Posts Tagged ‘review’
The Brevity and Materiality of Heike-Karin Föll
Article by Ernela Vukaj // July 03, 2019
‘speed’ is Heike-Karin Föll’s first institutional solo show. Showing at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art until September 1st, the exhibition is an overview of the Berlin-based…[read on]
Doubt in Contemporary Digital Media: ‘Part II’ at Aperto Raum
Article by Johanna Hardt // Feb. 22, 2019
Singular authority figures no longer dictate truth. Networks of our own peers haven taken their place. Facts and counterfacts look identical. Fake news becomes the defining characteristic of our current…[read on]
Reframing Human Perception at Ballroom Marfa
Article by Lee Escobedo // Sept. 06, 2018
‘Hyperobjects’ at Ballroom Marfa, organized by Laura Copelin and Timothy Morton, focuses on ecological occurrences that are beyond the human capacity for understanding…[read on]
Maija Hirvanen’s ‘Art and Love’ during Tanz im August
Article by Beatrix Joyce // Aug. 23, 2018
Onerous is the task of an artist to—amidst the current political turmoil and the creeping, post-truth skepticism—re-introduce the themes of art and love. Without hiding behind the pretense of obscure…[read on]
Valie Export’s Feminist Archive
Article by Sofia Bergmann // July 11, 2018
The female body conforming to its surroundings and the conflicts of modern societal and technological evolution are themes explored through the exhibition of Valie Export’s archival collection at the Neuer Berliner…[read on]
We Too Will Be Quantified: Control and Ecstasy in Jeremy Shaw’s ‘Quantification Trilogy’
Article by Dagmara Genda // June 22, 2018
Jeremy Shaw’s show at the Kunstverein in Hamburg premieres his ‘Quantification Trilogy’ (2014–18), a triad of videos that speculate about a controlled trajectory of evolution and documents…[read on]
Rethinking Masculinity at Galerie im Turm
Article by Ilyn Wong // June 20, 2018
In their exhibition ‘Mighty Good Men,’ the artists Andrew J Burford and Constantin Hartenstein critique masculinity as fractured and troublesome, yet always inescapably hegemonic…[read on]
Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Impersonal Politics
Article by William Kherbek // June 14, 2018
The phrase “the personal is political” is familiar, even cliché, and it is clear enough that in an age in which personal civil liberties are being eroded by repressive governments, where historically oppressed groups…[read on]
The Possibilities of ‘Floating Utopias’
Article by Lucile Bouvard // June 09, 2018
A large-scale helium balloon in the shape of a stylized rock floats over Oranienplatz in Berlin. On its top stands a small inflatable building. Below it, on the sidewalk, a group of performers…[read on]
Isabelle Graeff’s Photography Binds People and Politics
Article by Louisa Stark // Jun. 2, 2018
Across Sexauer gallery’s walls Isabelle Graeff’s photographs are arranged either singularly or in groups of twos and threes at different heights, in a style that reminds me of Wolfgang Tilmans…[read on]
General Idea and AA Bronson’s Art Creates Community
Article by William Kherbek // May 18, 2018
AA Bronson and General Idea provide a perspective not only on the ways in which communities can create art, but the ways in which art can create communities. The retrospective ‘Catch me if you can! AA Bronson…[read on]