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…
Breathing is Becoming Impossible
All the warning signs are starkly apparent. Buildings are teetering, on the verge of collapse.Smoke from California forest fires is spreading across the heartland. The toxins make it difficult to breathe, let alone to dream. The homeless are helter-skelter waves…
The Exquisite Corpse
Plunging deep into their psyches to create absurd stories, André Breton, Man Ray and other Surrealists were enchanted by the game, the drawings that reflected “the exquisite corpse will drink the new wine.” It was a collegial fun fest, combining…
The Menace in our Midst
The mighty Parthenon. Awe-inspiring pyramids hugging the Nile. Stonehenge and its mysteries. These enduring symbols stir our imagination. They “live” and ennoble us.“Dumpster Dumping,” in the adept hands of Kim Curtis, has led to a vastly-different sort of monument, an…
Liberation
Amid the swaths of Sahara sand dunes, the camels plodded along. Their “pacing” had a rhythmic beat, a reassuring constancy. This was a place of solitude, and traveling through the vast no country of sand and heat, any reminder of…
Message in the Stone
Sitting by the sea in a lush Scottish garden, Seagazer stares at the horizon, undisturbed by the lashing winds sweeping over her. A luminous presence, radiating conviction and hope, this white, impeccably-chiseled figure is so powerful, it’s easy to be…