ART, Page 254
What is reality? What is perception? What is social consent? These are the key issues the works of Alicja Kwade are concerned with. In exploring these issues, the artist keeps returning to scientific, philosophical and even economical phenomena such as doubling, deformation, time, or gravitation. Moreover, she finds graphic solutions …
The exhibition “…and the wall fell away” marks a pivotal moment in Yinka Shonibare’s practice with the complete absence of the Dutch …
Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese Performance and Installation artist best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the …
René Magritte followed Surrealist standards and painted everyday objects in unrealistic settings, a traditional means of prompting the viewer to question his …
Candida Höfer began taking color photographs of interiors of public buildings, such as offices, banks, and waiting rooms, in 1979 while studying …
Since the ‘90s, Doug Aitken has created new and deeper levels of viewer involvement in narrative and the moving image. To immerse …
In an oeuvre spanning more than 40 years, Giuseppe Penone has explored the subtle levels of interplay between man, nature, and art. …
Combining a range of disparate tropes, such as post-internet, performance, protest and masquerade Nástio Mosquito questions identity, political power and the concept …
The works Manish Nai, defy categorization, comprising of jute (coarse or fine), butter paper, handmade paper, his collages conceive intricate forms. He …
Ian Davenport’s Abstract paintings are made by pouring and dripping household paint onto prepared canvases, boards and aluminium panels, tilted so …
Christiane Löhr’s work is quintessentially ecological and eco-sustainable, for it uses strictly natural, and thus fully biodegradable, materials which are gathered according …
The painter, mathematician, and art historian Sven Drühl is an multitalented artist of his generation. In his paintings, neon-objects, and drawings, Sven …
The exhibition “the sun at 4pm” continues Ugo Rondinone’s examination of the link between the natural world and the human condition. Extending …
Taking as a starting point Alice Neel’s painting, “Nazis Murder Jews” (1936), the exhibition “Protest” at Victoria Miro Gallery in London presents …
Mike Kelley’s work ranges from highly symbolic and ritualistic performance pieces to arrangements of stuffed-animal sculptures, to wall-size drawings, to multi-room installations …
George Lappas was one of the innovative and restless artists of the generation of the ‘80s, who contributed significantly to the rejuvenation …
In 1956 Jannis Kounellis moved to Rome and enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti. While still a student he had his …
Mario Airò was born in Pavia and lives and works in Genoa and Milan. He studied in Milan where with other artists …
William Kentridge’s work spans across traditional media and techniques such as: tapestries, works on paper, sculptures, installations, animated films or opera productions …
The group exhibition “Checkmate. Games of International Art from the Sixties to Now” plays on multiple significances, starting from its title, which …
Zeng Fanzhi is at the forefront of a generation of Chinese artists who have achieved national and international prominence in the wake …
Nigel Cooke’s paintings create mazes for the mind. Looking at his large-scale surfaces, the viewer becomes entrapped by illusionary depths and a …
Georg Baselitz’s work confronts the visceral reality of history and tragedy of being German in a post World War II …
In a labor-intensive and meticulous process, Vik Muniz reproduces images the Western viewer is familiar with from the print media, such as …
