Live Art: Interview with Kris Davidson
April 19th, 2010
After my last brief interview with live artist Kris Davidson, he and I decided that we hadn’t drilled quite (Read...)
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Ula Einstein: Builder, Alchemist, Artist
May 03rd, 2010
Ula Einstein’s work is, in a word, ephemeral. While it looks impressive in photos, they are also somewhat deceptive by failing to capture its intricacies: filmy layers, delicate threading, fine surface slices or topography-like depth. If you have the pleasure to view her work in person, it beckons you to move closer, to reach out and touch. … (More…)
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More Than A Little Green
April 12th, 2010
Instead of just trying to build environmentally, some people now are trying to build as part of the environment. (Read...)
The Excluded Man
March 29th, 2010
No Country for Old Men might have seemed an unlikely film to fall under the influence of the Coen Brothers – for one, it’s an adapted sto (Read...)
The Making of a Mattocaster
March 22nd, 2010
Before ever actually witnessing the spectacle of watching Muse guitarist Matt Bellamy play the guitar, I assumed that all of the hype about h (Read...)
Live Art: Painting While Dancing
March 14th, 2010
My motivation for performance painting developed over the last few years from “Jeez, I can do that!” to “I am in this to in (Read...)
Bringing Images To Life: An Interview with Margot Bloom
March 08th, 2010
Most people are usually a bit confused when they look at Belgian artist René Magritte’s The Treachery of Images for the first time. Th (Read...)
A View from Nowhere: The Point of Pointless Architecture
February 28th, 2010
Downtown Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, now the tallest building in the world, briefly opened in January with a stunning celebration. In photographs (Read...)
Maverick Monk: Man of Many Moods
February 22nd, 2010
It is fitting that one of the most recognizable symbols, images, of jazz, is the headshot of the High Priest himself, hunched over his piano (Read...)
A Little Less Frank: The Evolving Design of Atlantic Yards
February 16th, 2010
Frank Gehry is known for his easily identifiable style: big, swooping titanium and glass forms that seem to float like sails on the wind or t (Read...)
