Category Archives: Reviews

Originally published Tuesday, December 30, 2008 by New York Press By Melissa Stern The current exhibition at Hebrew Union College Gallery seems particularly apt for 2008. Envisioning Maps is a giddy investigation of maps and more interestingly, the underlying concept … Continue reading →

Originally published Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in New York Press By Melissa Stern A bizarre menagerie of creatures has come to roost at Greenwich House Pottery. A venerable institution not known for experimental or conceptual exhibitions, its current show will … Continue reading →

Originally published Wednesday, October 8, 2008 in New York Press By Melissa Stern “SELF-PORTRAIT (OCTOPUS Head)” doesn’t sound like it would be beautiful. But thanks to the beautiful, nutty work of Tokyo-born, Brooklyn-based artist Kako Ueda, a human head,grafted onto … Continue reading →

Originally published June 18, 2008 by New York Press Chelsea, home to some of the most self-important, pretentious, even grim artwork these days, is currently host to an exhibition that is so beguiling and delightful that even the gallery guards … Continue reading →

Originally published February 27, 2008 by New York Press Whenever I visit Williamsburg I feel transported to a different time and place—a rough-and-tumble college town somewhere in America about 10 years ago. Sometimes annoying, often refreshing, it’s always a relief … Continue reading →

Originally published February 6, 2008 by New York Press What do you do when you read the press release for an exhibition, study the catalogue with Talmudic intensity and still can’t figure out what the purpose of the show is? … Continue reading →

Originally published November 21, 2007 by New York Press The current exhibition at Anna Kustera Gallery, Friday, is a sly, dark and compelling retelling of the Passion of Christ. The paintings and mixed-media sculptures by Sean Mellyn are both sacred … Continue reading →

Originally published October 31, 2007 by New York Press You know you’re in trouble when there are more press people at an art opening than anyone else. Such was the situation Saturday night at The Proposition gallery in Chelsea. It … Continue reading →

Originally published October 24, 2007 by New York Press Tom Otterness’ sculptures work on several levels at once—the blend of the innocence and corruption in his world is so funny and so dark—and the fact that he’s managed to place … Continue reading →

Originally published September 26, 2007 by New York Press Fahamu Pecou is leering at us from the rarified cover of Arte Magazine. At least that’s how the Brooklyn-born artist paints himself in the large-scale portraits of his alter ego, “Art … Continue reading →