Profiles – Page 2

When Rammellzee, pioneer of Hip Hop art, hosted a class in Milan

March 25, 2022

Artists, Exhibitions, Profiles, Spotlight

Domus - Collaborator of Basquiat, forerunner of Afrofuturism and prominent graffiti artist, Rammellzee is the great forgotten name of the 1980s New York underground. His Italian origins have marked an intense...

Spotlight: Layla Vladi

Artery

March 8, 2022

Profiles, Spotlight

“Inspired by moments…” Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Layla Vladi Paul Zimmerman: How did you get interested in art? Layla Vladi: I’ve been an artist pretty much ever since l...

Ikeuchi Hiroto sculpts wearable cyberpunk fantasias from gadgets

Artery

January 25, 2022

Profiles, Spotlight

de zeen - The result is a series of wearable sculptures that are both futuristic and nostalgic, with a cyberpunk aesthetic. - read more ...

Damien Hirst and the Art of the Deal

Artery

January 25, 2022

Artists, Exhibitions, Profiles, Spotlight

NY TIMES - “He’s a talented artist, but this? Really?” said Alan Baldwin, an art collector, looking down recently at a fluffy black sculpture of a spider with bow legs and googly eyes. Back in 1992, three year...

American Artist Bob Thompson Riffed on the Old Masters of Europe

Artery

January 16, 2022

Profiles, Spotlight

Smithsonian - Born in Kentucky, in 1937, Bob Thompson moved to New York’s Greenwich Village after college, immersing himself in the neighborhood’s bohemian arts scene. Later, he traveled around Europe, where he...

Spotlight: Aranka Székely

Artery

December 30, 2021

Profiles, Spotlight

“I am looking forward to the future…” Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Aranka Székely Paul Zimmerman: How did you get interested in art? Aranka Székely: I have been interested in arts since I w...

Bob Thompson’s Provocative Challenge to Euro-American Art History

Artery

December 21, 2021

Profiles, Spotlight

Hyperallergic - For Black artists in the mid-20th century, art history was an exclusionary space controlled by powerful white critics, gallerists, and institutions. Painters and collagists like Jacob Lawrence ...

Spotlight: Goran Makeski

Artery

December 7, 2021

Profiles, Spotlight

“What I create is the outer symbol of my inner language…” Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Goran Makeski Paul Zimmerman: How did you get interested in art? Goran Makeski: Since my earliest chi...

Paintings by Jan Jensen

Artery

December 4, 2021

Profiles, Spotlight

by Paul Zimmerman The dynamic expressiveness of Jan Jensen's recent paintings exhibited at Artifact with their authentic and free spirit is the basic reason why we are drawn to his images. They are certainly i...

Spotlight: Mousa

Artery

December 3, 2021

Profiles, Spotlight

“Painting with the Lens…” Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Ann-Christine Westerlund Paul Zimmerman: You were married to Mousa for 25 years. Tell us about his background. Ann-Christine Weste...