Magdalena Peszkowska Photography

Nicholas Crombach is interested in the complex interactions between humans and animals. Using sporting and hunting as markers of longstanding traditions of both adversarial and collaborative relationships between humans and animals, Crombach examines the cultural significance and the complex issues percolating domestication and domination, play and survival in the 21st century. Crombach combines references to mythology via a striking aesthetic, creating works which revel in their contradictions and contrasts. Notably, the artist draws from the myth of Diana and Actaeon, which provides a poignant framework for this new series. In Ovid’s tale Actaeon, a hunter and grandson of King Cadmus, is in the forest with his dogs when he spies Artemis (Diana), the venerated goddess of the hunt, in her bath attended by her nymphs. Diana’s nymphs try to cover her modesty as the goddess feels violated by Actaoen’s brash curiosity. Diana splashes water upon Actaeon, robbing him from his ability to speak and turning him from a mortal man into a stag who flees into the forest only to be hunted down and killed by his own dogs. The hunter becomes the hunted. Crombach’s Fetch (2018) refers to the mythology of Diana and Actaeon in its last tragic hour, but the classical story of metamorphoses is presented as a game of fetch in the local park. Crombach creates a hybrid between the art historical imagery from paintings of hounds...

'Elegant Woman in an Interior', oil on panel (circa 1960s), by Gaetano Bocchetti. This painting captures its subject, an elegantly presented woman in her night clothes and indoor sli...

This piece titled "Zentai Peace Suit" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from acrylic, dimensional paint, lycra, and foam on velvet. This piece measures 31”h x 24.75”w x...

This figurative painting titled "Baby" is an original artwork by André Schulze made of oil paint on a vintage found photograph. The piece measures 8"h x ...

This mixed media textile sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing technique that Minkowitz uses as seen ...

A photograph by Lawrence Schiller. “Marilyn 12, No. 29” is a chromogenic print in color by American artist Lawrence Schiller. The artwork is unsigned and editioned 72/75. Lawrence Sc...

Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...

Acrylic and mixed media with polymer spray dots by Ceravolo. In this work Ceravolo has printed two images of one of his favorite models with a close up of Ben Franklin from the 100 ...

A lone ceramic frog perches atop a dirt mound covered in blooming artificial flowers. She is a beautiful captive inside her glass aquarium and she is the last of her kind...A creatu...

Michele Landel creates intensely textured and airy collages using burned, quilted, and embroidered fabric, photographs and paper to explore the themes of exposure, absence, and memor...

This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The sculpture is constructed from metallic resin, wood...

Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...