Tag: Artist
The Darker the Better: A chat with Bohemian Songstress Alexa Wilding.
Bohemian songstress Alexa Wilding has us under her spell. She seduced us at the ‘Ivana HELSINKI Dress-Go-Around.’ She mesmerized us during her show at the Highline Ballroom. And after chatting with this indie-princess in her charming Brooklyn loft, well,...
Sun K. Kwak- Undulating and Winding deep into your Soul.
When you first walk into the Brooklyn Museums vast 5th room floor (the B.Gerald Cantor Gallery) your first impulse is to run your hands through your hair, turn your knees and walk which ever way your heart will allow....
Vanitas, Inshallah: A fantastical fashion adventure by AleXsandro Palombo
An anomaly in today’s fashion world, AleXsandro Palombo is one brilliant rascal.
Since founding his own label in 1998, the young Italian designer has raised eyebrows everywhere from Vogue to The Vatican with innovative designs, vibrant use of color and...
Yoshitomo Nara wants to Confuse you.
The innocuous little moppets so delicately existent on Yoshimoto Nara’s canvases reversed the role of ‘gazer’ and ‘gazee’ at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea last Friday. Coming straight from Japan, totally unaware of the language and culture of...
Julian Hibbard gives us Noir A-Z.
The death of John Dillenger, infamous bank robber known for his graceful movements during heists such as, leaping over counters and high-speed car chases with narrow getaways was as follows;
Anna Sage, a brothel madam from Gary, Indiana was facing...
Okay, we went to the Armory too, but are Galleries still relevant?
So last night was the last night of the Armory spectacle. To be clear we rather enjoyed the whole experience, the artists, the dealers, the meetings, the parties and the clever banter. Always the clever banter. Yet there was...
Why you should be in Berlin.
We’ve been hearing it for ages now, but is it really true? Your mighty self better pack itself off to Berlin and make the most of the vibe, creativity and the vast amount of space that can be had...
Drew Tal giving us Sublime, Bliss and the Ethereal.
If one were to observe Drew Tal’s photograph’s they would walk away with the feeling of a monastic like experience. Serene, humbling and a parlor of ethnic sensibilities Tal’s work on show at the Emmanuel Fremin Gallery booth at...
Hank Willis Thomas: Pitch Blackness
The issue of race is not black and white. And what isn’t grey is the fact that this fictitious idea of “race” has throughout history picked at the color spectrum in order to ‘extric-hate’. If one...
Katya Leonovich: The Night of Shooting Stars and Seeing Small.
The impulsive exploratory instinct constantly churning within us was turned on high at the L Gallery retrospective of Katya Leonovich’s work. The trick of the Christopher Columbus expedition of last Tuesday, however, was not to find the New World,...
Skye Nicolas: His own Murdered Beauty.
On the back of his wildly successful solo show we decided once again to take Skye Nicolas aside and ask him some more compelling questions. After you finish reading this compelling interview you'll agree with us that Skye Nicolas...
Katya Leonovich at L Gallery Studio.
In essence, Katya Leonovich is more of a philosopher than anything. To validate her visions and values, she has chosen to use the media of fabric and paint. But don’t be fooled, the fabric is not reserved for her...
Skye Nicolas- Mortelle Series Act I @ ION space.
“Just kill them!” ordered Marlon Richards of Skye Nicolas; and the “Mortelle Series: Act I” was born. How can beauty be captured without repeating the clichés of art history, the enticing curvaceous Venus of Urbinos, the delectably innocent Daphnes?...
The Ultimate Post Modern Performance Art
New York, where is the love? Within the great confines of our fine metropolis, some of the crudest, rawest animal instincts are bread and Big Appleites are not afraid to expose them. One sees another passing him on the...
A paparazzo turns up to Moeller Snow Gallery.
The taxi dropped us at the Moeller Snow Gallery on Bond Street minutes before 9:00. Outside stood a crowd of dapper gentlemen, one of which who was quick to strike up a conversation. In a refined accent he inquired,...
