Featured Artist: Darija Stipanić
A big welcome to artist Darija Stipanić, whose stunning mixed-media artworks: Status Quo, Status Quo II, Waiting for Dawn and Can You Imagine (inspired by John Lennon’s Imagine) are featured …
Look and Listen #23: The art of Wangechi Mutu
Today’s focus is on Kenyan multimedia artist Wangechi Mutu. I remember being completely captivated by her film installation, The End of Eating Everything, when it was on view at the …
Look and Listen #20: Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari reconstructs art destroyed by ISIS from National Geographic
Moreshin Allahyari is an Iranian media artist and activist living in the United States since 2007. Her work is thought-provoking, linking modernity with ancient tradition and re-interpreting the past in …
Look and Listen #10: El Anatsui, Gravity and Grace at the Akron Art Museum, 2012
Ghanian artist El Anatsui makes monumental installations from aluminum bits… bottle caps, can lids and more. He has a team of twenty to thirty men who help him assemble his …
Look and Listen #8: Looking back at Kara Walker’s Subtlety via Art21
Subtlety was a marvelous sculpture made by Kara Walker for the Domino Sugar Factory, a place dripping with the residue of productivity, a productivity built on the backs of African …
Shell Metamorphosis: Works of Rowan Mersh
Being connected to modern culture requires a certain amount of screen time. You and I, in order to share these musings, which are surely worthwhile, have to spend time on …
Ten Most Popular Articles of 2016
These are the ten most viewed articles written in 2016. I am excited that many of them involve experiences and works from our synkroniciti Open Mics, which were happening once …
Imitating Nature: Green Cacti of Lina Cofán
Nature is a great source of inspiration for creatives of all types. Lina Cofán takes a whimsical look at cacti. Lina Cofán was working as a performance and theater …
Top Ten Photoblogs of 2015
I love making photoblogs! Researching, putting together images and writing an article take quite a bit of time, but the process is truly rewarding. I have learned about so many wonderful artists and …
A Twist on Paper: Sculptures of Peter Gentenaar
When creative pathways become blocked most of us give up or force ourselves forward. What if we changed direction instead? Peter Gentenaar was originally a printmaker who became dissatisfied with the effects he could …