ART CITIES, Page 19
Over the course of his career, Erwin Wurm has radically expanded conceptions of sculpture, space and the human form. His sculptures straddle abstraction and representation, presenting familiar objects in a surprising and inventive way that prompts viewers to consider them in a new light. He often explores mundane, everyday decisions …
Solidarity, spirituality and rituals, but also displacement and trauma are central themes in Melike Kara’s work, which is dedicated to preserving the …
Stéphane Erouane Dumas’ work reveals the marks of time visible in the different strata on the chalky cliffs in Normandy, which he …
The Hungarian artist Vera Molnár was a pioneering figure in computer art and generative art. Molnár, who moved to France when she …
Known for his kaleidoscopic abstract works, Simon Hantaï originated the technique of pliage, in which a canvas is crumpled and knotted, uniformly …
Peter Alexander is recognized for his multidisciplinary practice through which he explores light and color. Alexander rose to artistic prominence in the …
Uman’s self-taught practice is not miraculous, but a rare fusion of instinct and discipline. Her gut sensibilities are rooted in the ritual …
A leading figure on the international contemporary art scene, Julio Le Parc revolutionized kinetic art and Op Art as well as being …
Pakui Hardware is the name chosen by collaborative artist duo Neringa Černiauskaité and Ugnius Gelguda. Pakui Hardware refers to Pakui – special attendant of Hawaiian …
Mary Weatherford creates large paintings comprising grounds of spontaneously sponged paint on heavy linen canvases, often surmounted by one or more carefully …
Jean-Frédéric Schnyder began producing experimental objects in the late 1960s within the context of pop art and has since gone on to create …
Inspired by literature such as Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, cinema as in Melville’s “Les Enfants Terribles” and the culture of radio, Hélène Delprat’s work explores the questions …
Atelier dell’Errore (AdE) is an artist collective dedicated to visual arts and performance. It was formed in 2015 and constituted social enterprise …
Tetsuya Yamada’s body of work experiments with qualities of twinkling and balanced lightness and weighty, assured heaviness. Polished glaze casts glimmers across …
Martin Barré is known for his pioneering, conceptual approach to painting. Beginning in the 1950s, Barré rejected the gestural abstraction of his …
Blum Gallery celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with “Thirty Years: Written with a Splash of Blood,” a milestone exhibition installed across its three …
In her sculptures, paintings, videos, and installations, Japanese-American artist Mika Tajima interrogates the techniques and technologies developed to shape and control the …
Stanley Whitney investigates the intricate possibilities of color and form in the realm of abstract painting. Since the mid-1970s, Whitney has been …
Ellen Gallagher builds multi-layered paintings that pivot between the natural world, mythology and history. Her painting process involves undoing and reforming trains …
Dividing her time between Germany and Korea since the mid-1990s, Haegue Yang has been gathering inspiration from a wide range of social, …
The group exhibition “All Walks of Life”, meditates on the nuances and subjectivities of daily life in the face of globalization. The …
Often focused on the head and shoulders of an individual, a portrait typically seeks to convey something of a person’s personality and …
The Romanian-German artist Miron Schmückle is among the singular protagonists of contemporary art. Growing up in Romania under Ceaușescu, already as a …
Borrowing instruments and strategies from the practices of the sculptor, the writer and the typographer, British artist Michael Dean investigates the relationship …
