An interview with Berlin-based Dutch sculptor Rein Vollenga, who creates strikingly sleek, gorgeous, challenging, and confrontational pieces that have been described as “abstract kink, fetish meets H. R. Giger.”
All in Visual Artists
The transcendental aesthetics of ZHIVAGO DUNCAN
Artist Zhivago Duncan talks about Measuring Consciousness, a solo exhibition of batik painting, ceramic, and stone sculptures - now up through December 10 at CULT Aimee Friberg in San Francisco
PETITE DOLL'S alluring grotesqueries
Italian photographic artist Giulia Grillo, aka Petite Doll, talks about the meanings and motivations behind her surreal performance-based photography - her debut U.S. solo exhibition is up from November 4 through November 19 at NYC’s The Untitled Space
The darkroom orchestrations of NATALIE CHEUNG
An interview with artist Natalie Cheung about her solo exhibition of alternative process photography and sculpture, Made of Light, now on view at Morton Fine Art
Replay - JENNIFER ELSTER'S journeys with DAVID BOWIE
Check out this repost of our July 2021 interview with NYC multidisciplinary artist Jennifer Elster - she discusses her 1995 collaboration with David Bowie on his album 1. Outside - a new exhibit will be opening November 10 at The Development Gallery
Exhibition Feature - TAKE ME TO THE WATER by Kesha Bruce at Morton Fine Art
Morton Fine Art presents Take Me to the Water, a solo exhibition of mixed-media paintings by the artist Kesha Bruce, on view through October 11
The quiet possibilities of SIOBHAN MCBRIDE
An interview with artist Siobhan McBride about the mysterious quietudes and hidden energies present in her work
Exhibition Feature - DEAD SEA by Christina Allan at Alchemy Gallery
Alchemy Gallery presents Dead Sea, a solo show featuring the vibrant, fantastical works of Christina Allan, on view through October 8
Love Thy Neighbor ~ photography series by ALICE TEEPLE
New York City-based photographer Alice Teeple presents her documentary photography series Love Thy Neighbor, an unblinking look at the city’s dire unhoused crisis
JEN DWYER'S Constructed Paradise
Hashimoto Contemporary NYC presents Constructed Paradise, a series of new sculptures from Jen Dwyer
PHILIPPE LABAUNE'S narrative journeys
An in-depth interview with gallerist Philippe Labaune - he talks about his lifelong love of comic art and the unique Chelsea gallery he founded focusing on high-end narrative art and illustration
ALINA GRASMANN'S Grand Buffet
Painter Alina Grasmann discusses the works in her Fridman Gallery solo show The Grand Buffet, a series based on the Haus Schminke, an iconic example of organic architecture in Saxony, Germany
Exhibition Feature - EVERYDAY HEROES by Irfan Önürmen at C24 Gallery
C24 Gallery in NYC presents Everyday Heroes, a solo show by Irfan Önürmen featuring a series of fifteen new monochromatic tulle wall hangings - on view through July 9
BENNY BOCK'S ambient-jazz audio-visual journeys
Los Angeles-based musician Benny Bock talks about his debut album Vanishing Act - out now on LA’s innovative Colorfield Records
Exhibition Feature - LIVING by Catherine Haggarty at Geary Contemporary
Geary Contemporary presents Living, Catherine Haggarty’s first solo exhibition with the gallery
ELEEN LIN'S whimsical mistranslations
An interview with artist Eleen Lin about her series Mythopoeia, a project investigating the unlikely results of a series of mistranslations between English and Mandarin versions of Moby-Dick
Exhibition Feature - TRUE STORIES at The Untitled Space
The Untitled Space presents True Stories, a group show featuring over 30 contemporary artists whose work addresses storytelling through narrative painting, drawing, or portraiture - on display through May 27, 2022
GABRIEL BARRETO BENTIN'S Peruvian portraits
Peruvian photographer Gabriel Barreto Bentín discusses his first photo book, Andinos: Encounters in Cusco, Peru
Exhibition Feature - SLIPKNOT LOOPHOLE by Amy Nathan at CULT Aimee Friberg
CULT Aimee Friberg presents Slipknot Loophole, a solo exhibition of bas reliefs, drawings, paintings and mixed media sculptures by Bay Area artist Amy Nathan
The tonal architectures of TEMPERS
Jasmine Golestaneh & Eddie Cooper of the NYC band Tempers talk about their latest album New Meaning, playing The Andy Warhol Museum, the album’s accompanying collage art book, and more ~