Slavs and Tartars Work from Simurgh. “The solo exhibition by the Berlin-based international collective Slavs and Tatars takes its title from Simurgh, a majestic, mythological bird-like creature with references to Persianate, Turkic, and other Eurasian histories. The Simurgh story, rich in themes of unity and the interconnectedness of all living beings, offers important insights into […]
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Yto Barrada
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Yto Barrada Work from her oeuvre. “Barrada’s work – photographs, films, publications, installations and objects – reflects the peculiar situation of her hometown, Tangier, and the way notions of local and global are articulated there. At the northern tip of Morocco, Tangier is a city of several frontiers. One border is the Strait of Gibraltar: […]
Dan Holdsworth
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Dan Holdsworth Work from Transmission: New Remote Earth Views “Within the polished and high precision images of ‘Transmission: New Remote Earth Views’, the boundaries of photography and place blend into one new perspective. Dan Holdsworth’s new series of images depict the great, glacial landscapes of the west coast of North America. He has worked with the […]
Richard Barnes
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Richard Barnes Work from the series Mumur. Last week at a Thai restaurant, I had a sterling land on my plate of Pad Ga-Proa and eat some of my dinner. Thankfully I had finished, but other diners at the establishment did not share my fortune. “European starlings have a way of appearing in unexpected places […]