East Contemporary

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Para Site: “The world is our home. A poem on abstraction”

Hong Kong, December 12, 2015 – March 06, 2015, http://www.para-site.org.hk Artists: Robert Motherwell, Bruce Nauman, Tomie Ohtake, and Tang Chang, Curators: Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero My first reaction upon entering the show was: Finally a dignified display of Robert Motherwell’s works! This exclamation came mainly as a reaction to the previous ‘home’ of these…

Ferdinand Baumann Gallery: Martin Lukac & Martin Groch “Prima Tunes”

Prague, December 14, 2015 – ?, http://fbgallery.cz The exhibition combines sculptural elements and graphic design: Two fans animate some dry cut straws enclosed in the large display of the gallery, creating a permanently mutating configuration of parts. The front glass is covered by a black flat shape, reminiscent of a drapery of a baroque sculpture.…

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art: Marek Schovanek “Propaganda”

Prague, October 30, 2015 – January 11, 2016, http://www.dox.cz The exhibition statement introduced Marek Schovanek as “the best unknown artist in the world”. The word “best” is of course very elusive and subjective, but maybe it was used to elucidate Schovanek’ attempts to cover a range so vast that the endeavor proved superhuman, and thus…

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art: “Brave New World”

Prague, September 11, 2015 – January 25, 2016, http://www.dox.cz Artists: Barbora Balkova (CZ), Zarko Baseski (MKD), Denis Beaubois (AUS), William Betts (USA), Hans Jürgen-Burkard (GER), Bureau d’Etudes (FR), Michal Cimala (CZ), Paolo Cirio & Alessandro Ludovico (USA/IT), Sylvie Fleury (CHE), Farma v jeskyni / Farm in the Cave (CZ), Jason Florio (UK), Douglas Gordon (UK),…

Ilmin Museum “Crossing Plane: Unit, Layer, Nostalgia”

Seoul, November 27 – January 31, 2015, Ilmin Museum of Art Suki Seokyeong Kang 강서경 (, Eve Kwak 곽이브, MeeNa Park 박미나, Rahm Parc 박아람, Junghae Park 박정혜, Kyungho Baek 백경호, Nakhee Sung 성낙희, Hyangro Yoon 윤향로, Seungean Cha 차승언, Seung-Hye Hong 홍승혜 Without directly stating it, it seems that the exhibition focuses on identifying…

KMU Fineart Graduation Exhibition 국민대학교 회화전공 졸업전시

Seoul, December 3 – 22, 2015, http://kmufineart.com As the title says, this was the graduation exhibition of the Kookmin University Fine Arts Department. Each student received a roughly equal space, a small art fair booth-like compartment in which s/he presented his/her works. There has been a lot of paintings, many of them trying to develop…

Art Space Pool: Sanghee Song “The Story of Byeongangsoe 2015”

Seoul, November 12 – December 13, 2015, http://www.altpool.org/ As it is usual in Art Space Pool, the exhibition was research-based and minutely installed up to the smallest detail. The contents revolved around the ‘silent victims’ on the fringes of history, like soldiers, massacre victims, etc. This macabre topic, represented mainly in images, has been mixed…