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Taking the Corps Out of Corporation

by Noah Dillon
Berenice Abbott, Ian Davis, CHRIS DORLAND, Kota Ezawa, Louis Faurer, Yevgeniy Fiks, Jacqueline Hassink, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Phillip Toledano at Winkleman Gallery January 4th, 2012 - February 11th, 2012
Posted 1/9/12

I like Winkleman Gallery’s “Corporations Are People Too,” though I am wary of attempts to capitalize on the populist outrage unleashed by the Occupy protests this past fall. And there may be more pressing contemporary artworks that also address the increasingly queasy relationship between people and commerce. With those caveats out of the way, “Corporations” has some wonderful pieces and feels urgent. The springtime of 2012 may see the “change in conversation” around economic inequali... [more]

A Portrait of a Portrait of a Portrait

by Michelle Levy
Tamas Banovich, Jason Robert Bell, Ursula Endlicher, Yevgeniy Fiks, Kate Gilmore, Alexa Meade, Jenny Morgan, William Powhida, Chris Verene at Postmasters April 2nd, 2010 - May 8th, 2010
Posted 4/18/10

Portraiture, one of the most time honored practices in the history of art, may go in and out of vogue, but will never lose its place as an elemental expression of the human persona. Acting as one point of entry into an endless topic, Mirror, Mirror is simply a show that brings together a diverse variety of contemporary explorations of the portrait. By no means comprehensive (and not trying to be), this is a nice collection of works across genres that are tied together by their singular... [more]

Lenin Re-Commodified

by Yaelle Amir
Yevgeniy Fiks at Winkleman Gallery September 5th, 2008 - October 4th, 2008
Posted 9/14/08

In his continuing effort to amend the increasing misperception of the communist era, Yevgeniy Fiks has set out to actively thwart what he identifies as a process of fetishization of this controversial historical period through Lenin memorabilia. Throughout the past year, Fiks has been collecting Lenin busts, stamps, postcards, books, and pictures, which have become increasingly rare and coveted collectables since the fall of the Soviet Union 15 years ago. Disturbed by this new trend that overloo... [more]