“A riveting new book, Pietro Reviglio’s Cinematography of Urban Madness questions the nature of real and imagined cinematic narratives in a visually stunning manner. The harsh lighting of an artist studio sets the tone for this short enigmatic work wherein autobiography meets fiction with violent overtones. Reviglio’s book is a quick read but densely populated […]

Leah Oates: What is your background and what was your progression as an artist? Yasuomi Hashimura: After I had left Japan in the late ’60s and after my couple years in Hawaii, I finally made it to the American mainland. I attended the Art Center of Design in Pasadena for a very short while because […]

Walking into sculptor David J. Merritt’s studio is like walking into a gathering of friends and strangers. There are heads everywhere, humorous, personal, and impetuous. Merritt works quickly, in the moment. Unfired clay, tape, and foam capture his gestures and impulsivity. Dozens of colorful faces might still be moving under invisible hands. Their absurd features […]

The title of Santa Fe-based artist Joyce Melander-Dayton’s current outing at the June Kelly Gallery in New York City reads Extravagant Constructions, an apt title, especially when you are standing up close and studying the artist’s intricately bejeweled craftsmanship and her use of materials and patterning (think Fabergé Egg or the Gobelin Tapestries). The work […]

Hatshrine (2008), a 7-minute video piece by Sam Clagnaz, watches the faceless artist slowly and methodically assemble a shrine in his home. He places a plastic soda bottle on a straw seat, exits the frame, and returns to place wigs and hats on top of the bottle—the idol is emerging—one by one. The artist then […]

My work explores an ongoing interest in how painting can negotiate a position vis-à-vis photography and a state of increasing technological mediation. This project has often pushed my practice into more interdisciplinary pursuits, into art historical and photographic research as well as into broader explorations of visuality. And though each body of work can often […]

Narcissister is a multi media performance project that has been the primary focus of my artistic production for the past three years. The Narcissister persona brings humor and spectacle to explorations of gender, racial identity, and sexuality. I integrate performance (including elaborate costumes and sculptural props), video, photography, and collage to establish Narcissister as an […]

Still Moving was a dance performance commissioned by the Metropolitan Still Moving was a dance performance commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City specifically for the Charles Engelhard Court of the American Wing of the museum. Choreographed by Shen Wei, who also choreographed the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, […]

The title of George Steinmetz’s solo exhibition at Anastasia Photo, “Migrations,” does and yet does not fully express the photographs on view. On the surface, the prints do indeed depict moments of animals in migration, but they are also captions of a way of life. Establishments outside our own spheres that we easily forget exist […]

Partners-in-crime (and in art) Gabriel Cohen and Jolie Signorile have become known for their functional artworks under their design venture, Fredericks & Mae. From golden bocce balls to arrows intricately formed with thread and feathers, the dynamic duo’s pieces bring the aesthetic and fascinating into the home. Their pieces, Idols for Home Use, a series […]