Esther Stocker
Posted by Fabio 23 April 2010
The paintings, murals and installations of Italian artist Esther Stocker, based on grid structures and on the colors black, white and gray feels like real-life, 3-D optical illusions and somehow challenges our conceptions of spatial geometry.
We caught up with Stocker to hear a bit about her future plans and found out Stocker hates colour. read more
Siegrun Appelt
Posted by Fabio 23 April 2010
Glow from the series Abstrakte Formulierungen from 2009 by Austrian artist Siegrun Appelt.
Gerhard Richter
Posted by Fabio 22 April 2010
Gerhard Richter
And the disappearance of the image in contemporary art
Exhibition ends 25 April 2010
Palazzo Strozzi
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, p.zza Strozzi 50123 Firenze
Thomas Bayrle
Posted by Fabio 22 April 2010
German artist Thomas Bayrle was born 1937 in Berlin and now lives and works in Frankfurt. As a founding figure in Germany’s Pop movement along with Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, Thomas Bayrle has been influential as both an artist and as a teacher at Frankfurt’s Staedelschule for over thirty years. Shown here is NDR from 1976, heliography on paper, 95.2 x 78.4 cm.
Thomas Bayrle
Brian Ulrich
Posted by Fabio 21 April 2010
Over the past 7 years American photographer Brian Ulrich has been engaged with a long-term photographic examination of the peculiarities and complexities of the consumer-dominated culture in which we live. This photo is from the Copia series and is a shot of the window of Powerhouse Gym.
Kumi Yamashita – Dialogue
Posted by Fabio 19 April 2010
Video of Dialogue by Japanese artist Kumi Yamashita from 1999. Light, motor, styrene, 60 rotating profiles.
The quality of the video is not the best, but its worth watching.
Fra Angelico to Leonardo
Posted by Fabio 18 April 2010
Fra Angelico to Leonardo
Italian Renaissance Drawings
22 April – 25 July 2010
British Museum
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG
Helmut Smits
Posted by Fabio 13 April 2010
Humorous sculptures by Dutch artist Helmut Smits. Here its Filling a Hole from 2010.
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