ART CITIES, Page 48
A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style, Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized sculpture as an imprint not only of memory but also of her own body. Though her career effectively spanned less than two decades (cut short by the artist’s premature death in 1973 …
In the years after the WWII, South American Avant-Garde groups sought to reinvent abstract art, creating scores of manifestos, journals, and exhibitions. …
Jason Rhoades is known for monumental, room-filling installations. These idiosyncratic sculptures incorporate a wide range of objects including products of mass culture …
Born in Christchurch, New Zealand (ΝΖ), Len Lye (is one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the period 1930-1960. Living first …
James Siena is a seminal artist on the New York art scene. His work, by turns lithographs, engravings, drawings and paintings, involves …
Born in Tehran in 1976, Ali Banisadr grew up during the Islamic revolution and the eight-year Iran-Iraq War. In 1988, he and …
Richard Kennedy and Manuel Solano present their solo exhibitions at Peres Projects in Berlin. Richard Kennedy creates works that erase the boundary …
Influenced by the do-it-yourself aesthetic of album covers and comics of the Southern California punk-rock scene of the late 1970s and 1980s, …
Kiki Smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. She …
Urs Fischer mines the potential of materials like: clay, steel, and paint to bread and dirt to create works that disorient and …
Ragnar Kjartansson engages multiple artistic mediums, creating video installations, performances, drawings, and paintings that draw upon myriad historical and cultural references. An …
Danh Vo was born in Vietnam and currently lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City. Emerging from personal relationships and fortuitous …
Kara Walker’s instantly recognizable cut-paper silhouettes are visually striking and charged with racial, sexual, and historical tension, commenting on slavery, the Black …
During the ’80s Jeff Preiss became involved in the production of experimental cinema. Work from this time was included in “Big as …
Sarkis Zabunyan, who is known only by his first name, is an internationally acclaimed conceptual artist hailing from Turkey. In a prolific …
Art & Porn is a large group exhibition boasting the participation of 40 Danish and international artists. It highlights the relationship between …
For the past 30 years Michael Simpson has explored ideas relating to what he describes as “The infamy of religious history”. Rooted …
Enrique Ramírez’ work lies in the gap where fiction and reality mutually enrich each other. Through metaphorical means, the artist questions our …
One of the preeminent sculptors of our era, Richard Serra, has long been acclaimed for his challenging and innovative work, which emphasizes …
Christina Ramberg was one of the most intriguing painters to emerge within a generation of Chicago Imagists. She left behind a significant …
Over Liza Lou’s 30 years of working primarily with glass beads, Lou has pushed the boundaries of her chosen medium, exposing its …
Monica Bonvicini emerged as visual artist and started exhibiting internationally in the mid-1990s. Her multifaceted practice, which investigates the relationship between architecture, …
Ran Hwang is best-known for creating intricate, large-scale Installations, part mural, part sculpture. Although some of her works may look simple from …
Based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have been working together for over 20 years and are a …
