Author Archives: paridust

Into the Dust: Time Capsule Galaxy

A gleaming bird in a gradient galaxy, I stand suspended in time, imbued with cosmic power. Who doesn’t love acting on a spontaneous desire? For artist Greg Allen-Müller the uninhibited use …

Safilo by Marcel Wanders: Aura Unseen

Limitless is the breadth of Marcel Wanders’ designs. Imbued with the element of surprise and charged with wonder and whimsy, Wanders creates magical objects meant to stir our sensibilities. Concentrating his imaginative powers …

Waves of Wonder

To originate your desire and move towards a state of dream manifestation is the transportive power of Wonder. This is the title of the Renwick Gallery’s inaugural exhibition after a masterful two year …

Art Dubai: Edging on Cultural Expanse

Flying into Dubai feels as if you’re descending on the edge of the world. The allure of that mystery, of what lies beyond and beneath the surface, is a feeling that …

Elemental Eden

Shades of beige bring us back to our own essential nature, from this sacred place of expansion a constellation of elements woven together form a heightened vision. In the spirit of …

Primitive Modernity

Allowing the tension between different objects and different cultures to wash over me, I am reminded of the inherent strength and purpose of a genuine pursuit. With an assemblage of accessories …

Glowing Medium: La Mer

Composition is everything in a sea of possibilities and skin is elemental in aura. Striking into the architecture of Daniel Buren’s bright iconic stripes, I’m deep in the effects of my …

Tropical Fever

If Erik Parker’s studio was a submarine through this periscope we see his world. Fetishized landscapes dripping in day glo melt away into staccato pyramids snap filled with information. Works that …

Mariko Mori: Envisioning our Pristine Future

Time and again Mariko Mori has succeeded spectacularly in representing what is beyond representation. The eternal cycle and power of art to transcend and unify. Prior to visiting and photographing Mori within …

NAR from Everywhere

At the age of seven Natasha Roozrokh picked up her first guitar; by 11 s/he had recorded her first DYI album on a tape cassette. Now, 12 years later, this multi-talented Iranian-American …