Where I Work: Richard Tsao
November 01, 2009Art Asia Pacific
Tsao’s methods—spontaneous action, momentary deliberation and prolonged incubation—mean that any given work gestates for up to three years before the artist deems it complete... Having finally achieved a certain compositional “tension”—the planes of pink, blue, white,… Read More 
Profile: Pouran Jinchi
October 01, 2009Canvas, Dubai
With a diverse artistic repertoire that includes works in a variety of media and sizes, including paintings, sculptures and video installations, Pouran Jinchi is very much a product of the modern age. Yet much of her inspiration is drawn from the ancient traditions of… Read More
IL Lee in Santa Fe
August 07, 2009Pasatiempo (The Santa Fe New Mexican)
One of the most striking aspects of Il Lee's ballpoint drawings is how he manages to convey a great sense of depth using only one color applied to either canvas or paper in a seemingly uninterrupted flow. One work, titled MBL-020, draws your attention from the loose,… Read More
Museums: The Actually Cool Guide – Pouran Jinchi
July 30, 2009Time Out New York
...Especially moving is Pouran Jinchi’s Tajvid Red, hand-copied ink on a paper scroll, faithful to the Koran in every way except that it’s missing all of its Arabic consonants; and the 130 deliciously pretty acrylic pastries that make up the dead man’s chalk line in… Read More
Iran Inside Out - Pouran Jinchi
July 23, 2009The New York Times
Often, though, inside-versus-outside is hard to discern at a glance. Almost all the artists here have a stake, in some way, in exploring what it means to be Iranian, and sometimes in the same way, no matter where they are. Golnaz Fathi, who lives in Tehran, walks the… Read More
The Many Voices of Enlightment - Pouran Jinchi
June 12, 2009The New York Times
One, called “Prayer Stone 5,” is by Pouran Jinchi, an artist who was born in Iran and now lives in New York City. It consists of overlaid rubbings that Ms. Jinchi took of two carved stones in a Shia shrine in the holy city of Mashhad in Iran. One stone was inscribed… Read More
Pouran Jinchi in Art Asia Pacific
March 05, 2009Art Asia Pacific
...the evolution of Jinchi's abstract syntax suggested a symbiosis between the artist's method and her minimalist format. A recurring principle of formal repetition speaks to her works' time based genesis, with the result that the perusal of their surfaces seems an act… Read More
