Ecstasy in art is not reserved for expressionist aesthetics. It is a condition bound not to a style but to what we once called aesthetic experience—how the viewer receives a work of art, specifically the feeling one obtains through the process of viewing material transformed through light.
December 2009
December 2009
Jessica Straus and Andy Zimmermann
Boston Boston Sculptors is a juried membership gallery…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Miami Beyond the Fair
Over the last decade, several dozen contemporary art galleries, museum-quality private art collections, and artist studios have established a presence within a geographically discrete urban grid of warehouses and modest residential neighborhoods in Miami. Nearby commercial enterprises such as restaurants, shoe and clothing wholesale businesses, and boat repair shops attest to the pragmatism and flexibility
Geoglyphs Spanning the Globe: Andrew Rogers
Andrew Rogers has an impressive string of achievements to his name, any one of which could secure a listing in the annals of art history and in the Guinness Book of Records. Over a period of 11 years, he has created artworks on a vast scale around the world: 40 works in all, in 12
Formal Invention: Richard Rezac
Richard Rezac casts and constructs small sculptures in nickel-plated bronze, steel, aluminum, hydrostone (gypsum cement), painted wood, and other materials. Because drawing is central to his creative process, he often shows two- and three-dimensional works together.
Jennifer Vanderpool
Virserum, Sweden Jennifer Vanderpool’s world is one of excess…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Lutz Fritsch: Sculpture as Spatial Experiment
Translated by Elizabeth Volk German sculptor Lutz Fritsch concentrates on art’s basic elements—line, color, surface, and space. The apparent Minimalist simplicity of his painted steel sculptures is deceptive, however; installed outdoors in a variety of urban or natural environments, they unfold into highly complex creations.
Ana Teresa Fernandez
San Francisco ln her exhibition “ECDlSlS,” Ana Teresa Fernandez interweaves…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Tadeo Muleiro
Buenos Aires Tadeo Muleiro is a young Argentinian artist…see the full review in December’s magazine.