To describe them literally, the object still lifes of Olivia Parker are achingly bland. But the manner in which she renders these simple objects — that ever so slight depth-of-field; the delicate light of a quiet afternoon at home — lends these items an elegant consequence.
John’s Notes and Leaf, from Objects of Comfort and […]

[It was only a moment for you] is a series of uncut, lo-res video sequences, each under a minute long, and quietly fixated on the unblinking observations of a moment.
Mountains’ red glare.

Unable to fit in a visit to gallery PaceWildenstein on a recent venture to New York, I explored the online exhibition of Jim Dine: Pinocchio — sculptures inspired by Carlo Collodi’s boy puppet.
My Angel (above) in particular grabbed my attention, as one of the few peices depicting the boy emerging from the wood; the result […]

“The usherette’s reverie, if any (she may be dozing), centers our involvement. She has seen the film. Wanting to be elsewhere, she is elsewhere. Where are we? I think we are in Plato’s Cave, perceiving layered dispositions of reality—those of the movie, the audience, the usherette, the theatre, and the civilization that must have theatres. […]