Digital artist and painter Yoon Lee creates work that is a metaphor for the exponential growth of technology and information. The scale of these works are often 8 feet tall and 12 feet long and seem to reference the visual dynamism found in the modernist work of artist Jackson Pollock. The digital element employed allows the artist to achieve highly slick surfaces and a mechanical[…..]
The figures that occupy Carol K. Brown‘s paintings appear in isolation, removed from the surrounding environment. These individuals are shown in an ordinary moment and multiplied throughout the pictorial space. Brown begins these works by photographing the subjects and using them as source material. The images are digitally manipulated and then recreated in paint. Often the works are then rescanned and presented in their final[…..]
The sculptures and installations of artist Diana Al-Hadid are “propositions for an imaginary world.” These ambiguous works often reference the general themes of self, place, and history. As of recent the artist has drawn upon imagery from her birth city of Syria, recreating the Aleppo citadel, a 10th century fortress and eventual Muslim holy site. Her new sculptures combine the materials of fiberglass and polystyrene[…..]
Painter Adam Cvijanovic renders nature with peak force. The suburban landscape at chaos in the absence of gravity and hyper real images of glaciers and frozen waterfalls are frequent subject matter. The artist also references Renaissance fresco painting updating the process with contemporary materials such as latex applied directly to Tyvek (home construction materials). These panels are then fixed directly to the wall and ceiling[…..]
This fall artist Doze Green presented a series of new paintings titled “Left Hand Path” at Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC. Doze was a pioneer of Hip-hop growing up in Manhattan in the late 70’s along side the Rock Steady Crew and fellow artists Lady Pink, Daze, and Mr. Wiggles. He appeared in classic movies such as Style Wars and Wild Style, and has remained[…..]
Photographer Bill Henson often portrays young figures shrouded in an ambiguous nightscape. The landscapes are usually non-descript, but seem to reference the abandonment that exists outside of most urban areas. The figures found in Henson’s photos are equally ambiguous often consisting of androgynous adolescent girls. Henson is one of Australia’s most distinguished photographers and his career spans over three decades. In 2005 his career was[…..]
New York based Ethan Murrow creates work in a variety of self informing media such as drawing, video, sculpture and performance. The artist recreates scenes where subjects engage in a variety of experimental scientific endeavors as they attempt to discover something about nature. These scenes are actually performed by the artist, videotaped and used as source material for future works, or sometimes as work themselves.[…..]
