ART NEWS:Oct.01

 

With the civil war in Syria getting worse day by day the number of refugees trying to reach Europe constantly increases. Greece is the entrance point as they make their journey through Turkey. Each day some 2,000 refugees are arriving on Greece’s shores. The refugee crisis intensified over the past months on the Greek islands. Under these circumstances Stelios Faitakis and The Breeder produced the print “The New Wave”, 2015, edition of 250, signed by the artist. The print is on sale via the gallery. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross, Chios island in aid of the Syrian refugees arriving on the island. Contact: gallery@thebreedersystem.com

In his new exhibition taking place at the Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Tony Oursler presents works highlighting his interest in the relationship between humans and machines, exemplified through the development and proliferation of facial recognition technology. One of the artist’s intentions is “To invite the viewer to glimpse themselves from another perspective, that of the machines we have recently created”. The increasing sophistication and prevalence of facial scanning in society, is the key to understanding Oursler’s most recent works, which raise questions about the accumulation of biometric data as well as how and by whom that data is used. Info: classifier cascades, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, 11 Eptachalkou Str., Athens, Duration: 1/10-19/11/15, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri: 10:30-18:30, http://bernier-eliades.gr

The paintings of the German artist Hansjoerg Dobliar, engage with the oil medium on a very material level. In his works, Dobliar builds up thick but fluid brushstrokes to form images. Dobliar’s practice strongly recalls and builds upon the traditions of German expressionism. In Dobliar’s engagement with abstraction, he enlivens the tension between figuration and abstraction. Subjects can be recognized, but only uncertainly, as if through a haze. In this way, he prioritizes the expressive handling of the material, neither blending his strokes to render his hand invisible, nor abandoning a subject in favor of pure abstraction. Info: Bingo & Flamingo, Tanja Pol Galerie, c/o Studio Wolfgang Burat, Alteburgerstrasse 40, 2nd Backyyard, Cologne, Duration: 1-3/10/15, Hours: 1/10: 19:00-22:00, 2/10: 12:00-20:00, 3/10: 12:00-18:00, www.tanjapol.com

Often provocative and humorous, Kara Walker’s work explores the tensions and power plays of racial and gender relations. Walker’s work engages with historical narratives and the ways in which these stories have been suppressed, distorted and falsified. The exhibition “Go to Hell or Atlanta, Whichever Comes First” extends her exploration of the brutalising histories of colonialism and slavery, and the political and psychological consequences that accompanies identity formation in contexts of oppression and violence. Info: Go to Hell or Atlanta, Whichever Comes First, Victoria Miro, 16 Wharf Road, London, Duration: 1/10 – 7/11/15, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat: 10:00-18:00, www.victoria-miro.com

Born in Milan in 1937, Grazia Varisco has been a key representative of programmed and kinetic art throughout her artistic career. Together with Giovanni Anceschi, Gianni Colombo, Davide Boriani and Gabriele De Vecchi, she was a member of the Italian Gruppo T. In her first solo exhibition in London, the visitors will have the opportunity to experience a comprehensive overview of Varisco’s research, with works spanning from the early ‘60s to the recent years. Info: If…, Curator: Michele Robecchi, Cortesi Gallery London, 41&43 Maddox Street, London, Duration: 1/10-28/11/15, Days & Hours: Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:00, Sat: 12:00-18:00, http://cortesigallery.com

Since 2005 ARTBO has been a key element of the transformation of the Colombian art scene. Growing from 29 galleries and 12,000 visitors participating on its first edition to 84 galleries from 33 cities in 2015, ARTBO has proved that Colombia has become a key player in the international art circuit. Drawing attention from international collectors, gallerists, curators, institutions and journalists to the country, the fair is the centre of the “Art Month” in Bogotá. Info: international Art Fair of Bogota, Corporación de Ferias y Exposiciones, Avenida La Esperanza with Carrera 39 – South entrance, Bogota, Duration: 1-4/10/15, http://english.artbo.co

