Carol Heft Connections

carol heft connections: crossingborders – we are all immigrants

“CrossingBorders: (We Are All Immigrants)” is an exhibition of works by members of Global Art Project, an international multimedia collaborative collective founded and directed by Carl Heyward, USA, with 90 members from 19 different countries. This project has been exhibited at The Westbeth Gallery in New York City, and at Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery […]

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carol heft connections: artist ange arthur, ivory coast

Artist Ange Arthur Koua, born in Ivory Coast (Abidjan) in 1989, has created a striking body of work using various symbolic materials, specifically emphasizing worn garments and fabric. His work is both personal and political, without a specific agenda. He gives us the freedom to understand what is often unspoken. Ange’s first solo exhibition in

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carol heft “connections”: susanne schmidt-nielsen of denmark

People have created “installation art” since they discovered they could make marks. Denmark artist Susanne Schmidt-Nielsen’s  unique installation was an impressive and complimentary display in the Richard Winthers’ house. “This something, this in between” opened on April 30th  in Denmark. How the physical reality of our environment affects the inner reality of our mind and

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carol heft “connections”: drawn together

Drawn together with Marie Cecile Aptel and Jean Pierre Bourquin Any working relationship, regardless of its duration or scale, requires compatible partners.  Compatible partners include people who disagree or have opposing feelings.  In fact, I have found that working cooperatively is most satisfying when my collaborators are unlike me in distinctive ways.  Compatibility and differences

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carol heft “connections”: a case for inclusion

Why do we leave out so much when we study art history? Wouldn’t exposure to different cultures and aesthetic ideas benefit us all? Who determines what we study in art history books or what we see in museums and art galleries? How do critics, gallery directors, and dealers manipulate public opinion? It has been said

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carol heft “connections”: artist ron shelton, usa

chalk on slate drawings: Ron Shelton’s art is political in both process and content.  The fact that he uses perishable materials reflects his feelings about the aesthetic experience; “precious”, contrasted with the ordinary entering the world of the sublime.  Using a slate board and various kinds of chalks, he transforms the drawing surface into a

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carol heft “connections”: the inside of outsider art

With artist Imam Sucahyo, Indonesia. According to Dr. Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933), art created by people with psychiatric illness and art by the masters are both “valid expressions of the psyche.” But what relationship is there between valid expressions of the psyche and art? This brings us to such questions as what is art, and how

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carol heft “connections”: artist joskin shiljan, serbia

Artist Joskin Shiljan, Serbia Like the aesthetic that characterizes much of the Art Brut, Tachisme and Cobra movements, Joskin Shilian’s work both delights and disturbs; it combines graphics, drawing, painting, and text into a universal language of symbol, rather than depiction.  Primary colors and black and white lines echo the luminosity of leaded borders in

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carol heft “connections”: artist jean pierre bourquin, france

Carol Heft on artist Jean Pierre Bourquin In an almost perpetually generative state, Jean Pierre Bourquin’s work is saturated with life, fun and energy. An incredibly prolific artist, he is known for using recycled objects such as cereal boxes, packaging, paper plates, and found bits and pieces along with more traditional support materials, with a

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