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Raised in Iran and now living in the U.S.A, Shirin Neshat occupies a central role in the discourse on relations between the East and the West, her photographs and videos revolve around the situation of women in societies shaped by Islam, and the contradictions arising between Western and Oriental cultural …
Since the mid-90’s Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck has developed a hybrid practice that incorporates the activities of a researcher, archivist, historian and curator. Working …
January 21, 2018, Saturday evening, the desire to breathe, even in the rainy Paris, after the oppressive atmosphere and the bustling crowd …
The exhibition “Christians of the East, two thousand years of history” really deserves to be visited not so much about its subject …
Characterized by an obsessive pursuit of sensuality within the structure of painting, Craig Kauffman’s engagement with unconventional materials and techniques defies categories. …
Robin Rhode has established his unique practice with a multifold approach, working across media, including drawing, performance, photography, video, and music. He …
When William Wegman and his then wife Gayle moved to California in the 70’s, they bought a Weimaraner puppy, they named Man …
Jesper Just is known for exploring ambiguous subjects such as gender, desire, relations and identity in his cinematographic works that link images …
The French duo Pierre et Gilles pose an interesting paradox: their painted photographs are stylistically unique, bearing a highly specialized aesthetic that …
Born in Basel in 1945, Jean-Frédéric Schnyder spent his youth in an orphanage in Bern. During 1962-1965, he learnt photography as an …
At the age of 7 to 12 months, the babies babbling, begins to sound more like words. At about 9 months, a …
Mark Hagen uses common, non-traditional materials in his painting and sculpture to break down hierarchies and reveal the processes of art-making. He …
Terry Adkins created sculptures that were “as ephemeral and transient as music” and fashioned mixed-media artworks that relied on visual as well …
Eşref Yıldırım’s work takes inspiration from media representations that suggest a critique of power structures and social taboos shaping society. He focuses …
As a boy, Ai Weiwei lived his first artistic expression, burning the books of his house with his father, Ai Qing, a …
Born in Macau, Aka Chio graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2008 with an associate’s degree in design. She lives …
In the ‘50s and ‘60s, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger turned to sculpture to examine the relationship between bodies and space, and …
The multi-disciplinary practice of Hugh Scott-Douglas situates itself at the confluence of a number of critical, socio-political, economic and aesthetic observations and …
Im Heung-soon is a visual artist and cinema director based in Seoul. Since his early works on his working-class family, he has …
The work of Heimo Zobernig spans an array of media, from architectural intervention and installation, through performance, film and video, to sculpture …
Though little known to the general public and mainly published in specialized journals, Jacques Hondelatte nonetheless remains cult, a public figure who …
Kahlil Joseph keeps a determinedly low personal profile, preferring that his work does the talking for him. His body of work is …
Isaac Julien is as acclaimed for his fluent, arresting films as his vibrant and inventive gallery installations. One of the objectives of …
Song Dong has been at the forefront of Conceptual art in China since the 1990s. Song grew up in a tight-knit, traditional …
