by Brian Thurogood | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
Marcus moved to Aotearoa New Zealand at age 17, attending the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, completing both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. His work celebrates the values, traditions, progress and sense of community and sheds light on...
by Wharf Gallery | Dec 17, 2023 | Blog
Out of countless insights and anecdotes that have emerged from conversations about art over the years, one particularly sticks in my memory. After visiting World War II memorial sites, an artist friend described the profound awfulness of viewing a room full of human...
by Wharf Gallery | Feb 18, 2023 | Blog
Hint: there’s no magic bullet, but don’t make these rookie mistakes. Gallerist David Zwirner and artist Yayoi Kusama. Photo: Andrew Toth/Getty Images. Finding gallery representation is not unlike dating. People are always looking for the right fit: someone supportive,...
by Wharf Gallery | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog
Italian artist Peter Demetz brings ordinary wood to life with his incredible, hand-carved figures. The sculptures, which vary in size from about 20 inches to nearly 50 inches tall, feature men, women, and children standing still against a plain, sometimes-colored...
by Wharf Gallery | Dec 20, 2022 | Blog
Norwegian artist Lene Kilda creates figurative sculptures inspired by the emotions and personalities of children. Believing that body language is “their purest form of communication,” Kilda visualizes each childlike pose with cement-sculpted hands and feet, and...
by Wharf Gallery | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog
Painters today have more pigments to choose from than any other artists in history. They can buy traditional, historical varieties that Rembrandt would recognize, such as siennas and ochres, or 20th-century innovations like phthalocyanines and quinacridones—pigments...
