Claudia Moscovici
09.01.2017
Nightfall by Edscon Campos
Edson Campos is a master of representational art that looks palpably real. He’s also a very subtle and engaging story teller. His paintings can tell a whole life story just from a pose, a gaze, a [...]
02.01.2017
The Dangerous Seducer in Literature (II)
Benjamin Constant’s Adolphe As we’ve seen, psychopaths commonly foster their victims’ dependency in order to control them. They tend to move very fast, in a race against time. Brown exposes the [...]
26.12.2016
The Dangerous Seducer in Literature (I)
Benjamin Constant’s Adolphe There have been a number of great novels written about seducers, some of which are about psychopathic seducers in particular. Of course, the tantalizing tales of Don [...]
19.12.2016
Between Fanaticism and Terror: Hitler, Stalin and The Noise of Time
During WWII much of Europe was caught in a vice between fanaticism and terror; between Hitler and Stalin. The plight of tens of millions of people falling victim to Stalinism on the one hand and [...]
12.12.2016
Edson Campos’ Eve’s Dream: In the footsteps of Vermeer and Velazquez
Two celebrated paintings by two of the world’s best-known artists –Vermeer‘s The Milkmaid (around 1657) and Velazquez‘s The Spinners (also 1657) intersect in Edson Campos‘ postromantic pastiche, [...]
05.12.2016
Returning to Romania
Returning to Romania, my native country after 30 years, made me feel like Rip Van Winkle. I didn’t fall asleep for that many years, but I did fall out of touch with my native country — and [...]
28.11.2016
More on Romanian Photography: Claudiu Ciprian Popa
When I returned from a book launch in Romania I was very impressed with the artists I had the pleasure of meeting in person and collaborating with. I have posted earlier articles about two [...]
21.11.2016
Barna Nemethi’s Fashionable Dada
Newton’s third law of physics says for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction. However, things don’t work out as neatly in the world of art. There are some rules that govern the [...]
14.11.2016
Daniel Gerhartz: The Beauty of Representational Art
The American painter Daniel Gerhartz is a contemporary master of representational art. Drawn to painting since adolescence, he studied at the prestigious American Academy of Art in Chicago. [...]
07.11.2016
Toyism and the Google Art Project
Toyism In modern art, there are a number of movements that place playfulness and fantasy at their center. Surrealism comes to mind, and also Dada and Pop Art. Toyism is the latest movement in [...]
