Press release: “… we must remind ourselves that the idea that the world is made up of weightless atoms surprises us because we have experienced the weight of things. Similarly, we could not admire the lightness of language if we had not also learned to admire language endowed with weight.” Italo Calvino Felipe Seixas has
“The body as a centerpiece” at Supplement Projects, Miami
Press release: The body as a centerpiece is an exhibition hosted in a shared home and backyard. This domestic, private space is used as a lens through which the intricacies of identity, memory, and tradition can be explored. The exhibition seeks to export and amplify messages communicated by our bodies and how they relate to
Nika Neelova at Noire Gallery, Turin
Press release: Element by Noire Gallery is delighted to announce “Glyphs”, Nika Neelova’s latest solo exhibition, curated by Domenico de Chirico. A “glyph”, deriving from the ancient Greek γλύφω (glýphō), is originally a sign, carved or depicted representing an architectural embellishment made of a round or angular hallow, a straight or curvilinear line and, in
“You Are” at Reinbeckhallen Foundation – Collection of Contemporary Art, Berlin
Press release: The Institution for Contemporary Art, Reinbeckhallen in collaboration with the artistic community of Schöneweide presents: You are -ontological positions around matter. The exhibition portrays how today contemporary artists place their work inside the philosophical debate of being and becoming, essence and existence, thinking and perceiving. The aim of the exhibition is to show
Hannah Perry at Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg
Press release: The Kunstverein in Hamburg is pleased to present the first institutional solo exhibition by British artist Hannah Perry in Germany. Perry’s artistic practice encompasses sculptures, installations, videos, and performances and often draws on her own memories and experience. By layering and superimposing various materials and content, she presents multiperspectival works that dissect the
Isaac Julien at Metro Pictures, New York
Press release: Isaac Julien’s visionary ten-screen film installation Lessons of the Hour explores the incomparable achievements of America’s foremost abolitionist figure. After escaping slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass gained celebrity on the abolitionist circuit as an extraordinary orator, becoming the most photographed American of the 19th century. Julien’s project is informed by some of Douglass’s
Ghislaine Leung at Essex Street, New York
Press release: Flags, 2019 All internal doors painted gloss black. Toons, 2019 All internal walls painted gloss white. Company, 2019 Two gift wrapped model offices. Love Radio USA, 2019 The internet radio station Love Radio USA played on a small battery powered digital radio. Commonwealth, 2019 The work Commonwealth is Domain, Empire, Estate, Kingdom, Nation
Robert Heinecken at Rhona Hoffman, Chicago
Press release: “This kind of photograph must be looked at more intensely than one is used to looking at photographs. The meaning is probably not on the surface or necessarily associated with the subject matter. It may be operating on completely unfamiliar levels. It may not even seem understandable. The photograph in this context is
Paul Pfeiffer at Carlier Gebauer, Berlin
Press release: carlier | gebauer is pleased to present Incarnator, Paul Pfeiffer’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Pfeiffer’s Incarnator series expands from the artist’s internationally acclaimed eponymous video, which is further brought to life through a series of life-sized sculptures. All sculptures were produced during the artist’s six-month residency at Bellas Artes Projects in
Mary Mito at Downs & Ross, New York
Press release: For more than a half-century, Mary Mito (b. 1944, Hartford, CT; lives and works in New Mexico and New York) has rendered permeable interfaces between constructed and natural environments with a singular continuity of attention. While her rarely exhibited paintings are most often compelled by a relentless descriptive force conveying vast tracts of
Anna-Bella Papp at Modern Art, London
Press release: Modern Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Anna-Bella Papp. This is Papp’s third solo show with the gallery. Anna-Bella Papp’s exhibition at Modern Art features a series of new individual sculptures that, consistent with her characteristic format, are hand-sculpted, tablet-like forms made from fired clay, presented on
Javier Arbizu at Ángeles Baños, Badajoz
Press release: An almost unreachable point of reference. As difficult as trying to reach the horizon, that always distant line. Or as trying to decipher the thoughts of the other, from which surprisingly we will never get to know its unfathomable depth. The unknown to be revealed. How to decode the work of an artist
Gilles Furtwängler at Alpina Huus x Arsenic, Lausanne
Press release: The expression “Un Peu Squeeze” was used by Elise Lammer to suggest a lack of time before a deadline, a rather typical situation when working on an art exhibition. A clumsy “frenglism” or “franglais”, the title conveys a sense of general confusion, not only through the misuse of an English word by a
“Discoteca Analitica” at FRI ART, Fribourg
Press release: Discoteca Analitica reassesses the emergence of multimedia experiments in the Sixties based on the range of early varieties of discotheque. The exhibition offers an immersive experience bringing together Californian counter-culture, pop and psychedelic movements, and pioneers of radical Italian architecture. It is based on unpublished archives and original works. They reveal how music,
Jef Geys at Air de Paris, Paris
Press release: In 1998, Jef Geys travelled to Lisbon, hometown of the legendary fado singer Amália Rodrigues (1920–1999), who holds a fascination for him. During his brief «rest and relaxation» stay he took dozens of photographs: not at all your standard tourist stuff, but over and over shadows cast on pavements and walls. The same
Coco Young at Princess, New York
Press release: Every day except for Sundays You would hear the merry Lavoir Women scrubbing, whitening, laughing The green water From the neighboring hill Still hides the echo Of their gossiping thrill I sit by its side The cold stone is as smooth as a mirror I can almost see my reflection Or is she
Kim Hiorthøy at STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo
Press release: Kim Hiorthøy is a man of principles. Kim reads. Kim has opinions. Kim thinks that contemporary art requires compromises to succeed. He might be right, but he may also opt out in favour of doing one or several other things instead. I can not. Kim is envious of me because I solely work