KAII HIGASHIYAMA: A HAZY SHADE OF EGO
Sound of Waves (1975) One of the words most often associated with the art of Kaii Higashiyama is 'spiritual.' But what exactly...
UNSOLICITED ART (2): ZWEIMALSELBST BY CLAUDIA AHLERING
Claudia Ahlering is a German figurative painter who got her toehold in the art world by being a bit cute and female. Now in her 40s she...
TWELVE TRAVELS: BRITISH ART ON THE MOVE
Andy Goldsworthy, Bright sunny morning (1987) A sweeping show unpacks British artistic luggage in Setagaya A good wine, as they say...
SETTAI KOMURA: LISTENING WITH YOUR EYES
Settai Komura (1887–1940) was one of the busiest artists of his day. As a kabuki stage set designer, he produced around 200 sets, and i...
SCREAMING POSTERS OF THE SILENT TWENTIES
Author Unknown, "October," 1928 When the Communists seized control of Russia in late 1917, they found themselves in a diffic...
ITALIAN KINETIC ART
Incastro fluttuante 33 (1965 ) by Franco Grignani Contrary to appearances, Italy is a country and a culture that has always been open ...
JIM LAMBIE: RIFF ON A CURVE
Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sense triggers sensation in another. While very few people have it, most of us...
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI: DISSECTING PLATO'S CAVE ON CANVAS
Behind, Circle — VII 05 One of the greatest mysteries of art is what exactly the flat two-dimensional surface of the canvas is, and wh...
HIROSHI NAKAMURA
"Build it and they will come!" That seems to have been the philosophy behind the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Unfortunat...
SIGMAR POLKE: POP MYSTIFICATION
Sigmar Polke in front of "Alice in Wonderland." Sigmar Polke has a lot in common with the medieval alchemists, with whom...
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