Vargas-Suarez Universal: A Rapport of Science, Art, and Music
Rafael Vargas-Suarez, known as Vargas-Suarez Universal, has the rare ability to make me catch my breath.
The impact of his artwork,...
Posts by Esperanza Leon
IN STUDIO: María Schön: Evoking a Primal Refuge
María Schön came to eastern Long Island in the 1980s, when it was growing fast, but far less densely populated than today; when your...
ART REVIEW: Caught in the Afterglow – Jameson Ellis Paintings
The Jameson Ellis “Paintings” exhibition currently on view in the Tasting Room at Wölffer Estate Vineyard is one indication of a...
IN STUDIO: Susan Vecsey’s Meditations on Landscape
One has to negotiate the labyrinthine roads that lead toward Cedar Point Park to pay a visit to the East Hampton studio of Susan...
Critic’s View: PINTA Art Fair Packs a Punch
Pinta Art Fair opened this weekend with a strongly curated fair. With about 70 exhibitors from 20 countries, Pinta NY manages to be a...
Art Review: Christa Maiwald’s Needlework Narrative Art
Thirteen years ago, Christa Maiwald was offered a show in Italy. At that time, she was painting and the cost of shipping all the works...
IN STUDIO: A Haven with Hiroyuki Hamada
In a wooded area of East Hampton, midway up a winding dirt drive, nestled amid ferns, tall grasses, and scrub brush sits the low,...
Art Review: Going Beyond Time and Place in “Drawn from Nature: Michelle Stuart”
In a contemporary art field overgrown with conceptual art that is slick, gimmicky, sensationalist, and too-smart-for-its-own-good,...
Critic’s View: Art Southampton
The contemporary art world tends toward ostentation and hubris, the actual art getting lost in an event-driven scene, becoming a pawn...
Critic’s Picks: artMRKT Hamptons 2013
Tedium and irritation can infuse a visit to any art fair, induced not only by row after row of white-walled, halogen-flooded booths...
Art Review: Beauty in Decadence – Sculpture by Ronald Gonzalez
"Soul Searching"— Sculpture by Ronald Gonzalez
Lear Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
The recently opened Lear Gallery is an unexpected...
Art Review – The Taming of Fantastical Worlds: Drawings by Alice Aycock
"Alice Aycock Drawings: Some Stories are Worth Repeating" at the Parrish Art Museum
On view through July 13, 2013
At a young age, my...
Art Review: Working the Line at ILLE Arts
"Working the Line" at ILLE Arts, 216a Main Street, Amagansett, NY 11930
On view through April 11, 2013
I might hesitate with an...
Art Review: Rafael Ferrer’s Calor
"Rafael Ferrer: Calor" at Adam Baumgold Gallery, 60 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10065
The formal aptitude in color and line, ease...
Art Review: Women’s Work Speaks for Itself
“The Women Part II” at Peter Marcelle Gallery, 2411 Main Street, Bridgehampton, NY 11932
I used to tally how many women artists...
Art Review: Lidya Buzio Ceramic Sculpture – Scapes & Abstractions
"Lidya Buzio: Ceramic Sculpture – Scapes & Abstractions" at Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., 134-140 Greene Street (SoHo) New York,...