“What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.” – Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha     Ahmad Zakii Anwar sits behind a wooden table in the center of Andrew Shire Gallery tracing the ceramic ring of the […]

There were once stores so busy that parking lots expanded for miles to accommodate their traffic. There were once gas stations so coordinated that travelers were easily accommodated to and from their destinations.  There were once industrial parks so filled with work and productivity that the idea of an economic collapse seemed ludicrous, almost unreasonable. […]

The subjects of the Playground series are deconsecrated stretches of forgotten and unkempt land shrouded by neglect and considered a refuge for rebellious teenagers who wreak havoc on its soil. The landscape is characterized by uneven patches of mud curling and hardening over the sides of destroyed automobiles and decayed garages long overdue for a […]

“I’m sure that I prolong my life through these things.” – Chris Engman Work by Chris Engman, photos courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles Imagine glancing quickly past photographer Chris Engman’s work, Transplant—where the entire image of a tree is constructed using panels of images—while in development.  Is it any less real when you […]

Creative Director’s Note From the inception of Installation Magazine, our goal was to shed light on incredible emerging and established artists, curate an international selection of visceral and inspiring works, and bring innovation to the art publishing industry.  Two years ago, we began developing a digital experience, an art journal that could offer a tactile […]

All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind. – Karl Marx Work by Alexander Massouras     In the moment that a diver descends from the threshold of the […]