Press release: The work of Alexandre Lavet has the particularity of fading into its environment, of avoiding any spectacular effects, while refusing all the same to disappear completely. If, since the 1960’s[3] a not negligible number of artists have chosen to put an end to their artistic practice in the face of the system of
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Anahita Razmi at Carbon.12 Gallery, Dubai
Press release: On the occasion of the Gallery’s tenth anniversary, Carbon 12 is proud to present Anahita Razmi’s Take Me to Your Leader. An alien lands its spacecraft on the earth. It addresses the first thing it presumes to be an inhabitant of this planet, which is sometimes a stone, sometimes a cat, a bottle
Tom Volkaert at Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta
Press release: This very space, right where you stand, a 9-year-old Tom Volkaert walked into The Fritchle Garage and secured a job as a breaker boy in 1898. It was the glory years of the “Automotive Age” and car parts for makers like Nash, Hudson, and American Motors were arriving daily in Atlanta via a
Shimabuku at Le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine
Press release: The real world is not an object – it is a process.[1] John Cage’s thinking has profoundly influenced and moved a whole generation of artists and has participated in defining conceptual art. In the exhibition tout le monde in 2015, we presented a work by William Anastasi entitled Sink (1963-2010). This work, a
The Great Archipelago at Kayu, Bali
Press release: Kayu is pleased to present “The Great Archipelago,” its eighth project, which consists of an international group exhibition including contributions by Arahmaiani, Ashley Bickerton, Dora Budor, Marco Cassani, Rafram Chaddad + Rirkrit Tiravanija, Fendry Ekel, Michal Helfman, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Rochelle Goldberg, Filippo Sciascia, and Entang Wiharso. The exhibition is part of the first
Mike Goldby at SIBLING, Toronto
Press release: I usually come downtown to the Financial District to clear my head. I’ll sit in Commerce Court in the summer and watch the pigeons groom themselves in the fountain while a teller tans on lunch break. Or on a cooler day, like today, I’ll sit in the Dineen at the CIBC building, drink
Mirko Canesi at David Dale Gallery, Glasgow
Press release: Mirko Canesi’s artistic research revolves around the concept of reality, and how it could be modified, perceived and utilised. In the artist’s vision there are no such things as barriers between sides and his goal is to unite what appears distant and incompatible, making different bodies co-exist to give rise to a third
“Insane in the Membrane” at Sammlung Philara, Duesseldorf
Press release: With the temporary exhibition Insane in the Membrane, nine artists born between the beginning of the 1980s to the beginning of 1990s are exhibiting their works, forming the first generation of so called “digital natives”. The membrane describes a separating layer, with its etymological origin coming from the latin word membrāna. Our skin
Saša Tkačenko at ENA Viewing Space, Budapest
Press release: Or We Gonna Do It Together? What we can do together? Is it good if we do it together? Can you do it without me? Can it work without us? Am I Gonna Do This Alone? “Line by Line” series: “There is a moment when certain words of your favorite song sound as
Eva Koťátková at CONVENT – Space for Contemporary Art, Ghent
Press release: For the opening exhibition of the third year, Convent presents a solo project by the Czech artist Eva Koťátková (°1982, Prague). In her work Koťátková examines how the individual relates to social structures such as a community, family and institutions. The exhibition focuses on a selection of sculptures and collages from 2014-2015. Eva
Fatma Bucak at GAM, Palermo
Press release: Spatial mobility is the foundation of every human activity, yet migrations, diasporas and mass flights have always brought disquiet and fear. Not only in those living them directly but also in those who are obliged against their will to “submit to the invasion”, to rethink their own spaces, habits of a lifetime, certainties
Jenine Marsh at Interface gallery, Oakland
Press release: I press the coins with a machine that cuts through cities and continents like a rusty knife. An unbelievably long and narrow machine-press, it forks and grinds its way across land, unwavering from its stubborn route, locked in steel. The machine is sometimes fenced in with chain-link and barbed wire, sometimes bordered by
Carlos Reyes at Vie D’ange, Montréal
Press release: VIE D’ANGE is pleased to present Wst Sd Clb, a solo exhibition of new work by New York based sculptor Carlos Reyes with collaborations from Max Stolkin. Blown glass vessels on felt hats sit upon slatted drywall partitions as they gravitate low to the floor of the room. Through vocal chords, the flight
E.Swearengin at Sadie Halie Projects, Minneapolis
Press release: Sadie Halie Projects is truly pleased to present “To hold ‘em or fold ‘em,” an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by Minneapolis based artist E.Swearengin (FKA Emma Courtney Cook). Most recently comprised of gestural and textural figuration, these new paintings mark a shift in her work. Her color palette has been stripped
Calixto Ramirez at DOM Art Space, Palermo
Press release: The pieces that Calixto Ramírez presents for DOM art space comes from his explorations around the city. It is a homage to Palermo, and, at the same time it is a way of thanking the city that in a short time has given so much. The sea, the night, the crime, the architectural
Bright File (June) at HAUS N ATHEN, Athens
Press release: The show has a lifetime of several hundred hours. When heated, it glows with visible light. ‘Le Rayon X’ and ‘Six Heures avant l’été’ (1980) by legendary Greek artist Christos Tzivelos (1949-1995) were the starting point for this show that centres on light but isn’t about light. Felt as an effigy for June
Camille Blatrix at Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Press release: For his project Somewhere Safer, CAMILLE BLATRIX modifies Kunstverein Braunschweig’s Remise, reorganizing the spatial situation with architectural interventions. As a harbinger of the show, the entrance area, that is usually perceived en passant, is transformed into a nostalgic waiting room. Sculptures, paintings and a “soundtrack” produced on-site are condensed into a tense, at