by Margarita Milton
The Crow dropped down onto an evergreen,
She was almost ready to have breakfast
But fell into deep thought,
While holding the cheese in her mouth.
To her chagrin, a Fox ran close by.
—Ivan A. Krylov,
The […]
By Mark Joseph Gens
Digital collage
Mark Gens is a multi-media artist whose work includes collage, installation, video, e-literature, and sculpture. Gens also writes critically about art and exhibitions. He received his BFA from Otis College of Art in Los Angeles and his MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He is currently pursuing an MA in Media Studies at The New School. He lives, studies, writes, and works in New York City. Memory, fantasy, pleasure, violence, masculinity, and desire are the primary themes in his work. Although our interpretation of the world around us is dictated by our own necessities, […]
Sareh Imani, Cabin #2, From Red Light Series, Mixed Media on Paper, Scratches on Plexiglass, Aluminum Box.
Sareh Imani (1986) is an Iranian-born multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her Work includes painting, sculpture, and installation through which she explores themes such as power relations, patriarchy, feminism and survival of the fittest. Imani is a member of an artist collective named “In Cahoots” who collaborate on different site specific projects in non gallery spaces in the city of Tehran, Iran. Over the last few years she exhibited her work in solo and group shows in different […]
By Annette Tacconelli
Intimate mixed media sculpture
As a professional studio artist, Annette Tacconelli creates intimate, beaded sculpture, utilizing traditional fiber techniques in non-traditional ways. She has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally. Her collectors range from major art museum board members to a local construction company. For over 25 years, she has taught art/intuitive creativity workshops around the world, fiber/fine arts programs in NYC public schools, and mentors private students of all ages in her Brooklyn studio.
“I am interested in articulating the invisible. Within my Urban Artifacts series, the mundane plays important; along with the flowering of the potential in all […]
Sareh Imani, Monsters Give Birth to Children 2, Felt-tip Pen on Canvas.
About the Artist
Sareh Imani (1986) is an Iranian-born multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her Work includes painting, sculpture, and installation through which she explores themes such as power relations, patriarchy, feminism and survival of the fittest. Imani is a member of an artist collective named “In Cahoots” who collaborate on different site specific projects in non gallery spaces in the city of Tehran, Iran. Over the last few years she exhibited her work in solo and group shows in different galleries, […]
Sareh Imani, Monsters Give Birth to Children, Felt-tip Pen on Canvas.
Gal Cohen, Strangers Don't Belong In Your Home, from "Subway Wisdom" series, oil on canvas, 42x86 inches.
By Matthew Dischner
I punched a box today,
a three dimensional rectangular prism
made of cardboard and containing blueberries,
twenty-four packages of frozen conventional blueberries
to be exact,
one of ten that arrived this morning
and will arrive every morning,
ad nauseam, until people decide
blueberries in their smoothies
are no longer desirable.
I punched a box today and I’m not sure why.
Maybe to get revenge against the 60 pound case of rice
that fell on my foot seconds earlier.
Maybe because I enjoy the feeling
of cardboard yielding to a gloved fist
(there’s enough resistance to feel like
you’re not just ripping paper).
Maybe to vent frustration
at the endless retail Samsara hell
of stocking and warehousing
and re-stocking […]
Nostalgie II
By Tom Pazderka
Oil, charcoal and ashes on burned panel
Tom Pazderka is an installation artist, painter, sculptor, teacher, and writer. He holds an MFA from the University of California Santa Barbara where he was a Regents Fellow and is currently the Artist in Residence for the 2016/2017 academic year. He is a lecturer of art at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California. Pazderka’s works have been exhibited at the AD&A Museum in Santa Barbara, California, the Asheville Art Museum in North Carolina, Parasol Projects in NYC, and Trafo Gallery in Prague.
Diminution, 185
By Sara Fields
Photography
Sara Fields is an artist and educator from Austin, Texas. She recently received her Masters of Fine Arts in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and she is currently represented by Photo Méthode Gallery.