The big question for me nowadays is if there really is a different art scene in different cities. Of course there are differences among cultures, but there is not a whole different way of working from city to city.   Francisco Vidal lives and works in Berlin. Francisco Vidal, 68 plus 6, 2006. Acrylic on […]

The images combine the sinuous and sensual lines of the human body with creatures from the sea. Each is a beautiful example of the dichotomy between the natural world and mankind’s devastating effect on it.     Courtesy of the artist. This is part of a series of photographic work on ecology by Scottish artist, […]

Alexandre Singh: Hey so when I was at school, people used to throw sticks of glue up at the ceiling, did they do that in Portugal? They would stay up there for weeks or months at a time and then fall off in the middle of class. I feel that spitballs are almost the same […]

Back to the future. It is the year 1988. A year where it all kind of began and ended for me. Gerhard Richter’s brilliant resilient position of “having it all yet declaring nothing” approach to painting was all the rage. This seemed the only ace up the artist’s sleeve. The sole defense the smart painter […]

Dmitry Komis: You have used the image of the American flag before in your work. In Flag Girls, you reimagine a found photograph of women draped in American flags. Can you talk a little bit about how this work came about, and the challenge of turning a still photograph into a performative video piece? Jen […]

I was born in Shanghai. To me, taking photos is natural. Objects such as decorations on the wall, dust on the table, or wine bottles on the window sill, all have a sense of poetic sadness. The still life represents a reality that is neglected by us. The sense of smell, poetry, and alcohol help […]

Alvess is the artistic name of Manuel Alves–a Portuguese artist who has been working and living in Paris since 1963. In the 1960s and 1970s, Alvess took part in various important exhibitions in the Parisian artistic calendar.   João Fernandes Co-curators João Fernandes and Sandra Guimarães organized a solo exhibition of the work of Manuel […]

Near the end of 2005, camera in tow, I endeavored to return to my hometown in order to photograph it. For better or for worse, my town had not yet been completely leveled and the people had not yet been entirely relocated. In taking these photographs, I had to hold my breath and, once these […]

Neapolitan photographer and digital artist Vincenzo Montella’s unique brand of Social Realism was recently on display at the Broadway Gallery NYC. Created through a process of photography later manipulated through digital processes, Montella’s unique pop images employ the medium of photography not only as a way to discover his hometown of Naples, but also as […]

In this work we explore sexual cues like assholes, dildos, and meat bags out of the context of masturbation. We even made it just plain dirty. Yet we still can’t lock the bedroom door, let the Top Ramen cool, and really interact with the work.   Brothers by Choice collective is Andreas Tagger, Andy Sims, […]