• The Copenhagen Interpretation

    In the vibrant, emergent neighborhood of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, some of the most exciting contemporary art is evolving and being seen.  It’s no surprise, then, that a new kind of gallery would spring up, playing to more alternative and intimate tastes than those of the “white cube” variety housed in Chelsea or the Upper […]

    Shana Beth Mason No responses June 12, 2015
  • Reflections on the Armory

    The past few years have seen the influence and quality of The Armory Show experience a steady decline.  Whether the fair suffers from a confusing layout, or constantly seeing the same artist with the same works presented by different galleries (what I like to call the “broken record syndrome”), or a mad rush for the […]

    Shana Beth Mason No responses March 23, 2015
  • A Declaration of Independent

    Art fairs are very sad affairs, as a whole. The reduction of an entire artist’s practice to a few square feet of temporary drywall, the three-second interactions between gallery and client that render works of art little more than mathematical utterances, the absolute lack of critical (not just negative) observation that is delivered after the […]

    Shana Beth Mason No responses March 6, 2015
  • Marc Yankus: The Space Between

    The Space Between, an exhibition of new work by the artist, will be on view at ClampArt from April 3 through May 17, 2014. Yankus’ fourth solo show at the gallery, the exhibition of more than 20 works explores the fine line between urban reality and architectural fiction though surreal portraits of buildings. Living in a mutable, […]

    Marc Yankus No responses April 2, 2014
  • Installation Magazine’s Must-See Guide to VOLTA NY 2014

    Away from the piers, and over from the water, VOLTA NY is centered in the heart of downtown, surrounded by individually laid cobble stones that have served as the foundation for arts and culture for centuries. While most exhibitors in the fair circuit may focus on gallery wide curations, VOLTA NY offers an invitational show […]

    Installation Magazine No responses March 1, 2014
  • Behind the Veil with Tim Hailand

    “I suppose that my subjects are, for me, idealized versions of themselves, just as toile de Jouy fabric represented a romanticized interpretation of pastoral ‘reality’ in late-18th century France.” – Tim Hailand   In my work, I allow the material to lead me — it lets me know what it wants (or does not want) […]

    Tim Hailand No responses February 27, 2014