Seoul, August 4 – November 1, 2015 – February 24, 2016, http://mmca.go.kr The show featured four Korean artists nominated for the KAP. I went very quickly through the show but still, I got some impressions, and most importantly, some afterthoughts (see below).
Seoul, September 22, 2015 – February 24, 2016, http://mmca.go.kr The theme of the show was announced to be the relationship between humans and non-human entities. The title was taken from a wrong translation of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer. And indeed the show consisted of works that made objects come alive or humans seem as objects.…
Seoul, September 15, 2015 – February 14, 2016, http://mmca.go.kr The interesting thing about this show was that there was almost nothing in the space. Ahn Kyuchul seems to be a seriously “conceptual” artist, and this seriousness is something to be respected. At the same time, the show did not feel like something detached and theoretical.…
Seoul, September 25 – Octobe 7, 2015, Facebook, Naver The show consisted of two large installations and a little booklet.
Hong Kong, September 17 – November 7, 2015, Hong Kong, http://www.gagosian.com/ A minutely setup overview of late NJP works, as good as can be expected at Gagosian. The exhibition followed the “announcement of the gallery’s worldwide representation of his estate”, as the first sentence of the press release noted. The late Nam Jun Paik work…
Hong Kong, September 11 – October 22, 2015, http://www.simonleegallery.com Quickly scanning through the images on the gallery’s website, Hugh Scott-Douglas work seems to cover a whole range of approaches and media, centered on reflecting of the world of capitalist production and consumption relations, both in terms of images and products. Sample images included and exhibit…
Hong Kong, September 15 – October 24, 2015, http://www.benbrownfinearts.com Artists: Rosemarie Trockel, Günter Förg, Georg Baselitz, A.R. Penck, Franz Ackermann, Dirk Skreber, Thomas Zipp, Andre Butzer, Heinz Mack, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Wolfgang Tillmans, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Imi Knoebel, Georg Karl Pfahler, Markus Lüpertz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Max Beckmann “A comprehensive survey of German…
Hong Kong, September 11 – October 4, 2015, http://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/ Max Chan Wang, Garret Lai Ho Feng, Leung Wing Yee A photographic exhibition focusing on themes like the passing of time and memory.
Hong Kong, 9 September – 6 November, 2015, http://www.pearllam.com Exhibition of one of the noted American abstract expressionist painter’s works. Abstract expressionism, the first ‘truly American’ style got a different flavor since its role as CIA’s cultural weapon during the Cold War has been confirmed. While the exhibition covered a period from the 1940’s until…
Hong Kong, August 29 – September 20, 2015, http://wooferten.blogspot.hk/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1445782452408927/ Curator: Hitomi Hasegawa, Artists: 会田誠 Makoto Aida, LING & COMMA (Gao Ling 高靈 & Elaine W. Ho 何穎雅 ), 梁志剛 Michael Leung, 文晶瑩 Phoebe Man, ROBOT (Takuji Kogo 古郷卓司 及John Miller), Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi五十嵐惠), 林愷倩 Lam Hoi Sin, Sputniko!, 鈴木涼子 Ryoko Suzuki, Yuk Kin Tan,…