Author Archive
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Raw Emotion
Oskar Kokoscha’s Bride of the Wind (die Windsbraut), is an impassioned depiction of his tumultuous love affair with Viennese socialite Alma Mahler. Painted in 1913 during the chaos of World War I, Bride of the Wind seems to portray not only the extent of Kokoscha’s feelings for his lover, but ...
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Sybille Peretti: A Subconscious Connection
This German born glass artist has been one of my favorites since I first encountered her work in a New Orleans gallery in 2003. I later worked in the same studio building for a time, where I was able to see her work transform. Being a glass artist myself, I ...
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Finding Beauty in the Ordinary
I had the pleasure of seeing a William Eggleston exhibit this past February at the Chicago Art Institute Museum. The exhibit was featured in the new Modern Wing of the museum, and spanned several decades of the artist’s life. I was not yet familiar with Eggleston’s work at the time ...
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From Symbol to Image
At long last, I am breaking my silence and attempting to overcome the writing inferiority complex that has plagued me since the founding of the artjerk website. It is not for lack of ideas, arguments, or opinions that before this day I have not shared my perceptions, but rather a ...