ISCP Open Studios 2013
I was fortunate enough to have visited the open studios at the international studio & curatorial program (ISCP) in Brooklyn this past weekend. While the work on display in many … Continue reading
Design Doing
I recently attended a talk about Design Thinking and wanted to share my thoughts about the topic. Design Practice vs. Design Thinking, false dichotomies. hosted by the Cooper-Hewitt Bill’s Design … Continue reading
John Jurayj – Not Here
John Jurayj, a talented young painter, plumbs the landscape of memory in his second solo exhibition at Massimo Audiello. This new body of work includes a series of colorful paintings … Continue reading
Jean-Michel Fauquet – "Kaïros"
According to Carl Jung, scientific experimental inquiry has often resulted in a psychologically biased view of the natural world, which discounts that which cannot be statistically grasped. The perceptions of … Continue reading
High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975
Entering the National Academy Museum I happened to glance upon an ornate hand written message in the visitor’s comment book. “This is one of my least favorite exhibitions at the … Continue reading
Womanizer
The outsider, the queer, the goth rock priestess, the pandrogyne , the side show freak, the trannie and the power of pussy are on parade in the current exhibition “Womanizer” … Continue reading
James Hyde, Saint Clair Cemin and Jac Leirner
A trio of very different approaches to material and meaning merge in the three-person exhibition featuring James Hyde, Saint Clair Cemin and Jac Leirner at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. The … Continue reading
In and Out Andrew Cornell Robinson and Robert Appleton
Below is what artist and writer Frank Holliday had to say about my work in a recent exhibition at the Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art gallery in Chelsea. Two artists, dealing … Continue reading
Carl James Ferrero, "Three Way Tie For Last"
Carl Ferrero’s water color series “Three Way Tie for Last” at the Kathleen Cullen gallery drags the representation of private sexual escapades into the public space. The exhibition is filled … Continue reading
Doubletake
Objects of fiction and fantasy abound in the exhibition Doubletake at the Schroeder Romero Gallery. This group photography exhibition of ten emerging artists makes connections between creative strategies which range … Continue reading
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