ART CITIES, Page 91
The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art established in Geneva in 1983 by collector Dakis Joannou, since its creation, theFoundation has invited a range of artists and curators to generate creative interpretations of the collection in exhibitions held at various museums around the world. Celebrating its 33rd Anniversary DESTE presents for …
The work of Ralf Baecker is focused towards installations and machines which explore the poetic and artistic potential of technology. With a …
Since the late ‘80s, Stan Douglas has created films, photographs, and installations that reexamine particular locations or past events. His works often …
Stefan Sagmeister represents a new type of designer who draws on a global wealth of emotionally charged experience. His design style blends …
For the 1986 Venice Biennale Sigmar Polke conceived an extraordinary installation for the German Pavilion generically entitled “Athanor”. Alchemy and politics were …
Adriana Varejão has developed a rigorous practice that is informed by cultural and historical research. Each series is based on intense investigation …
The exhibition is a collaboration between the artist Alex Israel and the writer Bret Easton Ellis. For them the city of Los …
Kader Attia has been considered one of the most influential artists of his generation. He spent his childhood between France and Algeria, …
Robert Crumb is universally acknowledged as the Godfather of underground comics, and is widely held up in some quarters as a counterculture …
Annette Messager has an extensive body of work, for over 4 decades she encompasses drawing, photography, needlework, sculpture and installation. Messager’s works …
Jenny Saville was propelled into the art world when her works were shown in Saatchi Gallery as part of the exhibition “Young …
The group exhibition “MASS INDIVIDUALISM: A Form of Multitude”, examines the shifts occurring between public and private space through artworks that explore …
John Kørner, is a Danish artist who works with painting, graphics, installation and sculpture. The artist is known for his humorous approach …
Taryn Simon has constructed an ambitious body of work that is the result of an invisible and rigorous process of research …
Spencer Finch is known for his exploration of light and color across a range of mediums, using the effects of natural lighting …
In the work of Franz Ackermann, paintings, drawings, murals and architectural elements all play a part. His work frequently deals with the …
Echoing Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese’s idea that the only joy in the world is to begin, Niele’s Toroni work repeats …
As a boy in the ‘60s, Blair Thurman spent a lot of time at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where his …
The multichannel video installations of Omer Fast blur the boundaries between documentary, dramatization, and fantasy, frequently generating viewers’ confusion. Omer Fast often …
Margaux Bricler, whose past artistic trajectory was close to conceptual Minimalism, takes root this time in the fields of poetic evocation and …
Born and raised in Amsterdam Laser 3.14 is best known for his poetic graffiti texts that can be found all around Amsterdam. …
Richard Learoyd’s color images are made with one of the most antiquarian of photographic processes: the camera obscura. Learoyd has created a …
Tony Cragg is one of the world’s most foremost sculptors. His work is notable for its exploration of different materials, including found …
Gina Pane is a seminal figure in the history of Body Art and more generally in that of the arts scene in …
