by Ilene Spiewak Enormous architectural assemblages made from fragmented reflective materials dominate the scene upon entrance (even the gallery floors are mirrored). One encounters vibrant complexities of seductive shimmer wherein dark anxieties hide. When you make your way through a labyrinth of corridors, perceptual and cognitive bearings are disrupted. As you confront your own existence … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Louis Escobedo: Artist Profile
Quirky and genuinely humble Louis Escobedo with his yellow trucker cap may try to pass himself off as one, but don’t let his self portrait Truck Driver” fool you. He paints out of a quiet studio in rural Maryland eschewing associations, honors and fame (though he surfaced to accept the Gold Medal Award at the … Continue reading
Memory: Miyako Ishiuchi
“I continue to take photographs of scars. I cannot stop because they are so much like a photograph. More than like, they have almost the same quality as a photograph. They are visible events in the past and recorded days. Both the scars and the photographs are the manifestation of sorrow for the many things … Continue reading
Drones
Drones have found their way into my art production. The same has happened to other artists. The Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College http://dronecenter.bard.edu presents several artists who use drones in politically tinged art or in artistic explorations of new technology. Superflux Lab a design practice based in London and Ahmedabad, … Continue reading