PRESENTATION, Page 95
Maria Sukkar’s Collection, named ISELF, looks at identity with particular reference to the human condition. It explores the central themes of birth, death, sexuality, love, pain and joy. Much of the collection examines human nature and emotion, and most of the artists represented are women. The collection is very figurative …
Nazgol Ansarinia examines the systems and networks that underwrite her daily life. Born and raised in Tehran, she dissects, interrogates and recasts …
The exhibition “A Tale of Two Worlds: Experimental Latin American Art in Dialogue with the MMK Collection 1940s-1980s” sets out to establish …
Rasheed Araeen is one of the foremost pioneers of Minimalist sculpture in Britain. As an artist, Araeen’s career had two beginnings: in …
Carmen Herrera sold her first painting in 2004 at the age of 89, after painting full-time for more than 60 years. Now …
Kiki Smith’s work resists both modern and classical notions of beauty, trading in the easily fetishized exterior of the body for the …
Sophie Jung’s work operates at the intersection between performance, sculpture, and text. Her practice addresses representation and its pitfalls, both culturally as …
Sol LeWitt is a leading figure of Minimalism and pioneer of Conceptual art. Redefining art production by exploring ideas rather than conventional …
Ed Atkins’ computer-generated films feature shabby, lonely protagonists with disarming and marked fidelity. His animations demonstrate their digital constitution, their near-total artifice, …
Since its founding on 7/111929, in New York, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has become a major institution, to the point …
Christian Ernest Marclay’s work explores the juxtaposition between sound recording, photography, video and film. Marlcay was born in California in 1955 and …
Anouk Kruithof was born in 1981 in the Netherlands and is based in New York. Her work explores and questions the philosophy …
Born in Seoul, Do Ho Suh transforms his personal experiences into artworks, particularly his move from South Korea to the USA and …
In addition to formal artistic intersections, the chosen works in the exhibition “Theory of Inevitable Convergece” carry important questions that three artists …
After Gary Hume graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London in 1988, he received critical acclaim for his hard-edged, abstract “Door” paintings. Since then …
Amar Kanwar is an artist shaped by a commitment to social activism. He has distinguished himself through films and multi-media works, which …
For more than twenty years, Laura Owens has pioneered an innovative approach to painting that has made her one of the most …
Lee Krasner was the only woman among originators of Abstract Expressionism, she nevertheless found relatively little recognition until some years after the …
Gordon Matta-Clark is widely considered one of the most influential artists working in the ‘70s. He was a key contributor to the …
The starting points for the majority of Chiharu Shiota’s installations are collections of used everyday objects that act as expressions of human …
Gilberto Zorio is associated with the Arte Povera generation, which originated in Italy during the mid-60s. Utilising non-traditional and unconventional materials, Zorio …
Torbjørn Rødland is a Los Angeles-based photographer who creates portraits, still lives and landscapes, which simultaneously inhabit, defamiliarise and disrupt the realm …
In the ‘60s, Françoise Grossen rejected the rectilinear loom that constrained contemporary weaving for an intuitive approach to fiber that resulted in …
Arshile Gorky’s contribution to the art-world is difficult to estimate. Most people have never even heard of the artist, but within the …
