What’s Lurking in Heller Levison’s LURK? / by : Giorgia Pavlidou

When Bebop Scat Singing and Postmodern Poetry meet, Hinges are born: What’s Lurking in Heller Levison’s LURK? When Bebop Scat Singing and Postmodern Poetry meet, Hinges are born: What’s Lurking in Heller Levison’s LURK? Hinge (noun) a movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and […]

Nine Poems Inspired by the Paintings of Giorgio de Chirico by / John Bradley

Nine Poems Inspired by the Paintings of Giorgio de Chirico The Joy of the Return, 1915 What should we pack for this trip? The sea is quite old and churlish and sleepless and shifty. Sometimes the moon wore green surgical gloves, which were found under de Chirico’s bed. It is not polite to address the […]

At the Crossroads of the Dark Goddess Shanta Lee Gander

“I am a big believer that projects need to bloom in their own time. This was true for my photo exhibition, Dark Goddess, which has been living in my bones for about 6 years. However, the true age of the project is much older. At the age of 19 years old, I came in contact […]

Hidden Structure Erik Volet

“Yes, there is a structure … but it is a structure made of silences, of hanging threads, of cut scenes, where everything occurs in a simultaneous time which is a no-time.” -Juan Rulfo, 1983 The paintings’ content reflect this ambiguity of form: the figures are both personal and archetypal, representing dramatic relationships that are at […]

Small Cubist Ornament/ Daniel O’Reilly

Small Cubist Ornament Friday, early morning. La belle inutile. In the bustle of the city’s central market, (a huge fin-de-siecle structure of cast iron girders that soar overhead to join a central lateral beam like the ribcage of some giant whale,) tradespeople rush back and forth to replenish decimated heaps of artichokes and smoked peppers, […]