A Journal of Contemporary Aesthetics

Surface
vs
Ground

Directional Forces explores the strife between World and Earth

Directional Interviews: Anne Neely

Directional Forces interviews Anne Neely, an American painter who pushes the limits of color and what it means to be “environmental”

Directional Interviews: Nathalie Obadia

Directional Forces interviews Nathalie Obadia, Founder and Director of Galerie Nathalie Obadia in Paris

Directional Interviews: Jorge R. Pombo

Directional Forces Interviews Spanish artist Jorge Pombo; a painter engaging with art history and the materiality of paint

 

Directional Works: Barry X Ball’s “Medardo Rosso Project”

A Contemporary Artist Re-structuring Modernism As Homage in Stone

The Aesthetics of Isolation

A meditation on the experience of being isolated during the Covid-19 pandemic

Mythos and Beings: Kiki Smith at the Deste Foundation

A review of the site-specific installation in Hydra, Greece

On the Precipice of Anti-Art

Daria Grantia’s Saules Suns at the 2019 Venice Bienale

Kiefer as Phenomenon

An exploration of the work of Anselm Kiefer and its relationship to history

Baroque Obama

An analysis of Kehinde Wiley’s official Presidential Portrait of Barack Obama

Directional Works: Nicole Cherubini’s “Althean”

A glimpse at a contemporary ceramic sculpture embracing atemporality

 

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Long-Form Writings on Contemporary Art, Politics, and Philosophy

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Reviews

Reviews of Recent Exhibitions, Works and Phenomena

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Interviews

Discussions with Artists, Curators, Collectors and Thinkers 

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Annual

Directional Forces Is Published Annually in a Special Edition Book 

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