ART CITIES, Page 61
Moshekwa Langa grew up in Bakenberg, a remote town in Limpopo, and left in 1989 to attend the Waldorf School near Pretoria. As a child he was particularly interested in visual expression, recording and documenting his daily experiences. Initially working in drawing and text, he later expanded into sculptures made …
Since completing a Ph.D in fine art sculpture from Kyoto City University of Art in 2003, Kohei Nawa has won several awards …
In the group exhibition “Dancing with Myself”, the artist’s own body is the starting point for the act of artistic creation and …
One of the most compelling artists working today, Francis Alÿs offers a thought-provoking point of view on the times in which we …
The project “I Walk therefore We Are” spells out the social-protest aspect of walking and examines the material, historical, and forward-looking significance …
MASBEDO are Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni, they live in Milan and work together since 1999, focusing on video art and installations. …
George Loudon is a London-based retired banker, art collector, and author. He began his collection in the late 1970s, he started with …
During the Venice Architecture Biennale, Fondazione Prada presents “Machines à penser”, an exhibition that focuses on three 20th Century philosophers: Theodor W. …
The architecture and formal composition of Henrik Samuelsson’s paintings generate a strong sense of presence, emphasised by an underlying structure of vertical …
Nina Canell’s sculptures and installations are the result of both chance encounters and careful observations. They generate dynamic connections between solid objects …
Renowned for his inventive work with a diverse array of materials and mediums, over the last 25 years Olaf Nicolai has conceived …
As a multi-disciplinary artist, Bronwyn Katz produces installations, sculptures, videos and performances. She takes an interest in contemporary forms of discrimination and …
Akram Zaatari has developed an interdisciplinary practice that combines the roles of image-maker, archivist, curator, and critical theorist. He is concerned with …
Melanie Smith is an artist based in Mexico City. Her work has been characterized by a certain re-reading of the formal and …
Active since the early 1970s, Matt Mullican is one of the leading figures on the International Art Scene, a pioneer in the …
Etel Adnan’s career spans several decades and encompasses a wide range of media as it does traditions and locations. Adnan was first …
Laure Prouvost’s work adopts the form of independent stories that intersect and answer to each other, in which fiction mixes with reality. …
Petrit Halilaj uses his own biography as a point of departure, adopting exhibition processes to alter the course of private and collective …
Erick Meyenberg works at the intersection of drawing, collage, video, data analysis, and sound. His work is grounded in research that uses …
With book “Prometheus the Awakener: An Essay on the Archetypal Meaning of the Planet Uranus” (1995) the cultural historian Richard Tarnas presents …
Philip Taaffe derives inspiration from a variety of sources, including Islamic architecture, Pompeiian mosaics, 1960s Op Art, and 19th Century monographs on …
Leo Villareal works with LED lights to create complex, rhythmic artworks for both gallery and public settings. He focuses on identifying the …
Elizabeth Peyton is best known for her intimate, small-scale portraits of celebrities, friends, and historical figures. Characterized by transparent washes of pigment …
Michael Buckland presents a broad sample of his work in his solo exhibition “SURVEY 2018” at KUSTERA PROJECTS in New York. His …
