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May 2012
Oil @ The Photographers’ Gallery – London
"In 1997 I had what I refer to as my oil epiphany. It occurred to me that the vast, human-altered landscapes that I pursued and photographed for over twenty years were only made possible by the discovery of oil and the mechanical advantage of the internal combustion engine...These images can be seen as notations by one artist contemplating the world as it is made possible through this vital energy resource and the cumulative effects of industrial evolution." Canadian photographer and…
Find out more »Guillaume Bresson @ Galerie Obadia – Paris
What happens underground, should stay underground, whether it's good or bad... especially the bad. That's what some politicians wish it happened, but nowadays is pretty impossible to cover and hide facts like before. Take Guillaume Bresson's artworks for ex. which for the past few years have portrayed the banlieu French riots that became world-known back in 2005. He didn't even need to be there, he just saw it in the news, the ultra-violence, the inconformity, asked a few of his mates…
Find out more »June 2012
PHotoEspaña 2012 @ Various – Madrid
Photo is.... something hard to define. That's why maybe the organisation launched a couple of months ago a social media campaign asking for people to define this art... anxiety, emotion, sensation, adventure... more than 300 ways to define this year's edition. Getting old huh? 2012 may already be the 15th edition of the PHE festival but it's packed with so many exhibitions, events and parallel activities that we doubt anyone could be able to fully enjoy the program even if…
Find out more »Afternoons in Utopia @ Galerie Daniel Templon
It's been 5 years since the Berlin "post picture artist" Ulrich Lamsfuss last came to Paris. Half a decade (sounds a lot doesn't it?) since his hyper-realistic and destabilizing paintings invaded central Paris @ Galerie Daniel Templon. Ulrich Lamsfuss - Selbstporträt 2010 (Courtesy Galerie Daniel Templon) But yesterday his distorted and augmented paintings willing to "challenge the notion of originality" invaded Rue Beaubourg once again with his "Afternoons in Utopia" (title borrowed from the new wave band Berlin Alphaville )…
Find out more »The Sole Champions @ Nivet Carzon – Paris
Yaya HERMAN DUNE (aka David Ivar) decides to focus on historical figures who bring him, by their writings, their words and actions,
Find out more »Contemporary Indonesia @ Ben Brown FA – London
Eko & a whole crew are taking over London's Ben Brown Fine Arts until August 4th.
Find out more »Mariscal @ Museo ABC – Madrid
There are very few Spanish contemporary designers as internationally known as Javier Mariscal whose unclassifiable creations (and those of his team) go from interior design to architecture, comic strips and animation or even the 1992 Olympic games mascot. If he hasn't designed it... it probably doesn't exist. Ecoburban (image via Museo ABC) And his enormous (and sometimes deformed) universe gets a summer showcase @ the very central Madrilian ABC museum. A trip from his origin, with characters as mythical as…
Find out more »July 2012
Glissements @ Le Cabinet – Paris
One more recommendation before the obliged (ehem) summer pause most Parisian galleries will start at the end of July. Le Cabinet is no exception and propose a highly recommended group exhibition: "Glissements" (slidings). Céline Brun-Picard, Sans titre (yoga 09), 2011 (image via Le Cabinet) Glissements proposes to explore this transversal concept through the works of Celine Brun-Picard, Martinet & Texereau and Pascale Robert. Very different graphic styles with one thing in common: the daily and prosaic forms used as inspirations, then transformed…
Find out more »Pursuit of perfection: The politics of sport
Rather than organizing a rather typical exhibition about altus,citus, fortus and all the typical Olympic spirit the South London Gallery have decided to go for a rather different approach even if the city is hosting the most important event on earth these days. Triumph, 2,529 trophies, 2009 © Aleksandra Mir (image via SLGallery) Pursuit of Perfection: The politics of sport has more to do with all those dark and coldly calculated games of politics that are played before, during and after…
Find out more »Another London @ Tate Britain – London
Most galleries (the few ones not closing during summer) as well as the big Institutions have been preparing some Olympic or at least London-related exhibitions to get those always needed extra-visitors during these well-attended weeks. The Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977 © Martine Branck Magnum Photos (image via Tate Britain) Tate Britain the most nationalistic museum of all had to join the trend for a 50-year photographic history trip compiling some of the most well-known photographers who visited the city at some…
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