Idris Khan Work from Overture at Sean Kelly, New York. “Overture will present over 25 new works exploring philosophical and theoretical ideas surrounding global displacement and conflict, demonstrating Khan’s profound interrogation into language and meaning over a wide array of media. Khan has developed a unique narrative drawing on diverse cultural sources including art, literature, […]

Shannon Ebner Work from A Public Character at Sadie Coles HQ. “A PUBLIC CHARACTER is a newly commissioned work for ICA Miami, where Ebner’s solo exhibition of the same title is on view until 17 January. It centres on text culled by Ebner following research into Hudson Yard’s real estate project – a rezoning of […]

Hanne Lippard Work from her oeuvre. “Hanne Lippard (*1984, Milton Keynes/UK, lives and works in Berlin) has been using language as the raw material for her work for the last decade, processing it in the form of texts, vocal performances, sound installations, printed objects and sculpture. The artist has developed a practice that lies at […]

Allora & Calzadilla Work from The Great Silence. I was fortunate enough to see The Great Silence tonight at the Contemporary Art Center as part of a film screening with the Mini Microcinema titled “Artist and Animal Pt. 1” that is running in conjunction with the soon-to-open exhibition Creatures curated by Steven Matijcio. If you […]

Frameshift at Denny Gallery. There is a gallery talk with useful pictures and some of the artists tomorrow (Saturday) at 3:00pm. “The six artists in Frameshift collide with and attempt to negotiate the technical image as encoded by the camera. The practices represented occupy the divide between the hand-crafted image historically available and attributable to […]

Bethan Hews Work from her oeuvre. “‘Piss off I’m a fountain!’ an abusive notice board proclaims in white plastic letters on a black ground. Are these the words of an offended ornament that we have mistaken for a urinal? Or are they the angry reaction of a readymade that feels it has not been identified […]

Nik Daves Work from d PlsUR of d Txt. “There are many different types of intelligence and this book aims to confuse anyone who holds on to our dusty, outdated academic assumptions. This book is an attempt at an Esperanto equivalent for our differing intelligences.” Nik DAvEz Text messaging has often been treated by our […]

Ruth Buchanan Work from A Wayward Punctuation @ Grazer Kunstverein. “Using methods and media such as sculpture, video, performance, language, sound, graphics and slide projection, Ruth Buchanan constructs both literary and built spaces whereby the underlying motives and questions at stake create an interplay of contingencies. At the core of the speculations conducted in these […]

Andrew Neuman Work from his oeuvre “This work deals with issues concerning the use of technology, language and transmission of power in both its various corporeal and elusive modes. These works, what I call “Constructures,” re-contextualize the technologically derived icons and place them in a new environment that allows one to question their original use and […]

Amos Latteier Work from Calculator Haikus (also check out N8R TXT if you live in Canada). “I created two haikus using upside down calculators. Illegible blob Legless eggshell oozes oil Elegize his loss Hellish shoe is beige I slosh soil, slog hill Hobble, oh high heel You can form words with a calculator by entering […]