Aliya Rose Bonar’s PowerSuit Boutique performance produces custom, hand-made garments based on personal Life Consultations about dreams, passions, personal histories, bodies, and everyday life patterns. The opportunity is to engage with strangers about innermost passions and dreams, and then realize those ephemeral wishes into wearable art: PowerSuits. The “client” wears their PowerSuit out into their
Ever since we hosted Kim Holleman’s Trailer Park for the Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk several years ago, we have been dreaming about working with her again. Part artist, part architect, part engineer, Kim creates environments that engulf the viewer in the most delightful way. She creates vibrant other-worlds that can occupy any space from a table-top
On July 11th, Art Assets was delighted to hold the sixth program in our 21 ’til 21 Salon Series at Chesterwood, the country home, studio and gardens of America’s foremost sculptor of public monuments, Daniel Chester French. Guests were treated to an evening tour through the gardens to view the annual outdoor contemporary sculpture exhibition,
Art Assets was thrilled to present a series of performances by Sharon Chen Lin at Water Street POPS. Sharon’s interactive pieces explore a return to a time before phones and internet. How do people meet and maintain friendships? During the week of “Happy Hour,” participants were invited to explore and have fun at an over-size
This summer, Jacob’s Pillow, the venerable Berkshire dance center, hosted a series of performances by Shantala Shivalingappa. Shantala is a world-renowned performer of Kuchipudi, a style of classical Indian dancing. (Image above: Shantala Shivalingappa in Akasha. Photo: Elian Bachini) Here is an excerpt of Shantala’s performance at Jacob’s Pillow: A post-show interview with Shantala and
Katherine Behar is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York, whose videos, performances, and interactive installations explore issues in contemporary digital culture. Katherine’s work appears at festivals, galleries, performance spaces, screenings and art centers worldwide, in Dresden, Amsterdam, Moscow, Leeds, Rome, Poznan, Mooste, Cluj-Napoca, New York City, Chicago, Miami, and numerous cities throughout the U.S.,
