March 2026 Vol. 7, No.1 Index Visualizing the Boundless: Olga Spiegel’s Psychedelic Cosmology By Frank Matheis There are some fascinating characters in the New York City art scene, each with compelling stories and singular life experiences. Few, however, can rival the life of the painter… Read More »Visualizing the Boundless: Olga Spiegel’s Psychedelic Cosmology
September 2025 Vol. 6, No.4 Index From “Obscene” to Revered: The Radical Art of Martha Edelheit What does “obscene” really mean? In 1964, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart tried to define it with the now-famous line: “I know it when I see it.” The… Read More »From “Obscene” to Revered: The Radical Art of Martha Edelheit
May 2025 Vol. 6, No. 3 Index A Life of Grace and Grit: The Legacy of Terri Thal Terri Thal was a vibrant presence in the dynamic 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene. At the heart of it all, she witnessed—and helped shape—one of the… Read More »A Life of Grace and Grit: The Legacy of Terri Thal
March 2025 Vol. 6, No. 2 Index Suzy Sureck’s Poetic Dance of Fluid Light and Form What we see in this world differs for everyone, not just what we choose to see, but how we see and how we interpret it. “Having a good eye”… Read More »Suzy Sureck’s Poetic Dance of Fluid Light and Form
March 2025 Vol. 6, No.1 Index Robin Dintiman’s Naturalist Vulnerability, Intimacy and Grace Death helps us understand life. Since the beginning of humanity, we have contemplated the existential cycles of life, in nature and within ourselves: birth, life, death, decay and renewal. To understand the… Read More »Robin Dintiman’s Naturalist Vulnerability, Intimacy and Grace
October 2024 Vol. 5, No.2 Index The Primal Botanical Wood Sculptures of Loren Eiferman “The plant must be valued as a totally artistic and architectural structure.”—Karl Blossfeldt Naturalists perceive that you cannot exceed the beauty and power of natural structures. In 1928, the German photographer,… Read More »The Primal Botanical Wood Sculptures of Loren Eiferman
July 2024 Vol. 5, No.1 Index The Correlative Symbolism of Carla Rae Johnson Carla Rae Johnson’s conceptual artworks can be respectively defined as ‘constructed installations’, ‘sculptures’ or even as ‘geometric-architectural forms’, each crafted to meticulous perfection. One of her recent major projects is the Séance… Read More »The Correlative Symbolism of Carla Rae Johnson
August 2023 Vol. 4, No. 3 Index The Imaginative Soundscapes of Conrad Praetzel There are clear musical genre delineations, mostly defined by marketing executives at record companies and radio stations. Musicians are advised to stay in their lane, to fit in and to maintain conventions,… Read More »The Imaginative Soundscapes of Conrad Praetzel
March 2023 Vol. 4, No.2 Index Michael Rothman’s Indefatigable Mastery of Naturalism In his recent book, music producer Rick Rubin said, “…the attraction of art is the humanity held in it. If we were machinelike, the art wouldn’t resonate. It would be soulless…”[1] In these… Read More »Michael Rothman’s Indefatigable Mastery of Naturalism
January 2023 Vol. 4, No.1 Index Round About Midnight – with Paul Klee Music is a painting you can hear and a painting is music that you can see Author’s Preface The whole world knows that Paul Klee was a painter and Miles Davis a… Read More »Round About Midnight – with Paul Klee