Rachel Mayo – The Shadows of Philippine Contemporary Art
Two things bothered me at a recent show at a Manila gallery: the current works of an old favorite painter whose works today can be described as “blah” and the new image of this particular […]
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Psychology Tomorrow MeetUp NYC – Game Changer, or History Is Made at Night: Dionisios Fragias NYC Opening
New Sculptures and Paintings by Dionisios Fragias MAY 9 – JUNE 20, 2013 Opening Reception Thursday, May 9, 6-8pm 547 W. 27 St. #514 New York, New York 10001 RARE Gallery is pleased to present […]
Zoe Greenberg – The Studio, Omega: Two Poems
The last letter of the Greek alphabet, in Christianity especially it is a symbol of the end and of the perfection of the world. Tielhard de Chardin [in his theory of evolution] called the goal […]
Bethany Schneider – On Secrecy and the Writing of Time Travel Novels
I’m the youngest of four children, and we were raised in a small house. There really weren’t any secrets between us, or at least none that I knew of. My father was a minister and […]
Brian Fernandes-Halloran – Riding North to Cabo Delgado
I have found that in the process of recreating my memories in the form of assemblage that I am changing my memories. Following some of the principles of psychologist Elizabeth Loftus’ “misinformation effect”, I am […]
Johan Lowie – Driven by Emotion
“I start out sketching ideas and work to a particular mood, the mood of the story. In the course of the work I’m eliminating unnecessary objects, composition and capturing that mood with a simplicity of […]
Ali Znaidi – Anxiety Chant: A Poem
Unsettled soul, what are you singing? What are you humming? Turbulent leaves utter a sad sound, a scream when the merciless hands of the cruel wind shuffle them up— this sounds like when a little […]
Filippo Biagioli – African Art’s Contemporary Rites
I could talk about African art quoting names, ethnic groups, more or less known and explored zones because today, thanks to texts, witnesses, videos and photos, it seems possible, to whom may be interested in […]
The White Cube Diaries – The Uncanny: Where Psychology Meets Art
“Dreams and Dramas” by Ofri Cnaani “The idea of the uncanny was first identified by Ernst Jentsch in his 1906 essay, On the Psychology of the Uncanny, where he defines the uncanny as being a product of […]
Karl Nicholason – Throwback: Illustrations in Psych Textbooks from the Late 60’s and Early 70’s
Can you guess which psychological theorem each drawing depicts? The above drawing accompanied the textbook’s section on homosexuality. Other interpretations are equally valid of course. Fig 5.8: “One important aim of existential psychotherapy is to help […]