News on Art exhibits
In New York we saw a unique show of one of the most important American photographers Diane Arbus (1923-1971) at the Met Breuer, a space newly acquired by the Metropolitan Museum to showcase contemporary art. The show focuses on the early seven years (1956-1962) of her career with more than 100 photos, mostly never-before-seen that [...]
Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II (Michael Jackson), 2009Oil on canvas The latest exhibition of the American artist Kenhinde Wiley at the Brooklyn Museum in New York has powerfully challenged traditional concepts of portraiture, and introduced an updated meaning to the issue of identity. When we saw the title of the exhibition- The [...]
From the Series of Essays Ritual Practices by Elaine Smollin The vision of deities and their familiars, among animals, tends to exclude humans from those with the ability to see the progress of eternal forces in the actual world. Perhaps this is because our vision is more pragmatic. Unlike dogs and birds, we don’t [...]
The female body is sometimes best depicted by curvy lines in black ink on white paper, as Qian Shaowu seems to tell us. Well known for his massive heroic sculptures and calligraphy, Qian’s paintings at the group exhibition “Ink and the Body” at Ink Studio in Beijing constitute a more intimate look into his body [...]
By C.C They are both painters, both in love with colors. They both have deep feelings for nature that triggers out an artist’s whims and wonder. They are 50 years apart in age and experience, but New York’s Leigh Morse Fine Arts gallery has seized an extraordinary opportunity and brought them together for a show, [...]
The art world of Chelsea in New York has greeted this spring with exhibitions of a great variety of art work in terms of mediums, concept and intention. Fred TomaselliHead2013Mixed media and resin on wood panel90 x 66 in. (228.6 x 167.6 cm) At the James Cohan gallery, the wizard of image combining [...]
An essay by Elaine Smollin Renato Bertelli,Continuous Profile of Musillini, 1933 Last night, I quickly scanned the spiraling galleries for works that would outpace Renato Bertelli’s, 1933, rotating heads of Mussolini for a formal embodiment of psychic imprinting of modernization- the kind we now take for granted as imprinted on our collective [...]
Remember when we were kids, we had so much fun drawing, painting, playing with everything that we got hold of? We did not care if the art we were making was fuzzy, stupid, or good. We just wanted to have fun. But having fun like that as adults, professional artists, and gallery organizers seemed unlikely. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
