By Lightman I often find art works with a social-political subtext to be suspicious. Sometimes the message carries such urgency that it is conveyed to the detriment of the quality and craft of art. But such is not the case of the work by Imran Qureshi, one of the leading Pakistani contemporary artists and master [...]
From the Series of EssaysRitual Practices by Elaine Smollin Soutine knew it. The materialization of feeling can preserve a fleeting world. While he cultivated this affect, Soutine found sanctuary in a series of cities and towns, ultimately fleeing even Paris. While intensifying chaos institutionalized Diaspora as a way of life, for him, Expressionism became a [...]
From the Series of Essays Ritual Practices by Elaine Smollin Sandro Chia’s imagery returns to New York with his series Sator Arepo at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects through May 25th, 2014. Sandro Chia Untitled, (031) 2011 – 2014 mixed media on paper, 10 ½ x 8 inches Eternally itinerant men are [...]
The room is spacious and empty, except for a projection of three gigantic screens on the wall. It shows a bright image of sand dunes, infinite and lonesome, with the wind whistling by. Then a loud cranking sound of mechanical wheels shatters the stillness and shutters slide down and immerse the room in total darkness. [...]
James Kalm caught up with Sandro at the recent opening of his works on paper show "Sator Arepo" at Steven Harvey. The show is a collection of intimate gem like works on paper that the artist has laboured on for years. For one opinion of why Chia's work should be relevant to today's art cognoscenti, [...]
Ma Yansong “Shanshui City” Exhibition from June 7th to 10th at Wuhao, Beijing Chinese architect Ma Yansong, 38 years old, and clad in black, talks easily about his new project “Shanshui City”, which means City of Mountains and Rivers. His exhibition of architectural models is set in a lush garden of a courtyard house in [...]
Christina Chow is a contemporary artist based in New York. She has shown in New York, Italy, and China, and her work is represented in private collections in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. www.christinachow.net
Why do artists draw? Is it always to scratch down a split of a second of inspiration? Or, something unusual perceived? For the New York artist Mark O’Grady, he draws pictures to remember you. He uses the word “draw “ and not “take” or “make”, as some photos do, thus the action of drawing carries [...]
Marc Quinn, Eye of History, a series of 8 paintings, oil on canvas by G & G Taborda Every year Miami Basel transforms Miami, a city known to be a vacation getaway, hedonist and party animal, into the favorite meeting place for art, fun, and business. Art galleries, collectors, magnates and everybody interested [...]
Curators from the Guggenheim Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston participate to an #ArtTalk for a Q&A about James Turrell, the renowned light artist whose works are on view this summer at all three museums.
