Essays on Contemporary Art

The pulitzer prize winning graphic novel MAUS, illustrated and written by Art Spiegelman, depicts humans in the form of animals as he follows the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s’ Europe, and his son (Art), a cartoonist who tries to come to...

I want you to visualize a glass with half of water inside, is it half-empty or half-full? Some people might say half-full and some people might say half-empty. But, what do these things mean? Why do some people see it as half-full but some see...

A contemporary work of design I chose which I believe is bad for society is the “Cinderella High-Heel Church” in Taiwan. The structure was ‘commissioned by local tourism authorities’ (Tablang, Forbes, 2016) and completed its development in 2016. I sourced the image from a Forbes...

Widely known for his controversial and anime-inspired artworks, Japanese artist Mr. , aged 49, returns to Hong Kong for his new exhibition titled “People misunderstand me and the contents of my paintings. They just think they are nostalgic, cute, and look like Japanese anime. That...

This piece of performance art was done in a gallery which included three wooden units about 5 feet off the ground in which the artist would live continuously for the next 12 days. What those who came to visit this gallery saw was the artist,...

“Family Portrait” and “Family Group” – mirror of their authors’ worldHave you ever thought about what art is? Is it always about beautiful things that fascinate us or there is something deeper? Art hides our personality, things that happened to us, affected our lives and...

On my visitation to Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) I had the pleasure to observe many mesmerizing works of art. Some of them helped me see a different world that I didn’t even know was out there. Being this my first experience at an art...