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Born in 1940, Ghanzou, China, Gao Xingjian is celebrated as the avant-garde poet, playwright, and novelist who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Moreover, as an artist, he is also renowned for his ongoing monumental series of ethereal Chinese ink-on-rice paper drawings—ranging from inspired by Daoism, the
Born in 1940, Ghanzou, China, Gao Xingjian is celebrated as the avant-garde poet, playwright, and novelist who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Moreover, as an artist, he is also renowned for his ongoing monumental series of ethereal Chinese ink-on-rice paper drawings—ranging from inspired by Daoism, the
Wifredo Lam (1902–1982) produced a unique and varied oeuvre that reflects his mixed African, Chinese and Cuban heritage. Over the course of his long career, he developed a distinctive lexicon of hybrid shapes—animal-vegetable, and human-animal forms—plus a wide variety of abstract symbols and vigorous markings that correspond
Wifredo Lam (1902–1982) produced a unique and varied oeuvre that reflects his mixed African, Chinese and Cuban heritage. Over the course of his long career, he developed a distinctive lexicon of hybrid shapes—animal-vegetable, and human-animal forms—plus a wide variety of abstract symbols and vigorous markings that correspond
Performance art has come a long way since the anarchic actions of artists and poets of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich in 1916, or the even earlier Italian Futurists’ shenanigans in Turin. The origins of contemporary performance art might be traced to Alan Kaprow’s “Happenings” of the late 1950s,
Performance art has come a long way since the anarchic actions of artists and poets of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich in 1916, or the even earlier Italian Futurists’ shenanigans in Turin. The origins of contemporary performance art might be traced to Alan Kaprow’s “Happenings” of the late 1950s,
Earth, cracked and charred; trees transformed into blackened toothpicks—horrific images of the aftermath of wildfires fill the news lately. But fire can also be a creative force. Mushrooms thrive on ashes, heralding new growth; metal is purified through intense heat; and fire was Prometheus’s great gift to humankind.
Earth, cracked and charred; trees transformed into blackened toothpicks—horrific images of the aftermath of wildfires fill the news lately. But fire can also be a creative force. Mushrooms thrive on ashes, heralding new growth; metal is purified through intense heat; and fire was Prometheus’s great gift to humankind.
Comprised of nearly one hundred works that John Singer Sargent, as a young artist in his twenties, created in Paris between the mid-1870s to the 1880s, this magnificent exhibition, features the artist’s celebrated vanguard portraiture, as well landscapes, drawings and sketches from his notebooks. Curated by Stephanie L. Herdrich,
Comprised of nearly one hundred works that John Singer Sargent, as a young artist in his twenties, created in Paris between the mid-1870s to the 1880s, this magnificent exhibition, features the artist’s celebrated vanguard portraiture, as well landscapes, drawings and sketches from his notebooks. Curated by Stephanie L. Herdrich,
1.) Robert Longo, at Pace, Sept. 11–Oct. 25. 1. Throughout his career, Robert Longo always seems to capture the Zeitgeist of America’s dilemma du jour, even if the imagery is not specifically or explicitly political and confrontational. His dark, brooding photo-based images meticulously rendered in charcoal, typically scaled