The Barcelona Gallery Weekend will take place between 1-4/10/15. During these four days, 40 venues of the city and its metropolitan area intend to present an artistic programme of great interest. There are proposed four routes around galleries, institutions and singular spaces which will underline the creative scope of Barcelona. In this first edition, twenty-one galleries of Barcelona are to display their works, “Compositions” is a programme parallel to the artistic interventions curated by Latitudes (Mariana Cánepa and Max Andrews). Through specific temporary installations there will be times of interruption, intimity and immersion geared to highlight some less known aspects of Barcelona as well as the role of artists. Info: Barcelona Gallery Weekend, Duration 1-4/10/15, Hours: Galleries: 1/10: 17:00-21:00, 2 & 3/10: 11:00-20:00, 4/10: 11:00-15:00, Compositions programme: 1/10: 2-4/10:11:00-20:00, www.barcelonagalleryweekend.com

Works by self-taught, non-academic artists are usually referred to as “naïve” or “outsider art” and are conventionally viewed as a distinct category, separate from modern art. But in terms of their power and intensity, these works often rival the great modernist masterpieces. In this major exhibition is presented for the first time, the works of such artists as Henri Rousseau, André Bauchant, Séraphine Louis, Martín Ramírez, and Bill Traylor alongside seminal works of modern and contemporary art by Honoré Daumier, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, and, more recently, Blinky Palermo and Mike Kelley. Info: The Shadow of the Avant-Garde. Rousseau and the Forgotten Masters, Curators: Kasper König and Falk Wolf, Museum Folkwang, Museumsplatz 1, Essen, Duration: 2/10/15-2/1/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Wed & Sat-Sun: 10:00-18:00, Thu & Fri: 10:00-20:00, www.museum-folkwang.de

The exhibition at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art features 28 artists and artist collectives from the 31st São Paulo Biennial. It is a project that draws on the experience of the Biennial in Brazil to tell a different story in Europe. “How to (learn from) things that don’t exist” is an investigation into art’s revelatory potential. The title of the exhibition is itself in constant change with the mutating verb suggesting some of the many, different ways to experience art as a process of becoming. The artworks in the exhibition offer a perspective of how religion, history and other systems of control affect daily life and shape ways of thinking and imagining the world. Info: How to (…) Things That Don’t Exist, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Rua D. João de Castro 210, Porto, Duration: 2/10/15-17/1/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri: 10:00-18:00, Sat-Sun: 10:00-19:00, www.serralves.pt

Andreas Gursky captures the burning issues of modern life and global reality. The exhibition at Museum Frieder Burda presents the fascinating pictorial cosmos of Andreas Gursky in a kind of retrospective overview exhibition. It ranges from older, iconic works by the artist to his latestvisual inventions. It opens up a rich pictorial panorama which at once confronts the observer with our complex reality while, at the same time, formulates great joy in the seeing and discovering of pictures. Info: Museum Frieder Burda, Lichtentaler Allee 8 b, Baden-Baden, Duration: 3/10/15-24/1/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat: 10:00-18:00, www.museum-frieder-burda.de

“Stalker Please Don’t Talk to Me” is the result of Rade Petrasevic stay in Athens with The Breeder Residency Program. Presented at The Breeder Playroom, the exhibition focuses on Rade’s paintings and personal sketchbooks and journals. The title of the exhibition, brings to mind the obsessive observation of a subject of desire. One can understand a lot from the living surroundings of a person, from the objects he chooses to live with. Info: Stalker Please Don’t Talk to Me, Curator: Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos, The Breeder Playroom, 45 Iasonos str., Athens, Duration: 3/10-3/11/15, Days 7 Hours: Tue-Sat: 11:00-18:00, www.thebreedersystem.com

Although Olafur’s Eliasson work has been exhibited all over the world, this is the first time his oeuvre has been featured in a major museum presentation in Stockholm. Eliasson explores the spaces in which we dwell, with works ranging from unassuming sculptures to larger architectonic structures. His works are in dialogue with ecology, architecture and urban spaces, but also with philosophy and science. Thus, it is only natural for the neighbouring institutions Moderna Museet and ArkDes to present Eliasson’s unusually expansive artistic output, letting his installations fill both museum buildings. Info: Reality machines, Curator: Matilda Olof-Ors, Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm & ArkDes, Exercisplan 4, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Duration: 3/10/15-17/1/16, Days & Hours: Moderna Museet: Tue, Fri: 10:00-20:00, Wed, Thu & Sat-Sun: 10:00-18:00 & ArkDes: Tue: 10:00-20:00, Wed-Sun: 10:00-18:00, www.modernamuseet.se