Carlo Maiolini Art

Michael Tole says of his work… This work draws a connection between the didactic moralizing tendencies of Neo Classicism (represented in the style of the painting) and Modernism (represented in the architectural setting). Though modern art eschews the naturalistic imagery used by Neo Classicists, both movements pursued a self-important, austere, self-consciously masculine aesthetic that they saw as synonymous with virtue. Set in the MoMA courtyard, a passel of men lounge about, regarding a golden statue which looks terribly out of place in this modernist vitrine. The uncomfortable architectural setting, prisonlike and cold, provides a foil for the odalisque-like young men sprawled on hard stone benches and paying homage to the central idol. In my current work, The Revisionist Histories, I am writing letters to art history, literature, and mythology in an attempt to reflect the social changes that have reshaped our society over the past century.  As part of this agenda, I explore the evolution of gender norms, power dynamics, and representation within Western visual culture and what this implies for the negotiation between pleasure, justice, and our culturally specific discourse on beauty.    The seed for The Revisionist Histories was sewn when I caught a glimpse of my preteen daughters watching music videos on their iPad as I chopped veggies for dinner.  Out of the corner of my eye I caught glimpses of music videos featuring Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and Doja Cat gyrating across the tiny screen.  A better parent might have snatched the iPad away, but I was overcome with hallucinatory visions of this pop diva...

Titled "Hamlet", this figurative oil painting by Marcel Demagny depicts village houses under a bright blue sky, with distant mountains covered with snow...

Titled "Yellow Symphony", this abstract oil painting by Marcel Demagny depicts distinctive yellow color blocks emerging against various blue colors defi...

To evoke the French Riviera and the light of the South, a sketch made by Andrée de Frémont on the French Riviera has become canvas. It is camping a h...

Oil, acrylic polymers, grout, gold leaf, on shaped canvas.

I Can Buy Myself Flowers marks the first gallery solo exhibition of Bonn, Germany-based painter Wencke Uhl. First appearing in the 27th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS International Exhibitio...

This artwork is named after "Nissa", the ancient name of the "Nice" French city, which the painting refers to. It depicts a bouquet with large leaves, in a compact and central composition balanced by a cluster of palm trees flushed with sunlight. This piece is not framed. Andrée de Frémont...

This painting depicts a view of Aureille, a village in the French Alps. The artist wanted to conveys the atmosphere of evenings in this place, when the sky turns red, often making i...

[b. 1980 – Denton, TX ::: lives & works – Savannah, GA] MAGGIE EVANS is an artist based in Savannah, Georgia. She currently uses painting, drawing and installation to examine huma...

ALEXANDER STOLIN, born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine (under the former Soviet Socialist Republic), where he received intensive training and a master of fine arts degree in his homeland’s traditional art academies. He immigrated to San Francisco in 1992, met his future wife in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, then married and settled in New Orleans. He maintains a home and studio in Madisonville, Louisiana, and is a significant but understated figure in the New Orleans art community. As art critic D. Eric Bookhardt suggested in 2002, “Stolin is more accomplished than he is famous.” His art, often exhibited in thematic series that incorporate a variety of media, ranges from intimate portraits to large-scale murals (one measuring twelve feet by seventy-two feet). He has worked on a progressively larger scale, most recently designing and painting projects for the Louisiana film industry. Stolin’s technically proficient and complexly layered art reflects a unique fusion of the academic training he received in Kiev and his evolving response to the very different culture, lifestyle, and subject matter he has discovered in New Orleans, Madisonville, and the Gulf South.   Stolin’s Face to Face series of portraits, completed from 2000 to 2002, featured New Orleans artists including Douglas Bourgeois...

This artwork depicts a marine landscape. Under a nice turquoise sky, small sailboat is cruising on the sea in the background on the right, and a gigantic straw-colored sail is emerging from a tumultuous and joyful wave. A large canvas, with somptuous matter and a richful pictorial expression. This piece is not framed. Andrée de Frémont...

This artwork depicts two windsurfs, identified by their large aniseed-colored sails in the top right corner. The canvas is cut in its diagonal by the wave, the bottom right corner being filled by the scum energy. This piece is not framed. Andrée de Frémont...