ART CITIES, Page 79
Seung-Taek Lee is one of the first generation of South Korean artists to have embraced the idea of experimentalism in art, and has developed a diverse practice ranging from sculpture and installation to performance and land art, often influenced by Korean traditions and folk sensibilities. Born in Kowon, North Korea, …
Gabriel Orozco proposes a game where logos and the rules of the market are set against each other, as two forms of …
John Chamberlain came to fame by creating exuberant and stately forms, using the crumpled car parts’ colors to delineate the irregularity of …
Mono-ha began as a sculpture movement, but Lee Ufan extended its literalness to painting. Loading his brush, he patted marks in a …
Sarah Sze employs a constellation of everyday materials in her work, ranging from found objects and photographs to handmade sculptures and living …
Bill Viola, in one of the pioneering figures of a generation of artists in the ‘70s employing video art and sound technologies. …
The French conceptual artist Bernar Venet rose to prominence in the late ‘60s through the art scene in New York. He moved …
For nearly a decade, Sophia Al Mariahas been finding ways to describe 21st Century life in the Gulf Arab nations through art, …
Darren Almond works in a variety of media. His diverse subjects deal with abstract ideas of time, space, history and memory and …
In her native Canada Liz Magor is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary sculptors, the oeuvre she has built since …
Agnès Varda’s films, photographs, and installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary with a distinct experimental style. The only …
Two contemporary Turkish Artists, present solo exhibitions at the spaces of Zilberman Gallery in Istanbul, Both bodies of work have as stepping …
One of the most respected painters today, Albert Oehlen constantly questions the methods and means of painting to raise a sense of …
John McCracken is noted as one of the founders of the West Coast Minimalist Movement that occurred in the late ‘60s. While …
On 6/11/2002, Michel Majerus died in a plane crash at the age of 35 over Luxembourg, the city where he was born. …
Allan Sekula is a renowned American photographer, cultural theorist, historian writer and activist. His extraordinary body of experimental work has mainly been …
A decade after his death and in a moment of heightened political tension, Jason Rhoades’ radical oeuvre is more relevant than ever. …
John Kørner, is a Danish artist who works with painting, graphics, installation and sculpture. The artist is known for his humorous approach …
Oscar Tuazon works with natural and industrial materials to create inventive and often functional objects, structures, and installations that can be used, …
Austin Thomas is an artist, curator and community builder. She creates works that explore, alternatively, personal narratives and public. In her daily …
The exhibition “Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians” at AGA KHAN Museum in Toronto, showcases the many identities of today’s Iranians. The …
Throughout his career the American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher Edward T. Hall , introduced a number of new concepts, including proxemics, polychronic …
The ease in making motion graphics and visual effects allows many artists to move into realms of total fantasy circumventing the camera …
The role of a contemporary art institution should not be limited to the presentation of art. It feeds off and nurtures the …
