“Abstracted, these forces and structures develop a psychological dimension, evoking subjective experiences of the mind’s textures, intensities, and silences…” “Abstracted, these forces and structures develop a psychological dimension, evoking subjective experiences of the mind’s textures, intensities, and silences…”   Leslie Shows, Nitrogen Cycle/10 Reds, 2010. Mixed media on panel, 75 x 120 inches. […]

    “With my embroidery, I invent other possible evolutionary dimensions for the people pictured. I re-invent them and enmesh them into new forms of visual kinship.” “With my embroidery, I invent other possible evolutionary dimensions for the people pictured. I re-invent them and enmesh them into new forms of visual kinship.”      Maurizio […]

    “The question of playing both muse and artist is prevalent in these images, and seems to constantly swing from un-empowered and possibly ravaged, to downright brazen and ribald.” Jeanine Woollard, Native, 2009. Digital C-print, 60 x 90 cm. Courtesy of the artist. “The question of playing both muse and artist is prevalent in […]

   Set up as another sleek little boutique, a passerby may just have continued on down the street had it not been for the line outside and full capacity crowd huddled inside the Michael Mut Gallery the night of April 28th. Onlookers shuffled nervously, trying to get a read on how things were going inside […]

    “By using the urban surroundings as the exhibition space, this intervention becomes not only an immersive experience, but also a journey of discovery.” “By using the urban surroundings as the exhibition space, this intervention becomes not only an immersive experience, but also a journey of discovery.”     New York Photo Festival Robert […]

    “Finding the intersection between 70’s psychedelia and magic realism, Peddles hauntingly beautiful works literally shimmer.” “Finding the intersection between 70’s psychedelia and magic realism, Peddles hauntingly beautiful works literally shimmer.”   Jason Stopa   Reflecting on a memory, John Ashberry began City Afternoon stating “A veil of haze protects this, long ago afternoon, […]

“New York is in a unique position in that it offers a way forward in terms of its capacity for diversity, yet only if we are willing to absorb the changing cultural environment.” Sung Ho Choi, Dreamscape, 2011. Mixed media on wood, 48” x 96”. Courtesy of The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery and […]

“Today, Doron Polak is focusing on the examination of the connection between body and architecture – researching the meaning of “physical architecture.” Doron Polak, Bread and Body, (Bodies Project) 2009. Photo credit: Uri Dushy Courtesy of the artist.     Doron Polak, Body and City, (Bodies Project) 2009. Photo credit: Uri Dushy Courtesy of the artist. […]

“Throughout his life, Cohen had a seemingly endless imagination, taking wonderfully strange photographs of iconic figures, writing thousands of poems, and eventually operating the Bardo Matrix publishing house in Nepal; all the while realizing revelatory experiences into moments of ecstatic perception.” Ira Cohen: (1935–2011) Art into Alchemy Jason Stopa Ira Cohen embodied a certain mystery […]

“Drawing via embroidery, the works’ surface is created through a dance of repetitive notations, suggesting that a body’s labor isn’t separate from the product it generates but is, rather, another version of it.” osh Blackwell, Plastic Basket (independent triangles), 2010. Plastic bag, yarn, 12 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Author:  Josh Blackwell Borrowing […]