by JL Jacobs | Feb 20, 2025 | Art, Art and Painting, Art Feature, Artist Review, Painting, Prose
Installation view of The Iconic Portrait Strand by Nestor Topchy – The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas Artist Nestor Topchy’s 124-portrait series The Iconic Portrait Strand was exhibited at The Menil Collection art museum in Houston,...
by JL Jacobs | Jul 8, 2021 | Artist Review
Self-Portrait. Acrylic on wood. 36” x 36” (2014). This essay was first published in Spanish in the magazine Diálogo, Vol. 23.2, Fall 2020, University of Texas Press, editors Rocio Ferreira and Isabel Quintana. From fragmentation to...
by JL Jacobs | May 27, 2019 | Art, Artist Review
ART REVIEW: DOMINIQUE CHAVAUX Apart from being a source of aesthetic pleasure, art is also a medium through which artists convey important messages, social commentaries and critiques. Cradled within the aesthetic value of art are symbols, allegories and various...