ART, Page 172
Working in a realm that is defined by the overlapping fields of painting, drawing and writing, Irma Blank has built an œuvre that concentrates on the relationship between written and visual languages. In her experiments the artist investigates a stage prior to written language where signs are simply visual elements. …
“Soviet Childhood” is the title of the first solo exhibition in the United States featuring the work of Zoya Cherkassky. Through the …
Throughout his oeuvre, Damián Ortega’s interests have been sparked by particular situations and everyday objects, which he alters and transforms to raise …
Like the confectioners that craft Japanese wagashi*, traditional tea-ceremony treats, the artist Ron Nagle, 80, creates miniature, meticulously rendered objects that are …
Drawing on research by scientists, biologists and perfumers, Anicka Yi has produced a unique body of work over the past 12 years, …
While known primarily for his large-scale abstract paintings, comprised of vertical and horizontal bands, tessellating blocks and geometrical forms comprised of gradated …
By the early 1960s, Tony Smith had begun to experiment with a particular method of working in sculpture which was to become …
Heidi Bucher distinguished herself particularly through her legendary “mouldings“, focussing and exploring the architectural space and the body through sculpture. It is …
Influenced by his country’s rapidly changing economy, most of Piero Manzoni’s work is a critique on consumerism, especially in the art world. …
Liz Magor’s work finds its center in the peripheral, often replicating the overlooked trappings of daily life and re-presenting them in new …
Born in 1934, Helen Pashgian is a pioneer and pre-eminent member of the California Light and Space Movement. Her signature forms include …
The exhibition “Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective” that is on presentation at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is the first comprehensive survey …
Today the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA) launches “Colored People Time: Quotidian Pasts”, the second chapter in …
Chiharu Shiota is best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the artist’s work are the themes of …
Josh Smith works with painting, collage, sculpture, printmaking, and books. He first became known in the early 2000s for a series of …
Steven Hull explores the various ways that painting, sound and sculpture interact, and even overlap, where a flat image can appear to …
An exponent of the most representative of what Nicolas Bourriaud has defined as relational aesthetics, with explicit references to the conceptual and …
In her paintings, Gina Beaves transforms digital images appropriated from social media and the Internet into thickly layered compositions that border on …
The visionary Emma Kunz predicted that her legacy of over 400 drawings would be seen and appreciated by future generations, yet she …
One of the world’s foremost contemporary artists, Sean Scully’s work draws on the traditions of European painting, invigorated with the distinct character …
Since the 1980s, Robert Longo has created work across media including drawing, photography, painting, sculpture, music, performance, and film. Using a vast …
Over the past 35 years, Christian Marclay has explored the fusion of fine art and audio cultures, transforming sounds and music into …
Tetsuya Ishida came of age as a painter during Japan’s “lost decade”, a time of nationwide economic recession that lasted through the …
Miriam Cahn’s paintings are as oppressive as they are engaging. In pastels or charcoal, she frequently depicts figures that fill the frame …
