Christina Elia
@christinaelia
Christina Elia is a contributing writer whose work focuses on the intersection between visual culture and language. She was born and raised in New York City, where she currently writes about topics ranging from creative nonfiction to street art, culture, and travel. Christina’s work has been published in online publications such as The Odyssey, Select City, CURA, and has appeared in print in The Tishman Review and UP.
What Is Minimalism? A Review Of The Visual Art Style
Blurring the boundaries between sculpture and painting, Minimalism erupted in New York City during the 1960s before eventually reaching international precedence. Learn more about its brilliant backstory here.
Jasper Johns: Becoming An All-American Artist
Hailed a forefather of Conceptual, Minimal, and Pop Art, Jasper Johns is often considered one of the most technically talented American artists alive today.
Robert Rauschenberg: A Revolutionary Sculptor and Artist
Once the “enfant terrible” of avant-garde art, trendsetter Robert Rauschenberg bridged a creative gap between two modern eras, effortlessly combining Abstract Expressionism with Pop Art.
Richard Serra: The Steely-Eyed Sculptor
Characterized as a quintessential Renaissance man, solemn sculptor Richard Serra has celebrated sixty steadfast years of international success.
Cy Twombly: A Spontaneous Painterly Poet
Sometimes labeled “high-art graffiti,” Cy Twombly produced symbolic masterpieces with spontaneous scrawls. Take a look at the highlights of his life and career.
Bruce Nauman: Anti-Art Apostate
Known as a jack-of-all-trades, renegade artist Bruce Nauman has stirred audiences worldwide since his 1960s artistic inception.
Dan Flavin: Flaming Forerunner Of Minimalism Art
A Minimalist visionary beloved by many, Dan Flavin took the Post-War scene by storm when he created his first-ever light installations, dubbed as groundbreaking “iridescent situations.”
How The Leo Castelli Gallery Changed American Art Forever
The Leo Castelli Gallery promoted some of New York’s most newfangled post-war artists, a vocation the institution still actively pursues to this day.
Maurizio Cattelan: King of Conceptual Comedy
With three sensational decades in the spotlight, artist-provocateur Maurizio Cattelan has been hailed a “tragic poet of our times.”
Giorgio de Chirico: An Enduring Enigma
A modern pioneer, Greek-Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico seduced viewers with his dreamlike spectacles, a style now world-renowned as Metaphysical Painting.
Qajar Dynasty: Photography and Self-Orientalizing in 19th Century Iran
Orientalist photographs portraying exoticism proliferated throughout 19th-century Iran. Under leader Nasir Al Din Shah’s guidance, the country became first to adapt the term “self-orientalization.”