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The Grass Over Graves
Death & renewal are integral parts of a fascinating creative process. A favorite pastime of modernity is The Grave Dance: a seductive rhythm of destruction whereby the demode & traditional movement is buried, and a new style, celebrated. And yet, despite the demise of our dead styles, they continue to haunt. Ancestral spirits and old forms live on as ghosts.
The Grass Over Graves
Death & renewal are integral parts of a fascinating creative process. A favorite pastime of modernity is The Grave Dance: a seductive rhythm of destruction whereby the demode & traditional movement is buried, and a new style, celebrated. And yet, despite the demise of our dead styles, they continue to haunt. Ancestral spirits and old forms live on as ghosts.
Pairings
The art of sequencing and installation is perhaps in a bit of a Renaissance right now, as novel and unique installation concepts come to the fore. Pairing brings dynamic and unsuspected combinations into action. Symbiosis, harmony & conflict occur, and works engage in multivalent and multi-layered fashion.
Pairings
The art of sequencing and installation is perhaps in a bit of a Renaissance right now, as novel and unique installation concepts come to the fore. Pairing brings dynamic and unsuspected combinations into action. Symbiosis, harmony & conflict occur, and works engage in multivalent and multi-layered fashion.
Lost Masterworks
The annals of history are replete with lost masterpieces over the centuries, from The Colossus of Rhodes, to Leonardo’s Sforza Statue destroyed by invading French troops, to the missing 75% of Rembrandt’s Claudius Civilis that was cut away. But one artist was especially victim to the vagaries of taste, fortune and circumstance: Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Lost Masterworks
The annals of history are replete with lost masterpieces over the centuries, from The Colossus of Rhodes, to Leonardo’s Sforza Statue destroyed by invading French troops, to the missing 75% of Rembrandt’s Claudius Civilis that was cut away. But one artist was especially victim to the vagaries of taste, fortune and circumstance: Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Abstraction in New York
Fall 2012 Exhibitions in New York: Gerhard Richter at Marian Goodman: Painting, 2012. Louise Fishman at Cheim & Read. Ron Ehrlich at Stephen Haller: White Light. Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris: Behind the Sun.
Abstraction in New York
Fall 2012 Exhibitions in New York: Gerhard Richter at Marian Goodman: Painting, 2012. Louise Fishman at Cheim & Read. Ron Ehrlich at Stephen Haller: White Light. Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris: Behind the Sun.
Re/Mix! – Innovators, Appropriators & Copyright Criminals
Oft-times an overlooked & misunderstood tradition, the art of sampling historical source material into new works of art and music is a rewarding, sophisticated and ingenious practice rife with departures, ruptures & contradictory possibilities.
Re/Mix! – Innovators, Appropriators & Copyright Criminals
Oft-times an overlooked & misunderstood tradition, the art of sampling historical source material into new works of art and music is a rewarding, sophisticated and ingenious practice rife with departures, ruptures & contradictory possibilities.
An Idea Of Rigor
The dreams of a dark abyss are a chosen hardship, like a poem. To enter into such a place is to engage in a poetic kind of thinking. Because the clear demarcations and road signs are all gone, only an imaginative, strenuous and curious state of mind will suffice to traverse the way. An idea of rigor pervades all poetic thinking.
An Idea Of Rigor
The dreams of a dark abyss are a chosen hardship, like a poem. To enter into such a place is to engage in a poetic kind of thinking. Because the clear demarcations and road signs are all gone, only an imaginative, strenuous and curious state of mind will suffice to traverse the way. An idea of rigor pervades all poetic thinking.
Skeleton & Flesh
New large installation works are in progress for John D’Agostino’s ongoing series Empire of Glass, found in 2012′s body of work, “Skeleton & Flesh”, based on the forgotten fragments of Favrile glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany rescued in the Great Depression.
Skeleton & Flesh
New large installation works are in progress for John D’Agostino’s ongoing series Empire of Glass, found in 2012′s body of work, “Skeleton & Flesh”, based on the forgotten fragments of Favrile glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany rescued in the Great Depression.
Promiscuous Visions: The Hackers At The Heart of Photography
Photographers have been hacking into the medium of photography from its very inception. Confined not just to the world of computers, “Hack Value” describes the creative ethos of an artist interested in fully exploring a System to stretch its capabilities, as opposed to an ordinary user, who prefers to use the system as originally designed.
Promiscuous Visions: The Hackers At The Heart of Photography
Photographers have been hacking into the medium of photography from its very inception. Confined not just to the world of computers, “Hack Value” describes the creative ethos of an artist interested in fully exploring a System to stretch its capabilities, as opposed to an ordinary user, who prefers to use the system as originally designed.
The Quest of Beauty
One of America’s most acclaimed artists, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) embraced virtually every artistic medium, from stained glass windows, lamps and mosaics, to pottery, metalwork, interiors and enamels. Tiffany used the medium of glass to challenge the pre-eminence of painting. In glass, Tiffany found a medium of endless possibilities that expressed his love of light and color.
The Quest of Beauty
One of America’s most acclaimed artists, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) embraced virtually every artistic medium, from stained glass windows, lamps and mosaics, to pottery, metalwork, interiors and enamels. Tiffany used the medium of glass to challenge the pre-eminence of painting. In glass, Tiffany found a medium of endless possibilities that expressed his love of light and color.
The Significance of Light
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was the English Romantic landscape painter par excellence, and a dramatist of light. Turner’s genius lies in his recognition of the significance of light as more than just an optical phenomenon or parlor trick for atmospheric heroics. Light is not “present” in his paintings, in so much as it is a singular, haunting presence.
The Significance of Light
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was the English Romantic landscape painter par excellence, and a dramatist of light. Turner’s genius lies in his recognition of the significance of light as more than just an optical phenomenon or parlor trick for atmospheric heroics. Light is not “present” in his paintings, in so much as it is a singular, haunting presence.
