New Aesthetic
Posted by Fabio 7 December 2011
Writer, publisher, artist, coder James Bridle recently spoke about the ‘New Aesthetic’ at Web Directions Sydney 2011.
Kay Rosen
Posted by Fabio 6 December 2011
Artist and art professor, Kay Rosen was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. She teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and exhibits nationally and internationally. Her paintings and installations revolve around text and language.
Patrick Jacobs
Posted by Fabio 6 December 2011
A kind of pseudo-science or homespun natural phenomena characterizes Jacobs’ work whose protagonists are typically at odds with an increasingly anxious and paranoid world. Only in their futile attempt at transcending their reality and achieving the impossible do they succeed.
Passion and Painting
Posted by Fabio 2 December 2011
The Kunstmuseum Bern is organizing an exhibition that gives fascinating insights into Arina Kowner’s extensive collection of Russian contemporary art. The collection comprises 200 works by 46 artists from the period dating from 1970 to 2008. The museum will be showing pictures by famous Russian nonconformist artists as well as works that were executed after 1989. read more
LILI REYNAUD-DEWAR
Posted by Fabio 30 November 2011
Creating oblique relationships between her own personal history and cultural signifiers of both racial and political struggles and identity politics, Reynaud-Dewar draws from varied influences, from Rastafarianism to the work of Ettore Sotsass to the history of cinema. read more
Mauro D’Agati – Alamar
Posted by Fabio 28 November 2011
The Alamar’s neighborhoodcextends to the east of Havana, on the other side of the bay. In the 70’s Alamar was born as a model city project, but through the years fell into anonymity until it became a bewildering complex of badly constructed buildings. The Sicilian Mauro D’Agati decided to expose the scene of Alamar through a series of shots that convey life, decay, color, poverty and dreams. read more
The Sword Maker
Posted by Fabio 22 November 2011
Korehira Watanabe is one of the last remaining Japanese swordsmiths. He has spent 40 years honing his craft in an attempt to recreate Koto, a type of sword that dates back to the Heian and Kamakura periods (794-1333 AD). Directed by Takeshi Fukunaga.
THE MALCOLM MCLAREN AWARD
Posted by Fabio 21 November 2011
The Performa 11 Grand Finale will be held in honor of the punk pioneer and Sex Pistols founder Malcolm McLaren. The inaugural award will be presented tonight at the Bowery Hotel in New York, by writer Greil Marcus and musician Lou Reed.
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