Author Archives: mauri
Dreaming of Magritte
In New York City at the Museum of Modern Art you are standing before“The Treachery of Images” (1929). It is a painting of a single object, a pipe, under which are the words, “Ceci n’est pas une pipe.” (This is not a pipe.) Why the denial? Of course, this may be a pipe but the […]
Flesh And Bone: Francis Bacon And Henry Moore
Flesh and Bone pits a happily married establishment figure and Royal College of Art tutor, against a self-taught sadomasochistic gambler with a fondness for alcohol and the sleek underbelly of Soho. It is difficult not to see this exhibition as a competition of interests and the interesting; the very personalities of both artists are quite evident—one only needs […]
Fluctuations at Recession Art
The Fluctuations portfolio highlights artists working directly with printmaking processes, and also artists working with print concepts. The consideration of producing multiples, and the processes investigated in doing so, make Fluctuations both an exercise in coproduction and experimentation. With the help of our guest jurors Kyle Simon and Jon Irving, Fluctuations was curated to give […]
Sun Up / Sun Down: Judith Hopf at the Deborah Schamoni Gallery
Parody and irony entertainingly put what is narrated at a distance. Which of these two rhetorical devices does Judith Hopf employ, when she places a flock of eight sheep appearing to gaze at the entering visitors in the main gallery space? All of these sheep, whose caricature-like faces are hand-drawn, seem to have been made […]
Akikazu Iwamoto’s Secret Candy at Stux Gallery
Imagine this show as candy for the eye and, for those who quiver at the sight of the surrealist distortion of bodies, queasiness in the stomach. Hiroshima-born Akikazu Iwamoto, now forty, fills his compact solo show at Stux Gallery with wildly imaginative, candy-colored paintings and drawings that involve amusing and sometimes frightening bodily transformations. The […]
Raphael Hefti’s Quick Fix Remix at Ancient & Modern Gallery
Whitecross Street in east London is just a memory stick’s throw from an area that has recently been dubbed the “silicon roundabout” for playing host to a growing coterie of tech companies. However one fine, late-summer afternoon all of that humming immaterial labor looked awfully anaemic in proximity as a crane-equipped flatbed truck unloaded 25 […]
Bushwick Film Festival Picks
Everybody’s favorite thriving scene of new culture at the fringes of the city now has its own exciting film festival to match. The Bushwick Film Festival is a celebration of the work of independent filmmakers and artists, giving them the opportunity to present their work to a diverse and excitable audience. The festival works to […]
Self-Similarity in Math, Nature & Art at Marymount Manhattan College
If you are the city this Thursday evening consider stopping by Marymount Manhattan College for the opening of the new exhibition, Self-Similarity in Math, Nature & Art at Marymount Manhattan College curated by Hallie Cohen and Sam Freeman. Featuring : Samwell Freeman, Susan Happersett, John Hiigli, Michelle Hinebrook, Caleb Nussear, Jascha Owens, Devin Powers, John Sims, Joan […]
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2013 – October 5 in Toronto
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is Toronto’s annual all-night celebration of contemporary art, produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with Toronto’s arts community. The eighth edition of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will take place Saturday, October 5 from 6:51 p.m. until sunrise. This year’s lineup includes 112 art projects created by more than 500 local, national […]
David Renggli’s Scaramouche at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen
The first thing that strikes you upon entering this multi-faceted show by David Renggli (b. 1974 in Zurich) at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen is one of Renggli’s signature reverse glass paintings in black and white titled I Love You (b/w), 2013. Contrary to the usual colorfulness of the abstract color strokes, the hues in this […]
