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 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 [...]
by Light-man The issue of time in art is not new. Contemporary artists tend to be ahead of time. They delve into concepts that have not been dealt with. They want us to see things that we have not seen before. But the contemporary artist from Uruguay, Marcelo Larrosa-Martinatto thinks that art needs time, and [...]
by C.C. Not often do we find an artist whose love for nature challenges our ideas regarding beauty. Just a few months ago, in summer, the New York born painter Jake Berthot came up with this mind-boggling statement: “In an ugly time, Beauty is held in suspicion”. Whatever happened to beauty or the idea about [...]
Vu Thu HienLady In Red Four Asian painters use watercolor as the preferred medium to depict their world in a group exhibition at Asia Fine Art Gallery in Hong Kong until November. Colorful, calming, memory evoking. Four styles, four cultures. Vietnamese Vu Thu Hien exhibits a series of women from times gone by. [...]
Sometimes the most precious things are found by chance. We were on our way to see something completely different, but as we saw a window display showing an exhibition about calligraphy, we changed our plans. Little did we suspect that it was the most important show on the language of art that we had seen [...]
One of the most delightful things to do in NYC on a sunny autumn day is to take a stroll around its diverse art districts, watch one art exhibition after the other on streets full of galleries, drink an exquisitely roasted coffee from some exotic country, and share with a friend what we saw and [...]
If you don’t like art or have never been to a museum, you probably would have still heard of Edward Hopper (1882-1967). He is often referred to as the greatest American artist in modern times. He was a master of realist paintings and yet, he inspired celebrated abstract painters like Willem deKooning and Mark Rothko. [...]
By Light-man You have probably heard of James Turrell’s impressive solo exhibition currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. I was informed that this was the second most popular exhibition ever held at the museum, the first being a Picasso show. Some people might have told you they were dazzled by [...]
When we went to see a major solo exhibition by the contemporary artist James Turrell at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, we saw a side show on the 4th Rotunda called New Harmony, Abstraction Between the Two Wars ( 1919- 1939). The show, named after a painting by Paul Klee in 1936, put together [...]
