Kassel, Germany, June 10 – September 17, 2017, http://www.documenta14.de At first sight Documenta 14 appeared as very “political”. There were a lot of works seemingly addressing political topics, criticizing capitalism and its inherent relationship. At first sight, that is. After spending some time walking around, this first impression gave way to another reading. I felt…
Vienna, March 31 – May 28, 2017, http://www.q21.at/ Curator: Sabine Winkler, Artists: Antoine Catala, Xavier Cha, Florian Göttke, Femke Herregraven, Hertog Nadler, Micah Hesse, Francis Hunger, Scott Kildall, Barbora Kleinhamplova, Tom Molloy, Barbara Musil, Bego M. Santiago, Ruben van de Ven, Christina Werner
Eindhoven, March 19 – July 2, 2017, https://pietheineek.nl Philip van Tol focuses on the fleeting moments when light meets objects and shadows are born. The number of possible shapes created is infinite, as are the subtle color combinations as light passes through and reflects on different surfaces.
Eindhoven, April 23 – July 2, 2017, https://pietheineek.nl/en/ Daniel Ruanova is a Mexican artist and his work is based on his experience of living in Tijuana. At least that is what the exhibition statement alludes to. And it is also what one images Tijuana to be. Rough and dangerous, but also southerly colorful and emotional.
Eindhoven, November 17, 2016 – April 30, 2017, http://vanabbemuseum.nl Robert Glass’ work addressed a topic, which is very hot across Europe: Refugees. There were two photographs of Dutch detention cells. The detention cells were shockingly beautiful and in bright colors. Best Dutch design. Nevertheless these were locations were deportees who refused to leave are being…
Eindhoven, November 10, 2016 – April 30, 2017, http://vanabbemuseum.nl Sissel Marie Tonn presented a technically complex installation that had the goal of simulating earthquakes experienced by people in the Groningen region of the Netherlands where natural gas extraction takes place. These Earthquakes are a consequence of the extraction processes, i.e. there are man-made. Someone makes…
Vienna, May 11-12, 2017, https://www.akbild.ac.at A small exhibition in the Academy sculpture studios. It was one room with a glass wall. Inside were 3 works: A sticker with a text/visual poem pasted on the glass (Zorn), a disassembled glove (Zorn) and a medium-sized painting (Bobek). At first it felt quite empty and like… “That’s it,…
Vienna, May 12 – 14, 2017, https://www.akbild.ac.at A two-day show by students of Daniel Richter (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and Olaf Metzel (Academy of Fine Arts Munich). Strangely I could not find any list of artists participating or layout with artist’s names. Does it relate to the old academy concept that you are a…
Eindhoven, April 28 – 30, 2017, http://thinkeconomia.com An interesting festival that was. I have noticed that there has been an exhibition on the topic on art addressing economic topics at Onomatopee art space (also in Eindhoven) last year, and I wondered, it there has been any cross-inspiration between this two organizations… The Economia festival dealt…
Vienna, April 4 – June 18 (Moulene) – June 25 (Barba + Faruqee), https://www.secession.at/ It has been five years since my last visit to the Secession. I had some memories and some preconceptions about this space. The art there was not easy. It was very conceptual. And the curators/director seemed to have a liking for…