IAM, therefore I create.

IAM has finally moved to their new, physical, studio space on W. 59th Street in the heart of mid-town Manhattan. IAM gathers artists and creative catalysts to wrestle with the deep questions of art, faith and humanity in order to inspire the community to engage the culture that is and create the world that ought to be.

Art has been and will continue to be society's existential statement, by answering the question, "Why live?" International Arts Movement works as a catalyst in the NYC area and worldwide to inspire people to hope, to engage deeply into the depth of culture, with the hopes of creating a world that ought to be. After all, in order for artistic excellence to pave the way for lasting, enduring humanity, this is what we "ought to be".

IAM founder and prominent artist Makoto Fujimura's art is described by art critic Robert Kushner as, "The idea of forging a new kind of art, about hope, healing, redemption, refuge, while maintaining visual sophistication and intellectual integrity is a growing movement, one which finds Fujimura's work at the vanguard." International Arts Movement is an outgrowth of this "forging", and desires to collaborate with other influences from all walks of life, empowering their work and growth.

To learn more, click on the link above or visit Mako's official website here. Here's to more purpose-filled creativity in the years to come!

China Square

"She & I: Sculpture of Xiang Jing and Guangci", curated by Gao Shiming and Lilly Wei. On view from Sept. 7th through Nov. 15th, the life-sized sculptures explore and narrate Chinese cultural discourse, with an emphasis on the post-feminism era. Both Xiang Jing’s and Guangci’s work, made of industrial strength synthetic materials, investigate the social and political changes surrounding China. A must see for anyone browsing the Chelsea galleries this fall...

innocent fear?

Contemporary Indian Art

Urban Landscapes

Bathroom Art?!!

Taken during a post-lunch visit to what might have been mistaken for a suave cocktail bar playing eerie, Eurotrash techno music... this was one of the coolest bathrooms I've ever step foot in. Now, going to the bathroom can also be an artsy experience. You too, can experience the fabulous ambiance of this bathroom, found inside Jersey City's hip Chinese/Thai fusion chain restaurant, Nanking!

No purchase necessary. Simply come with an open mind and something to put out...

101 Hudson St
Jersey City, NJ 07302
T: 201/333/6500

Warehouse turned Artsy

meager photo show

:: EXHIBITION REVIEW ::
Louise Lawler/Cindy Sherman
Studio Guenzani ; Milano, IT

This was one of the first openings I went to in Milan, on 31 May 2007. This gallery alone cannot sum up the contemporary art scene in Milan, yet it did not make ways for a good impression. I call this show the "meager photo show" because there were only 7 works in the whole exhibition dedicated to these two artists. I was expecting a larger gallery with a wider collection of photographs, so this, of course, completely took me by surprise. Sometimes, one must realize that less can certainly be more....

About the Artists: Louise Lawler was born in 1947 in Bronxville, NY; Cindy Sherman ( New York ). was born in 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Both artists live and work in New York, NY. Since 1988, both artists ingurated a collaboration with Studio Guenzani.

Lawler and Sherman were two revolutionary artists that used photography as a method of expression in the late 70s and the 80s. Both are creative genuises: while Lawler underlines the influence of our perception of artistic objects (ie. paintings, sculptures, furniture, etc.) in her photographic ouevre, Sherman focuses primarily on contemporary iconography, and in the 80s and 90s focused on the representation on the stereotypical female by dressing up as those characters (housewife, model, clown, etc.) as well as violent scenes in our society that might appear to be grosteque and violent -- but yet, are blatantly honest.

This show, although small and meager in size, shines in that it provides a glimpse into the diverse photographs of these two American contemporary artists, who continue to transfigure the proper image and disperses the proper subject in a million different reflexes which in the end, represents a body of work that is stronger and more evident -- to communicate a message to the masses. Indeed art that does more than sit on its ass just to look pretty.