When we think of sculpture, we think of physical descriptors—terms like mass, weight, extension, and surface area. We envision objects that take up space and occupy three measurable dimensions. From the mammoth to the miniscule, the figural to the architectural, we all know that sculpture takes up space. But just how it goes about occupying […]

Gong Jian: What was the motivation for these works you’ve brought to the exhibition? Huang Yang: There are three elements: first, it is a continuation of the methods used in my previous work Bible, but adding sound and form. Second, it is a small appreciation of things in everyday life, specifically the whistle that sounds […]

Mona Jensen: The Orientalist discourse was pinpointed by the Palestinian American professor and literary theorist, Edward Said. In his book Orientalism from 1978 he argued that since the 19th century, the West has reduced the cultures of the East into a mythical Orient. By distinguishing sharply between the West and the East, the West defined […]

The Bud was inspired by the different roles each individual plays in society and in their personal life. The ropes give viewers a raw feeling, something that is original, not modified, and primary. The iron in the piece creates tension, symbolizes threats, and serves as a warning of danger. Rosin, sugarcoating the sculptures, making them […]

Joseph-Francis Sumegné came to sculpture after having passed by painting, the work of copper in jewelry and cutlery, the tapestry, and basket making. Sumegné made his writing, Jalaa, a sum of all these techniques put at the service of a true transmutation of waste and rejects, which constitute the essence of his raw material. Didier […]

In 1978, at the age of 26 Bettina Rheims started out photographing. After having worked as a model, a journalist, and an art dealer, she devoted herself in 1980 solely to photography. She makes a first series of strip-tease artists and acrobats, which were shown 1981 in two personal exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, and […]

How do we develop a wider personal and philosophical framework and realize our potential as human beings? The Coal Measure Research Unit Action is an apparatus that provides a means of engaging with unseen and temporary social spaces. Usually the coal measure takes place between sidewalks and bus wheels, between motorcar wheels and parking bays, […]

Using fluorescent light and movement to explore color, luminosity, and sculptural space, German artist Kilu captures the energy of the life—from the people he meets to the places he travels. Conceiving his visual art behind a camera lens, Kilu conveys inventive points of view that form a synthesis between abstract and figurative elements. Kilu creates […]

Memory (2008), Anish Kapoor’s commissioned sculpture for the Deutsche Guggenheim, sits tightly within its gallery spaces—a twenty-four-ton, Cor-Ten steel tank, defined by its volume rather than by its mass. Its thin skin suggests a form that is ephemeral and unmonumental, defying gravity as it gently glances against the peripheries of the gallery walls, floors, and […]

Our images are more a reflection of an idea than a reflection of reality as it appears in front of the object. In these images we control and shape the reality according to our aesthetic and personal needs, avoiding, or filtering with a critical sense, the casual element that usually make photography an expression and […]