are revamping their spaces and galleries are growing in numbers. Major expansions are being […]

Twenty years ago, I stepped off of a gray New York City street and into the world of Lenore Tawney. Tawney met me at the studio door dressed entirely in white. She was tiny, barely five feet tall, with clear blue eyes and hennaed hair cut in a short bob. My appointment was to begin […]