by George A. Magalios | Sep 4, 2020 | Contemporary Art, Interviews
Jorge R. Pombo Biography Jorge R. Pombo was born in Barcelona in 1973. At the age of 24, in 1998, Pombo moved to Paris. In 1999, he returned to Barcelona. He later began a series of visits to the Arctic, Greenland and Siberia, initially attracted by the...
by George A. Magalios | May 27, 2020 | Essays, Latest Essay
The Aesthetics of Isolation An aesthetic examination of the experience of isolation in light of the Covid-19 pandemic byGeorge A. Magalios We are vehicles of thinking. We are vehicles that receive and vehicles that transmit....
by George A. Magalios | Apr 15, 2020 | Directional Works
From “The Medardo Rosso Project,” Barry X Ball, Mexican Onyx, Variable Dimensions, 2019 Barry X Ball’s “Medardo Rosso Project” is the gold standard for how an artist should pay homage to an inspiration of the past. The series of...
by George A. Magalios | Jun 7, 2019 | Contemporary Art, Reviews
A Quadrennial Exhibition Challenging Borders byJane Swanson The 57th edition of the Carnegie International emphasizes the voyage without traveling much beyond the paradigmatic borders of contemporary art. It does so in a partially...
by George A. Magalios | Jan 29, 2019 | Contemporary Art, Cultural Theory, Essays, Political Theory
Tribal Kitsch by Emmanuel Zacharovsky The case of the official portrait of former President Barack Obama reveals many things about the American aesthetic condition. If by “aesthetic” I include political considerations, contemporary art norms and cultural ignorance...
