Criticism
August, 2025

Amaris and the Conditions of Containment

Nathaniel Amaris works from a small home studio in Bogor, which he refers to as Studio 23. His paintings centre on the human figure, most times nude, in motion or suspended in stillness.

Criticism
July, 2025

The Artist as Cybershaman

Sofya Skidan’s work resists the binary legacies of modernism: the separation of body and mind, of nature and culture, of science and spirit.

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