Melanie Bonajo Work from her oeuvre. Text by Wyatt Niehaus. In her photographs, videos, installations and performances Melanie Bonajo approaches paradoxes of domestic life within a culture of free-time and luxury, the facets of a Modernized Society that remove from the individual the feeling of belonging, and increase feelings of isolation and identity issues […]
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Scott A. Carter
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Scott A. Carter Work from Departing From The Rules of Harmony “An architectural installation consisting of a full scale bust of the Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova re-created from the walls of the gallery. The original, plaster, bust was purchased in 1975 from an Italian Collector and is currently in storage at the Art Institute of Chicago. […]
Aram Bartholl
Monday, 17 October 2011
Aram Bartholl Work from 0,16. “0,16 is a light installation in which the shadows of a passer-by is transformed into ‘pixels’. The installation consists of a wall built of small square frames covered front and back with transparent paper. A third layer of paper is attached in the centre of the frames. A lamp shining […]
AIDS-3D
Saturday, 15 October 2011
AIDS-3D Work from their oeuvre. “…Complicating their position, Keller and Kosmas state, “Acting as both patron and proprietor of an all-you-can eat-buffet, Aids-3D dynamically hedges its positions — deciding, juxtaposing and networking to effectively manage their risk while providing unique works which attempt to satisfy market criteria.” I understand this, roughly, to mean, “As a […]
Mark Soo
Monday, 10 October 2011
Mark Soo Work from his oeuvre. “Mark Soo’s work focuses on the associations between culture, technology and the history of representation, and their impact on questions of subjectivity. Soo’s current exhibition “Madame Guillotine” is concerned with relations of image production and photography, as seen through depictions of the guillotine and associated images dating from the […]
Matt Calderwood
Monday, 5 September 2011
Matt Calderwood Work from MC NR50 @ Grey Area Mutiples. “Matt Calderwood has produced a new multiple with Grey Area made entirely of cast natural rubber. There are 6 identical rubber shapes in a set which can be organised and placed into infinite intriguing arrangements. The unique geometry of the 6 pieces allows us to […]
Jaroslav Kyša
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Jaroslav Kyša Work from his oeuvre. “Direct observations of my surroundings, which I modify and mould via installations and action. These arise according to current situations of a city, place or how I feel. As a specific source of inspiration, the interest in ways of executing and logic of creation process. The time spent in […]
Steve Bishop
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Steve Bishop Work from “The Myth of Fingerprints“. Steve Bishop‘s preferred working materials are found, ready-made objects and substances which already carry specific or unalterable characteristics, such as the mouthwash “Cool Mint” by the brand Listerine. Its luminous azure blue lends the appearance of a monochrome painting to his work “Φ”. However, in its immediate […]
Daniel Everett
Sunday, 14 August 2011
Daniel Everett. Work from his oeuvre. ““Daniel Everett embodies the current technological zeitgeist shared by post dot-com kids, the kids of the dot-com kids, and the relationship we have to our interconnectivity (the internet). His work is jaded, earnest, and self mocking at the same time.” – Beautiful/Decay
Frank Eickhoff
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Frank Eickhoff Work from his oeuvre. “I am photographing constructed objects made of different materials, such as paper cuts, prints, foil, paint, metal, wood etc. On top of that I project digital generated light which is mapped in realtime on the objects and the scene. At some point the digital process and the materials visually […]