Author Archives: jolanta
Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty-Year Loss at PH Gallery – Sarah Murkett
April 30th passed quietly this year, an anniversary largely unnoticed in the American media. In commemoration of the surrender of South Vietnam to the Vietcong, April 30th, 1975, the PH Gallery in New York invited eleven Nguyens to execute pieces concerning this day, thirty years later. Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty-Year Loss at PH Gallery […]
Liu Hong Yuan: Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong – Tobias Verlende
After rushing down the elevator from the forty-something level, checking emails on my mobile, forcing my way through walls of neon signs, heading through Hong Kong?s traffic jam, I finally enter the Schoeni Art Gallery. Right from my first glance at Liu Hong Yuan?s paintings I get a feeling of warmth, quietness, and rest. What […]
No Mall Rats Here – M-1000
"Shopping is arguably the terminal form of public activity."–Rem Koolhaas Seoul’s architectural landscape exemplifies what Fredric Jameson called non-site: locations without centrality and architectures of constant movement. No Mall Rats Here M-1000 Bibimbap for thousands is prepared and served at SsamzieGil. "Shopping is arguably the terminal form of public activity."–Rem Koolhaas Seoul’s architectural landscape exemplifies […]
Nicholas Bodde at White Cube Gallery, Berlin – Tina Kesting
When I walked into the White Cube Gallery in Berlin, I was confronted by the bright colorful stripes of three large paintings. My first thought: I had already seen such paintings, such horizontal bands so many times before. Nicholas Bodde at White Cube Gallery, Berlin Tina Kesting “o.T.”, Nr. 282, 2003, �l und Acryl/Aluminium , […]
The Lost Generation – Bryony Roberts
On my recent visit to Beijing, I eagerly combed the Beijing art venues, hoping to find work that looked less "Chelsea" and more "Chinese." When Chinese contemporary art exploded the 1999 Venice Biennale, it was the lush but edgy paintings that received the most attention. The Lost Generation Bryony Roberts Cao Fei, Nada at Home […]
Lockdown at Ground Zero – James Westcott
About a year ago, when rogue plans for rebuilding the twin towers were floating around, I thought it would be difficult to top the imaginative and intellectual bankruptcy of the idea. Lockdown at Ground Zero James Westcott left: The new Freedom Tower design, unveiled June 28 by David Childs, with a 200-foot concrete base clad […]
Report from Tokyo – C.B. Liddell
Tokyo is gearing up for the summer holidays with the usual apparently random selection of exhibitions pepped up with a smattering of kid-centric shows, like "Howl’s Moving Castle" at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Report from Tokyo C.B. Liddell Yasumasa Morimura, Dedicated To La Duquesa de Alba / Black Alba, 2004. Color photograph on canvas […]
What the Situationists left behind: Psychogeography – Dina Deitsch
Psychogeography: The study of the effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals What the Situationists left behind: Psychogeography Dina Deitsch 2004 Conflux performance by Dario D’Aprile to create a pedestrian crossing from baking flour in order to distribute a pattern of white footsteps throughout the neighborhood. […]
Zero to Superhero – Chloe Hawkins
At "Comix Ex-Machina," the recent inventive group show at Flux Factory, the comics-inspired pieces are not confined to two dimensions; their stories move and change according to the subtle vibrations of tiny motors, the flipping on and off of lights, the donning of a special pair of glasses. Ranging in media from painting, to sculpture […]
Nayia Frangouli: Else Hannape Underground, Athens – Christos Ellinas
The Greek artist Nayia Frangouli, who recently finished her Master’s at Yale and now lives and works in New York, has already been shown at ARCO Madrid and at the Armory Show. In her recent show at Els Hannape Underground in Athens, "The Misuse of Plans," Frangouli proves that beyond her skillful architectural sketches, pictures […]
