The libraries of the late Stella Waitzkin (1920–2003), contained in her home and studio at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, suggest a robust, nearly obsessional relationship between Waitzkin and books, which she immortalized as emblems and symbols of an erudition whose importance is physical as much as it is spiritual.
Willie Cole: The Other Side
Willie Cole creates elegant artworks that challenge prevailing ideas of identity and perception. His combination of visually seductive materials and witty humor serves to temper his serious and sometimes difficult subject matter. In his deft hands, discarded domestic items are transformed into mythical figures and objects that carry poignant commentaries within their iconographic arrangements.
The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale Sydney: “Transformative”
Icheon, Gwangju, and Yeojo, South Korea The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale recently held in the cities of lcheon, Gwangju, and Yeojo, just outside of Seoul, is the largest and most ambitious ceramic exposition in the world. …
Kaoru Motomiya
Bangkok Kaoru Motomiya’s recent installation at the new art center of the lim Thomson House in Bangkok was titled White Book. …see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
Lucas Samaras
Athens Sponsored by the Costopoulos Foundation, Lucas Samaras’s first European retrospective was hosted at the NationaI Gallery of Athens and curated by Katerina Koskina, who also organized the Greek section at this year’s Venice Biennate. …see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
“None of the Above Contemporary Work by Puerto Rican Artists”
San Juan, Puerto Rico “None of the Above, Contemporary Work by Puerto Rican Artists” was organized by Real Art Ways, in Hartford, Connecticut, an urban center with a substantial Puerto Rican population. …see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
Matthew Ritchie
Philadelphia Matthew Ritchie’s lines, shapes, and symbolic personages spin themselves across the surfaces of walls, into space, down onto the ftoot and back onto the walls as diagrams and shadows….see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
Mayumi Sarai
New York Japanese-born Mayumi Sarai moved to New York City in 1991, continuing her education at the New York Studio School after graduating from Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo….see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
“The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand, 1350-1800”
Salem, Massachusetts To many Occidentals, the category “Asian sculpture” brings to mind the image of gilt Buddhas, all looking much the same, locked into a humdrum placidity. …see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
