Currently browsing

Page 325

Lucio Fontana, Ambiente spaziale con neon, 1967, Reddish-purple neon tube, Photo: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, © Fondazione Lucio Fontana-Milan

ART-PRESENTATION: Lucio Fontana-Ambienti

Lucio Fontana dedicated his entire career to investigating the concepts of space, light, the void and the cosmos through the use of the most varied materials amongst which ceramic, plaster, cement and paint. He extended the boundaries of art through an awareness of new technology, such as neon and UV …

Jacob Hashimoto, Our Fates Were Not Sealed, Merely Eclipsed (Detail), 2016, Paintings, bamboo, paper, nylon, acrylic and pigments, 167.5 x 152 x 20 cm

ART PREVIEW:Jacob Hashimoto-The Eclipse

Jacob Hashimoto uses the traditional kite-making techniques and forms to construct his three dimensional wall works. Existing as neither sculpture nor painting, …

Left: Rosemarie Trockel, Plusquamperfekt, 2017, Digital print on paper on Forex with aluminum frame, 140 x 100 cm, © Rosemarie Trockel, Gladstone64 Gallery Archive. Right: Rosemarie Trockel, Yes where others say no, 2017, Digital print on paper on Forex with aluminum frame, 90 x 90 cm, © Rosemarie Trockel, Gladstone64 Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Rosemarie Trockel

For over 30 years, Rosemarie Trockel has consistently resisted a signature style and her practice ranges from works on paper, “Knitted paintings” …

Amar Kanwar, Such a Morning (Video Still), 2017 , Digital video, color, sound; 85 min., Single channel, looped,Ed. Of 6, © Amar Kanwar, Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery -New York, Paris & London

ART CITIES:London-Amar Kanwar

Amar Kanwar is an artist shaped by a commitment to social activism. Born in New Delhi where he lives, he works strictly …

Martin Puryear, Big Phrygian, 2010-14, Painted red cedar, 147.3 x 101.6 x 193 cm, Glenstone Museum-Potomac/MD, Photo: Ron Amstutz© Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear began his career in the ‘70s alongside other members of the Post-Minimalist generation. Working primarily in wood, he has maintained …

ART NEWS:Sept. 02

In the works of Cullen Washington Jr’s solo exhibition “Od Matter “, nature and the spirit re the impetus of his new …

Edna Andrade, Color Motion 4-64, 1964, Oil on canvas, 121.9 × 121.9 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Frederick R. McBrien III, 2003 (2003-94-1), © Estate of Edna Andrade

ART-PRESENTATION: Delirious,Part II

The decades between 1950 and 1980 were beset by upheaval. Military conflict proliferated, while social and political unrest flared around the globe. …

Ed Atkins, Ribbons, 2014, Three channel 4:3 in 16:9 HD video with three 4.1 channel surround soundtracks), Courtesy the artist and Cabinet-London

BOOK:Ed Atkins-SKIRA Editore

Ed Atkins’ work is at once a disturbing diagnosis of a digitally mediated present-day, and an absurd prophecy of things to come. …

Barbara Kruger

ART CITIES:Berlin-Barbara Kruger

The large, bold artworks of Barbara Kruger assimilate words and images from the deluge of contemporary mass media. Employing media effects and …

Michael Simpson in his studio, Photo Peter Mallet, Courtesy the artist and BlainSouthern

ART CITIES:Berlin-Michael Simpson

For the past three decades Michael Simpson has explored ideas relating to what he describes as “The infamy of religious history”. Rooted …

Peter Zumthor, Dear to Me, 2017, Exhibition view third floor, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Photo: Markus Tretter, Courtesy of Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner, © Peter Zumthor, Kunsthaus Bregenz

ARCHITECTURE:Peter Zumthor-Dear to Me

Kunsthaus Bregenz is an internationally active institute for the presentation of Contemporary art. It was designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor …

André Kertész, Nageur sous l’eau, Esztergom, Hongrie, 1917 © André Kertész, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication / Médiathèque de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Dist Rmn © Donation André Kertész

PHOTO:André Kertész-Mirroring Life

Perhaps more than any other photographer, Andre Kertesz discovered and demonstrated the special aesthetic of the 35mm camera. These beautiful little machines …

ART NEWS:Sept. 01

Russian Cosmism was a movement that called for material immortality and resurrection, as well as travel to outer space. It developed out …

Bruce Nauman, Human Nature/Life Death, 1983, Neon tubing with clear glass tubing suspension frames, 182.9 × 182.9 × 10.2 cm, The Art Institute of Chicago, Acquired from City of Chicago Public Art Program Collection, through prior gifts of Florence S. McCormick and Emily Crane Chadbourne (2004.151), © 2017 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York; Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource-NY

ART-PRESENTATION: Delirious,Part I

The decades between 1950 and 1980 were beset by upheaval. Military conflict proliferated, while social and political unrest flared around the globe. …

ART CITIES:N.York-Ad Reinhardt

Adolph Frederick “Ad” Reinhardt was an abstract painter writer, critic, and educator active in New York beginning in the ‘30s and continuing …

Helen Johnson, Bad debt (Detail), 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 1380 × 320 cm, Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias Gallery-London, Château Shatto-Los Angeles, Sutton Gallery-Melbourne, © the artist, Photo: Mark Blower, New Museum Archive

ART-PREVIEW:Helen Johnson-Ends

Helen Johnson is perhaps best known for her large-scale, semi-narrative paintings, which explore a range of political and cultural histories and issues. …