He is queer. A quirky anomaly, wrapped in a skin-tight plastic bag, his “foreignness” confuses us. Who is this weird figure, and why is he suspended in nothingness? He is the Restless Man. A Him enveloped in a bubble of…
Her Girls Come Alive
She was a strange sight in apartheid South Africa. A young white girl running past fires in the countryside, hurtling over rocks to avoid a squawking rooster. A gold miner’s daughter, the 7-year-old was determined to reach a creek alongside…
News from around Art Basel Miami Beach that fought my eye
Long anticipated Art Basel has finally returned to Miami Beach after two years brake due to global Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. I’ve been very enthusiastic about being able to see all the artworks on view at the main fair as well as…
The most interesting art exhibitions currently on view in NYC
From Drift Studio’s extraordinary multi-sensory installations, Scherezade Garcia’s unique aesthetic in her work, Paulina Olowska’s beautiful large scale paintings, an extensive exhibition of a Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa, to THE ART SHOW organized by ADAA, the following are the…
The King in his New Realm
The King was relentless. Nothing stopped him from shooting a photograph that would shock our senses. If it meant rushing into a toilet to photograph Billy Idol or The Ramones, he was ready, quick to chronicle what was happening. He’d…
Emergence By Jaqueline Berti
One seductress flirts with the stars.Another sultry sprite teases us with her enchanting dancing, leaving everything to our imagination. A winged woman is with child, an erotic burst of fantasy, whimsy and magic, ready to take flight. All of these…
Turning Ice into Heat
Standing in front of Rothko’s blocks of blue, the flamboyant abstract compositions that seemed to burst off the Köln museum walls, the impressionable ten-year-old girl was more than dazzled. Unable to move, the Dutch adolescent experienced “a sensual, religious-like” moment.…
Jean-Pierre Sergent & Thierry Savatier AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM – Interview
INTERVIEW-TALK BETWEEN ARTIST JEAN-PIERRE SERGENT AND ART HISTORIAN THIERRY SAVATIER IN FRONT OF THE FOUR PILLARS OF HEAVEN EXHIBITION AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM | JULY 2nd 2021 Transcription of the filmed Interview between Jean-Pierre Sergent and…
Encircling the Globe with Bras
Unlike the deepest recesses of the mind, and the soul that lies within, these female gifts are plainly visible, wonders that spur the imagination. When treated with respect and reverence, and not objectified in C and D categories, their artistic…
My Secret Eden by Dubravka Lisak
An Art Residency in Greece An amazing art story unfolds in sun-bathed Rhodes, deep in the shade of a centuries-old pine forest. Plunging deep into these woods, birds were singing, seemingly urging me to keep walking, to discover a gem…