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Appropriating methods traditionally identified with feminine pursuits (embroidery and needlework) Jessica Rankin’s work features a series of “mental maps”, with codes, signs and symbols that explore ideas of memory, intuition and interpretation. Rankin’s embroidered paintings begin with colored panels of organdy, a fabric known for its sheer, diaphanous quality. Into …
![Spencer Finch, Sunlight in an Empty Room (Passing Cloud for Emily Dickinson, Amherst, MA, August 28, 2004) [Detail], 2004, 100 fluorescent lights, filters, clothespins, Dimensions variable, © Spencer Finch, Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery](https://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0021-332x192.jpg)
Spencer Finch is best known for light installations that visualise his experience of natural phenomena. His investigations into the nature of light, …
Ulrike Müller’s paintings, drawings, and textiles encompass and achieve the aims of abstract painting, figurative painting, genre painting and even devotional painting. …
Allan Sekula revitalized documentary photography, provided critical foundations for theorizing the relationship between word and image, and was one of the earliest …
Join us for: exercises of freedom, explosive thoughts, cosmic expansiveness of vision, psychedelic retinal overload, momentary escapes, generous propositions, elegiac monuments, pataphysical …
Kiki Smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. She …
Sherrie Levine’s methods of appropriating and citing the works of important 20th Century male artists established her as a consequential artist of …
Considered as one of the most renowned figures in the history of Abstract Expressionist Movement, Mark Rothko left a significant legacy throughout …
From reenactments of battles to dramatic theater productions, the restaging of historical events has a long history. For some contemporary photographers, reimaging …
Isaac Julien examines the black and Asian diasporas since the Thatcher years through his favoured medium, film. In 1983 he cofounded the …
Born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley (lying generally to the east of Los Angeles), Patrick Martinez’s L.A. suburban upbringing and …
Less known than William Eggleston or Stephen Shore, the Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri has worked, at the same time as they, to …
“The importance of art in our times is more imperative than ever… because life is so difficult, that our only real hope …
During the ‘90s Cai Guo-Qiang has made projects in all the inhabited continents of the world. Cai’s early works from the ‘80s …
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore is looking for dynamic professionals who are passionate and experienced to join their ranks in a …
David Salle is known for his vivid works that deconstruct existing imagery. Since the ‘70s, he’s referenced and combined everything from Impressionism …
Combining the laboratory and the studio, chemical experiments and performances, Hicham Berrada creates a personal universe that plays on the codes and …
For the first time since the opening of Collezione Maramotti in October 2007, ten rooms on the second floor of the permanent …
Joe Andoe’s paintings are instantly recognizable. Best known for his reductive depictions of mundane subjects, such as horns, wreaths, horses, and dogs, …
Strongly influenced by his background as both an artist and a scientist, Hicham Berrada combines intuition and knowledge, science and poetry. He …
Dorothea Tanning explored the disciplines of painting, sculpture, printmaking, collage, design, soft sculpture, installation and writing throughout her career. As a young …
Edgar Sarin caught the eye of the public and art professionals right from the start thanks to his “Lifetime Concessions”, sealed artworks …
El Anatsui transforms simple, everyday materials into striking large-scale installations. His work raises questions about ethnic identity by combining traditional African techniques …
Renowned for his paintings, drawings, and prints, as well as his innovative architectural constructions, Shusaku Arakawa was one of the earliest practitioners …
