(1/11+12+18+19/2014) http://www.fotanian.org/ Fotan is an industrial warehouse area in the New Territories where many Hong Kong artists (notably those who used to study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which is nearby) have their studios. Once a year, Fotanian is a joint event when all artists open their doors to the public. The studios…
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_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Osage Gallery: Ringo Bunoan + Ng Joon Kiat + Yong Rim Lee + Yu Ji “Poetics of Materiality”
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(1/4 – 2/4/2014) 4/F Union Hing Yip Factory Bldg, 20 Hing Yip St, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, http://www.osagegallery.com Four artists in whose work – according to the curator (Charles Merewether) – materiality (the quality of the material) plays an important role. All of the artists (or at least those I knew) seem to have been…
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Art in Czech Republic – December 2013
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A change of location – in December I spent some time back in Czech Republic’s two largest cities – Prague and Brno. Besides celebrating Christmas and seeing friends, I also managed to get a quick glimpse at what is happening on the art scene. You can read the individual posts below, this is a summary…
_Writing about, Brno, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions
Galerie TIC: Oldřich Morys “Součásti Kresby” + Jan Pfeiffer, Radek Brousil “Stavební Práce” + “No Comment? Vol. 3”
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Radnická 4, Brno, http://galerie-tic.cz/ Given the awkward in-between-holidays and weekend time, the gallery was closed, even though Friday was a regular working day. A kind receptionist had pity with me and opened the doors, but she did not know how to turn on the videos and the remote was probably locked up yet in another…
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Dům Umění: Vojtěch V. Sláma “Colorjoy”
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Malinovského 2, Brno, http://www.dum-umeni.cz On the second floor of Dům Umění, which is a larger space that the ground floor, Vojtech V. Slama’s “Colorjoy” was a show oscillating between images from an adolescent’s tumblr or facebook feed and a display of sample prints in a printing shop: Colorful, mostly figurative images from the author’s daily…
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Dům Umění: Tamara Moyzes “Artivism”
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Malinovského 2, Brno, http://www.dum-umeni.cz On the ground floor of Dum umeni, in one large room, the exhibition of Tamara Moyzes covered a few of her recent projects. As the title suggests, Tamara Moyzes’ work is on the edge between art and political activism. Most of the ‘work’ on display consisted of grabbed TV news reports…
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Dům Umění – Dům Pánu z Kunštátu: “Vzpomínky na budoucnost II” group show
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Dominikánská 9, Brno, http://www.dum-umeni.cz/ Dům Umění (The Brno House of Arts) is a large contemporary art institution that organizes temporary shows in Brno. It is spread across two locations – the actual House of the Arts and another location in the historical center of Brno (Dum Panu z Kunstatu). “Vzpomínky na budoucnost II ” (Memories…
_Writing about, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions, Prague
SVIT Gallery: Thomas Zipp “Task Dependence of the Effect of Standards in the Perception of a Series of Objects”
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Stefanikova 43a, Prague 5, http://www.svitpraha.org This smaller private gallery seems to focus on works on the conceptual end, and I feel a heightened interest in photography. In between the array of young galleries run by young curators/artists, this one has a more international focus, mixing in at least some international names in between the usual…
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tranzitdisplay: Avdej Ter-Oganyan “V prdeli: Vybraná díla 1978-2013 / Fucked: Selected Works 1978-2013”
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(11/22/2013 – 2/2/2014) Dittrichova 9/337, Prague 2, http://www.tranzitdisplay.cz tranzitdisplay is an independent art space where it is always worth to stop by. It usually takes a couple of doorbell rings before someone comes up to open the door for you, but don’t despair and keep ringing, as said, it’s worth it. What sets tranzitdisplay apart…
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Galerie Rudolfinum: Jake and Dinos Chapman “The Blind Leading the Blind”
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(10/3/2013 – 1/5/2014) Alsovo Nabrezi 12, Prague 1, http://www.galerierudolfinum.cz Rudolfinum Gallery is a large art space located in a beautiful historical building (something one would call a “Kunsthalle” – a place for temporary exhibitions without own collections, state-funded). Rudolfinum is doing quite a good job over the years bringing over some big names in the…