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The New Contemporary Art Magazine
As a young girl, artist Margaret Bowland's favorite books and songs told stories about love and life, stories that condition girls to expect certain things out of life and want to be a certain way. Ideas about love, beauty, and personal identity are at the heart of her 19th century-inspired oil paintings, covered here. In particular, her portraits often feature the same African American girl named "J", grandly styled with her face painted white, and attended to by white servants. She makes a reappearance in Bowland's upcoming exhibition at Driscoll Babcock in New York, "Power".
On September 19th, Russian artist Ivan Alifan (previously covered here) will debut new paintings inspired by the “modern gaze” at the Unit London. His impressionist milky (it’s not milk) paintings are both mysterious and seductive, with underlying sexual subtext. This ambiguity is intended to provoke self awareness of the viewer, almost with a slight embarrassment.