The Sexuality Series has emerged from a long, winding body of work. In it, I’ve tried to explore and present not only the obvious, but also the hidden and unconscious forces at play in attraction, desire, and need. Although sexuality is a fun and powerful energy to work with, I find that I am afraid […]

Paintings do not need to be about sex to be sexy. The medium alone can suggest an eroticism that can be quite intoxicating. A dribble of paint, a strong swipe of charcoal, or a crimson brushstroke can all be very exciting. Often the paintings that I find the most stimulating are of innocent subjects. It […]

Mary Cook: First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your fourth show at Roebling Hall, The Castle, The Meadow and The City. You certainly have been quite busy over the years. You have been studying film, and you have exhibited extensively overseas at the Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art […]

Lori Earley is the leading female artist of the burgeoning Pop Surrealism movement. Her melancholic, atmospheric portraits of women with exaggerated eyes, and exotic, elongated figures evoke mystery and longing. Fusing romance and fashion with classicism and modernity, she captures pure emotion and raw beauty, rendering timeless, esoteric portraits.   Debra Anderson Debra Anderson is […]

I have experimented with various media throughout my life and currently am focusing on the creation of sculptural hybrid creatures with an extraordinarily innocent, yet dark twist. My work first appeared in various underground magazines and publications such as Bizarre, DPI Magazine, Hi Fructose, and Skratch. In 1999, the popularity of my marionettes allowed me […]

Attempting to interpret GB’s work literally or linearly is redundant. Working in multiple media including painting, sculpture, collage, performance and video, GB’s methods seek to deform his experience of reality as well as disturb a mimetic representation of the “real”. Mother Door Spirit Level, his most recent performance-installation-video work presented in the winter of 2007 […]

New Zealand-born Dutch artist Dylan Graham creates hand-cut paper works that exhibit a superlative technique of the most intricate virtuosity. The cutouts depict silhouettes of three-dimensional forms held together by a repetitive grid with filigree-style embellishments. Opting not to use high-tech processes, he allows his hand to show through the ornately decorated narrative grids that […]

I have always found the concept of writing an artist’s statements to be strange. After all, art is a very subjective thing, which is what I enjoy about it. I enjoy that I can create a painting that means a very definite thing to me, and that other people will take completely different things from […]

The rhetoric of the pose is both visual and performative. Although it is activated on an instinctual level—as one scans another’s pose for signs of aggression, fear, authority or compatibility—it can also be indicative of a particular time, class or culture. Studied closely, a pose reveals confidence or insecurity, self-awareness or self-doubt, desire, joy or […]

Catherine Yu-Shan Hsieh: What inspired you to create Works on Paper? What do you hope to accomplish with this annual event? Sanford Smith: I thought there was a need for a show that focused on all art that was created on paper: watercolors, prints, drawings, photography, architectural renderings, and so on.   Sanford Smith is […]