“Almost Safe,” an exhibition by Anthony Giocolea, examines a post-apocalyptic world redolent with anxiety, nostalgia and a futuristic science fiction quality. The exhibition consists of six large format black and white digital photographs, drawings alluding to 19th century portraiture, a painting and a 75-second, 16-millimeter film. The artist, Photoshop whiz and master choreographer, travels the […]

Mark Sharp leaves his remarkable acrylic paintings and works on paper untitled intentionally to give free rein to each viewer’s imagination and reading of his pieces. He doesn’t object to the audience finding figurative references in his abstract works. In fact, his studio practice oscillates between moving forward and moving backward, stylistically and within his […]

The somewhat lukewarm nuances and peculiar qualities in life are what we enjoy most. While beauty definitely plays an important role in the rag trade, and while our pictures play into this, there is also a certain vulnerability to each of them. Appealing to the senses, we embark on the idea of misplacement and discomfort. […]

Dishonesty exists in every photograph I publish. Behind my work lies a very personal struggle with what others see and what actually exists in my relationships with places and significant people in my life. In the past few years, my photographs have consisted almost exclusively of images of my significant others. If they do not, […]

About ten years ago, I was strolling through Soho when my eye caught a glimpse of an exhibition at the Guggenheim SoHo. Once inside, I was immediately compelled by this show—everywhere I looked I saw monitors and colorful, comfortable seating. I thus spent hours in the space, lounging and enjoying the videos. To this day, […]

The title of this exhibition, “Palisadenparenchym,” is German for palisade mesophyll, a biological term that describes the cellular layer directly under the surface, or cuticle, of a plant leaf. Each of these cells is cylindrical in shape and, when combined and seen in a cross-section, interestingly resembles a palisade or fence-like structure. With the highest […]

It begins with a half-memory of a refrain you could not forget. But then again, you cannot be certain how it came to be lodged within the recesses of your memory. As if you had always known it, despite not knowing where you had come upon it. Or as if someone with whom you have […]

When traveling in Paris, I have several times encountered the ghost of Eugene Atget, a master photographer much admired by surrealists. The artist has led me down those mysterious winding cobblestone streets of St. Germaine de Pres, past antique shops with windows full of mannequins and archaic tools.Atget tirelessly photographed the ancient precincts of Paris […]

I create erotic images and I enjoy doing so. I especially enjoy this work in Italy where, lately, public morals in terms of sexuality have been affected by a touch of intolerance and censorship, and not so far from the likes of that experienced back in the Middle Ages. Obviously, this is quite hypocritical and […]

Wai Kit Lam’s work is primarily concerned with the relationship of individuals to their immediate environment and questions the extent to which we are molded by our surroundings or whether it is, in fact, our surroundings that mold us. She uses large-format photography to present two apparently dissociated images on one sheet of aluminum. One […]