Category Archives: Sundays in the Part with Art

Our art pieces feature the work of noted artists (or ones we think should be noted). We delve into the issues in their work as well as those in contemporary visual culture. Edited by Jennifer Kabat and Megan Whitmarsh.

Sunday in the Park with Tim Tate

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Melissa Stern

“In many cultures and religions, relics are believed to have healing powers. My relics are temporal, sounds and moving images formally enshrined, encapsulating experiences like cultural specimens,” says Tim Tate. “And perhaps, to the contemporary soul, they are no less reliquaries than those containing the bones of a saint.” Continue reading →

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Sunday in the Park with Aman Mojadidi

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

“A Day in the Life of a Jihadi Gangster and Afghan by Blood, Redneck by the Grace of God are my way of taking back that control by creating entirely new identities out of the old,” says Aman Mojadidi, “creating the unfamiliar out of the familiar, creating fiction out of fact, imagination out of documentation.” Continue reading →

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Sunday in the Park with Max Ginsburg

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Sunday in the Park with Art

“My objective is to paint about the people of New York,” says Max Ginsburg, “realistically and with compassion.” Continue reading →

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Sunday in the Park with Ryan Cronin

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Sunday in the Park with Art

“I like to cite the less-cultivated elements of the hand-lettered sign and the pop song,” says Ryan Cronin, “as two key influences that have contributed as much as my formal training to my signature style.” Continue reading →

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Sunday in the Park with Melissa Stern

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Sunday in the Park with Art

Melissa Stern’s New Math captures the shapes of numbers, bouncing off of each other in a cheerful jumble, their values no more or less meaningful than those of other marks on paper. They are shapes and patterns and simply beautiful images. Continue reading →

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Sunday in the Park with Les Castellanos

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Sunday in the Park with Art

“The past four years I’ve been doing still lifes,” says Les Castellanos. “Sometimes I sell them, sometimes they disappear and all I have is a digital image. Honestly, I don’t know where they end up.” Continue reading →

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Sunday in the Park with Hannah Antalek

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Sunday in the Park with Art

“In my paintings,” Hannah Antalek says, “I attempt to bridge the divide of high and low art by using tacky colors and cliché or kitsch iconography in contrast with sanctified or stereotypically beautiful imagery.” Continue reading →

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