ART – Page 150 – dreamideamachine ART VIEW

Park Seo-Bo, Ecriture No. 55-73, 1973, Graphite and oil on canvas, 195.3 x 290.7 x 3.8 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Gift the Samsung Foundation of Culture, 2015.50

ART-PRESENTATION: Marking Time-Process in Minimal Abstraction

During the 1960s and 1970s, many artists working with abstraction rid their styles of compositional, chromatic, and virtuosic flourishes. As some turned …

Massoud Hassani, Mine Kafon wind-powered deminer 2011, Bamboo and biodegradable plastics, 221 x 221 x 221 cm, MoMA Collectio, Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 923.2012

ART CITIES:N.York-Energy

Energy, speaks to the impact power has had across generations, and how it holds different weight in our current age of climate …

Alexei Alexander Izmaylov, SCULPTURE CULTURE, 2019, Ballet barre, laser cut and powder coated steel, inkjet print, PVC, climbing rope, aluminium, stainless steel and nylon hardware, © Alexei Alexander Izmaylov, Courtesy the artist and Bloomberg New Contemporaries

ART-PRESENTATION: Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019

Since 1949 Bloomberg New Contemporaries has consistently supported contemporary visual artists to successfully transition from education into professional practice, primarily by means …

Daniel Spoerri, Untitled (Series: Eintagskästchen), 2017, Assemblage, 35.5 x 37.5 cm, © Daniel Spoerri, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Krinzinger

ART CITIES:Vienna-Daniel Spoerri

According to the manifesto of “Nouveau Réalisme” formulated in 1960, a work of art must come into being with as little intervention …

ART-PRESENTATION: Iman Issa

Iman Issa is both an artist and a writer, and her work is driven by her intense interest in history and her …

Community of Feeling: Emotional Patterns in Art in Post-1949 China

ART CITIES:Beijing-Community of Feeling

Emotion is a vital force to initiate change, and it is also an echo on a wasteland after utopian dreams have ended …

David Claerbout, The Pure Necessity (Film still), 2016. Single-channel projection, 2D animation, stereo sound, 50 min. Courtesy of the artist and Parasol Unit

ART-PRESENTATION: David Claerbout-The Pure Necessity

Throughout his career, David Claerbout has investigated the conceptual impact of the passage of time through his use of video and digital …

Cosima von Bonin, Au Pairs, 2018, Cotton and wool covering cardboard, wooden table, 139.7 x 182.9 x 213.4 cm, © Cosima von Bonin, Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery

ART CITIES:Aspen-Cosima von Bonin

The foundations of Cosima von Bonin’s work lie in the performativity of things that have a transformative quality. Like George Brecht she …

Gerhard Richter, Untitled, 2/11/1989, Lead pencil on white cardboard, 210 × 297 mm, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, © Gerhard Richter 2019 (27092019), Photo: © Städel Museum

ART-Tribute:Great Realism,Great Abstraction

The drawing takes on a special role in the 20th Century. It has always been a medium of searching, inventing and experimenting. …

Yayoi Kusama, Where the Lights in My Heart Go, 2016, Stainless steel, aluminium, 300 x 300 x 300 cm, Collection of Lauren and Derek Goodman, © Yayoi Kusama, Courtesy Ota Fine Arts and Victoria Miro. Installation View, Yayoi Kusama, 25/5-30/6/19, Garden, Victoria Miro- London

ART-PRESENTATION: Yayoi Kusama-Where the Lights in My Heart Go

Throughout her career, Yayoi Kusama has developed a practice, which, though it shares affiliations with movements such as Surrealism, Minimalism and Pop …

ART CITIES:Amsterdam-Francis Alÿs

Born in Belgium in 1959, Francis Alÿs trained as an architect in his home country and in Venice. In 1986 he moved …

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The Killing Machine. 2007. Pneumatics, robotics, electromagnetic beaters, dentist chair, electric guitar, CRT monitors, computer, various control systems, lights, and sound (approx. 5 min.). 118 x 157 x 98 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf, and the Dunn Bequest. © 2019 Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. Photo: Seber Ugarte & Lorena López. Courtesy the artists and Luhring Augustine, New York.

ART CITIES:N.York-Surrounds:11 Installations

The exhibition “Surrounds: 11 Installations” spanning the entire MoMA’s 6th floor, presenting 11 watershed installations by living artists from the past two …

Matilde Cassani, Tutto, 2018 , Fabric, Commissioned by manifesta 12, Palermo, Photo: Simone Sapienza, Courtesy: the artist

ART-PRESENTATION: On The Spiritual Matter Of Art

The exhibition “on the spiritual matter of art” investigates the issue of the spiritual through the lens of contemporary art and, at …

ART CITIES:Athens-Les Fleurs du Mal

The group exhibition “Les Fleurs du Mal” revolves around Charles Baudelaire’s volume of poems with the same title that is one of …

Reza Derakshani, Crown Pink, 2019, Diptych, Oil on Canvas, 200 x 240 cm, © Reza Derakshani, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Reza Derakshani-EMANATIONS

Reza Derakshani is a multi-talented painter, poet, musician and performance artist. Derakshani was born in Sangsar, a small village in the North …

Jean Messagier, The uniformity of the beautiful weather, 1971, Manufacture des Gobelins, 294 × 586 cm, Wool, © Jean Messagier, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019, Photo: Isabelle Bideau

ART CITIES:Munich-The Fabric of Modernity,Part II

The exhibition “The Fabric of Modernity” presents for the first time in Germany presenting tapestries that were produced in the Manufacture des …

Exhibition view: “Lawrence Abu Hamdan. The Voice Before the Law“, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, 2019, © Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Courtesy Maureen Paley, London / Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Schenkung Baloise Group / Mathias Völzke

ART CITIES:Berlin-Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Art, science, and activism are intertwined in Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s practice. The artist describes himself as a “private ear.” Abu Hamdan was …

Nashashibi/Skaer, Future Sun, Installation view, S.M.A.K., 2019, Courtesy the artists and S.M.A.K.

ART-PRESENTATION: Nashashibi/Skaer-Future Sun

Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer have been working together as Nashashibi/Skaer since 2005. Their joint practice is a meeting place for the …

Robert Rauschenberg, Mud Muse, 1968–1971 Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet © Robert Rauschenberg / Untitled Press, Inc. / Bildupphovsrätt 2018

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Mud Muses

How do we understand the relationship between life and technology in a time when they seem to be completely merged? For the …

Adriana Varejão. White Mimbres V, 2016. Oil and plaster on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, © Adriana Varejão, Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London/Venice

ART-PRESENTATION:Interiorities

Today the far-reaching effects of global networks – historically, economically, politically and culturally – permeate the everyday life and private realm of …

Ryoji Ikeda, data-verse 2, 2019, © Ryoji Ikeda Studio, courtesy the artist and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

ART-PRESENTATION: Ryoji Ikeda, data-verse

One of Japan’s leading visual artists and composers, Ryoji Ikeda is celebrated for his immersive audiovisual installations and performances that use projections …