Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 masterpiece Vertigo had strong references to the story Pygmalion, a legendary figure from Greek mythology known for falling in love with his own artistic creation. As the ivory sculpture, which he named Galatea, becomes Pygmalion’s object of affection, Aphrodite turns her into a real woman and eventually the artist and his “masterpiece”get … Continue reading
At Pratt Manhattan Gallery awaits you 0 to 60: The Experience of Time Through Contemporary Art. As the title strongly suggests, the exhibition aims to depict the connection between time and art, two phenomenons in the lives of us, art aficionados that have to wait three hours to go in to see the new Yayoi Kusama exhibition. Continue reading
Sean Kelly Gallery’s newly opened Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition titled Sinners and Saints offers a hands-on compare and contrast analysis within Mapplethorpe’s oeuvre of how we separate and unite in many seen and unseen modes in essence. Continue reading
Since artists started to travel at full speed through the paths of experimenting with every genre and material possible, the idea of the body has fallen into a constant shift in its form. Marisol’s carved wood robust humans, Willem de Kooning’s highly abstracted Woman series, and more recently John Currin’s ode to Mannerism era with … Continue reading
We met with Defne Ayas, the curator-at-large of Performa, the performance art biennial that defines the new trends in performance. Since its first installment in 2005, Performa has been offering a determined program that not only presents what’s new in this field, but also offers new ideas and discussions for the future of performance art. … Continue reading
Recently opened Raqib Shaw exhibition, Paradise Lost, at Pace Gallery truly does justice to its title inspiration, depicting the story of “the man” in all of its decadence, rise and everything between the two. Continue reading
Yes I am a cronut. I am a cronut waiting inside the counter to be picked up by my customer; or better I should say client… Continue reading
In the first hour of Blue is the Warmest Color, the lead character, who also gives her name to the original title of the film, La Vie d’Adèle, finds herself in a discussion about Antigone in her literature class. This is not a coincidence for sure–Antigone, being the symbol of female potency and resistance towards … Continue reading
Art on art; this autonomous and masturbatory stage of art making has been pronounced especially since 1960s, while the foundations of Today’s Art was mostly being built. Starting with artists like Hans Haacke, Marcel Broodthaers and many others, a different leg of art making, mostly referred as Institutional Critique, emerged in an attempt to investigate, … Continue reading
Some artists’ talents come from a place that is raw, instinctive and purely untamed. Their magnificence and artistry lie in their natural urge for the simplest yet the most essential modes of expression. An artist can religiously present us one certain act throughout his career and each time prove the craftsmanship that he naturally owns. … Continue reading