Author Archives: Yasha Wallin

Roommates

A portrait of a frenetic Christopher Walken takes over both the psychic and physical space on the second floor of the old Dia Center for the Arts in Chelsea. The actor appears contemplative, his life experience revealed through lines on his face rendered in a volcano of warm reds, yellows and oranges; his facial hair [...]

The Art of Climbing Mountains

As human beings, living in an ever-evolving world, the only true constant is change. This dogma is as true today as it was in 1952 when French Surrealist René Daumal wrote Mount Analogue: A Tale of Non-Euclidian and Symbolically Authentic Mountaineering Adventures. The publication explores this notion and the thought that if you will something [...]