On the fourth stop of our gallery tour in Madrid we visited Distrito Cu4tro Gallery. The gallery presented works by Rui Toscano, a young artist who lives and works in Lisbon / Portugal. Toscano started his career with painting but then switched to sculpture. His work is influenced by everyday film, rock music, and sound. Galeria Distrito Cu4tro presented four works: Cluster (acrylic on paper, 2008), 100 Rádios Mortas (sculpture, 2007), Wave Field (sculpture, 2007), and T for Tornado (video, 2007). Madrid, Spain, February 15, 2008. Current exhibition is Adrian Schiess (until 10th April, 2008). Madrid / Spain, February 15, 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.
Beyond the Screen, the current exhibition at Gallery [DAM] Berlin, offers an insight into the world of “fabbing” - digital fabrication. Fabbing allows for the production of structures and surfaces exceeding the limits of digital mass production. By using specific software to control these tools, artists and designers are able to realize unimaginable complex objects. Beyond the Screen shows artwork based on this new technology by Commonwealth (US), Leander Herzog (CH), Jared Tarbell (US), Theverymany (US), Marius Watz (NO) and participatns of the Generator.x 2.0 workshop in cooperation with club transmediale and Marius Watz. Impressions from the opening reception, February 2, 2008. By VTV correspondent Lizza May David.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob: Wildflowers of Manitoba
Interview with Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob, the creators of "Wildflowers of Manitoba", a performative installation consisting of four short films and soun. By VTV correspondent Peta Jenkin, 2nd camera by Anne Esser. February 12/13, 2008.
How 'Fabolous' is this? A first look behind the scenes making of his new video.
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