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Tiago Estrada – The Wall of Pleasure
In his most recent exhibition with Rooster Gallery, ‘The Wall of Pleasure,’ Portuguese artist Tiago Estrada (b. 1967) confronts the contingencies of expression and the boundaries of language. The title refers to the central work ...
Artist Interview: Hung Liu
Hung Liu is widely considered one of the most important Chinese artists working in America today. Born in 1948 in Chanchung, China, Liu grew up under the Maoist regime. She experienced first-hand the famine of ...
Unwritten Spaces: Natalie Frank at Fredericks & Freiser
by Jonathan Beer Natalie Frank’s paintings are decidedly literary works. Not only because of their figurative nature or the descriptive articulation she concentrates on the surface of each canvas, they become literary works at precisely ...
Artist Interview: Uwe Kowski
Art-Rated: What is your background? Were you always interested in pursuing the art, and in particular painting? Uwe Kowski: I already experienced as a child that painting and drawing is the meaningful activity to me. ...
QUAY BROTHERS: Creepy Career retrospective at MoMA
On Deciphering the Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets August 12, 2012–January 7, 2013 The Quay Brothers retrospective at MoMA (on view until January 7th, 2013) creates a dark eerie space within the institution, revealing the ...
The Question of the Frame: Les Rogers at Half Gallery
by Jonathan Beer Les Rogers makes sumptuous paintings that maintain an incredible mix of economy and decadence. His works mobilize fleshy, atmospheric, and graphic languages, intermingling them in a confident and practiced way. Rogers is ...
Artist Interview – Jochen Plogsties
Art-Rated’s Jonathan Beer interviewed Leipzig-based painter Jochen Plogsties in his studio. Art-Rated:Could you describe your background a little – what got you into the arts, and in particular painting? Jochen Plogsties: I was painting when ...