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Reena Spaulings: How to Cook a Wolf / Kunsthalle Zurich
?In 2004, the New York-based artist Reena Spaulings emerged from the daily operation of an art gallery (Reena Spaulings Fine Art, founded by John Kelsey & Emily Sundblad) on Manhattan?s Lower East Side. Often playing on the double-identity of art dealer and artist, Spaulings? work undermines professional divisions of labor and disciplinary hierarchies, while interrogating [...]
German artist Andreas Hofer’s exhibition “Phantom Gallery” opened simultaneously in Hauser & Wirth’s gallery space in Zürich / Switzerland, and in a shop on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Both venues are interconnected by a live video conference. In Zurich, visitors enter a gallery within a gallery, in Los Angeles, the show appears as a gallery within a commercial stretch of a street. The exhibitions themselves are empty. We had the chance to ask Andreas Hofer about the idea behind the exhibition. Andreas Hofer was born in 1963 in Munich. He lives and works in Berlin. Between 1991 and 1997 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Chelsea College of Art & Design in London. He often signs individual works “Andy Hope 1930″. Andreas Hofer’s works have been shown in numerous group exhibitions, most recently at Rubell Familiy Collection in Miami, and at ZKM Centre of Art and Media, Karlsruhe (until 30 March 2008).
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Preview Berlin - The Emerging Art Fair / First Impressions
First impressions from Preview Berlin - The Emerging Art Fair. This time, Preview Berlin has chosen quite a special venue, a former hangar at Berlin?s Tempelhof Airport. 57 galleries and project spaces present works at Preview Berlin 2007. September 27, 2007. > Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this [...]
During the late 1960s in New York, Austrian architect and artist Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) designed the first sound-space sculpture or architecture - a multi-channel architecture of sound - prior to the advent of the technical possibilities required for its realization. The current exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart presents the re-inception, on the basis of modern control systems, of the first sound-space-sculpture in the history of the visual arts. Apart from this centerpiece of the show, the exhibition assembles sketches, notations, models, photographs relating to this early field of experimentation. Curator: Prof. Dr. Eugen Blume, Director Hamburger Bahnhof. Since 1970 Bernhard Leitner has been exhibiting his sound-space objects and sound-space sculptures in the international context. His works have been shown at P.S.1 New York, ZKM Karlsruhe, and documenta 7, among other key venues. Impressions from the opening reception, January 31, 2008.
During our stay in Madrid we not only visited ARCO, Madrid’s international fair for contemporary art. We were also invited to take part of a gallery crawl, organized by the tourist offices of Spain and Madrid. Our first stop was Galería Helga de Alvear where we saw Isaac Julien’s “Western Union: Small Boats”, an exhibition who’s topic is African migrants trying to enter Europe. Talking with our group of journalists from all parts of the world, Helga de Alvear finds clear words about gallery work and ARCO’s strategy. Galería Helga de Alvear, February 15, 2008.
In its gallery space in Berlin, Galerija Gregor Podnar presents new works by Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi. Dan Perjovschi mixes drawing, cartoon and graffiti that comment on current political, social or cultural issues. Over the past decade he created works drawn directly on the walls of museums and art spaces, most recently in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Dan Perjovschi (born 1961 in Sibiu, Romania) lives and works in Bucharest. Opening reception, September 1, 2008.
At ARCO 2008, the 27th edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid, Spain, we met with Vera Cortês, the director of the eponymous gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. At ARCO’08 Vera Cortês presents works by (among others) Alexandre Farto, Catarina Dias, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Sophie Whettnall, Susanne Themlitz and Martinha Maia. In the interview, Vera Cortês talks about the gallery’s program, her background in the fashion industry, the art scene in Portugal, and she sums up the first two days (the professional visit) of ARCO8. ARCO 2008, Madrid / Spain, February 14, 2008.
From 14 Dezember 2007 to 30 March 2008 the Museum Ludwig Cologne presents one of the largest and foremost Mondrian collections in the world. It resides at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague and traces the artist’s progress from his beginnings in Impressionism and Cubism to the founding of De Stijl, and on to his Neoplasticism. Kasper König, Director of Museum Ludwig, talks about the exhibition.
The artists Gert and Uwe Tobias (German, born Romania, 1973) are twin brothers. Their collaborative work centers on large-scale woodcuts, but also includes typewriter drawings and watercolors, handmade ceramic sculptures, and wooden constructions. They became internationally known with their exhibition at the Museum of Moderna Art MoMA in New York in 2007/2008.
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Interview with designer / architect Piero Lissoni
Piero Lissoni is one of the world-renowned architects who have been commissioned to design various residences and facilities on Dellis Cay, a private Carribean island. Piero Lissoni has designed the Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay and The Residences at Mandarin Oriental. The other architects are Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, Carl Ettensperger and Chad Oppenheim. In the interview Piero Lissoni tells us about his passion for drawing, his inspirations, the differences between designing for a big city and an island, the Dellis Cay project, and why boring meetings are a phantastic place for working. Dellis Cay VIP Art Basel Booth, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 7, 2007.
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