Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, March 31 – June 16, 2019, https://www.museumsinclairhaus.com Before visiting the show I had a faint idea about the artist´s work based on the news I glimpsed from the 2015 Venice Biennial: boat, read threads, keys.. Somehow this artist branding was confirmed. There was a lot of red, there were threads, there…
Düsseldorf, October 7, 2018 – April 28, 2019, https://www.julia-stoschek-collection.net I was very impressed on my first visit to the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf: A perfect installation of a video-only show. Even the fact that all projections in a video show work as expected in quite extraordinary, but on top of that the light and…
Seoul, March 1 – April 28, 2019, http://artsonje.org Some time has passed since the last Lee Kit show I saw. And I was very much looking forward to this one. Will I get a similar feeling like when I saw his work for the first time? Will I feel connected because his work will be…
Seoul, December 22, 2018 – April 7, 2019 (Duchamp), March 23 – July 28, 2019 (Data), October 27, 2018 – April 7, 2019 (Farocki), http://www.mmca.go.kr Three shows were taking place at MMCA during my visit. The Essential Duchamp was what the title suggested: An overview of Marcel Duchamps oeuvre. At first I almost wanted to…
Shanghai, March 22, – May 5, 2019, www.madeingallery.com Madein gallery in was showing Shen Xin ( 沈莘 ), a video artist, female. There were two works on display. Upon entering the space, the visitors encountered a four channel video installation. It consisted of two screens with two similar shaky videos of a chair and 6…
Shanghai, March 23 – May 5, 2019, https://edouardmalingue.com A painting group show at Edouard Maligne gallery on the West Bund: The show has a mix of styles, not too surprising, but the space was structured in an interesting way, and it overall felt pleasant. Everyone could find something she likes. I had a laugh at…
Shanghai, February 28 – May 5, 2019, http://www.arariogallery.com/ Arario Gallery had an installation by Hayoun Kwon. The topic was the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ). Different media were used to convey stories and impressions of the DMZ: Filming an architectural model, 3D animation with a narrated voiceover, a thermal-vision-like video loop showing guards walking around a…
Shanghai, March 9 – May 9, 2019, http://thelongmuseum.org/en/ The first impression of the Long Museum on the West Bund (Puxi): It was cold. The large concrete halls above ground have a magnificent feel. But no heating. And in fact a large part of the exhibition halls is located underground. There it smelled like entering a…
Prague, November 21, 2018 – March 3, 2019, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace 3F, http://www.ghmp.cz A duo-exhibition of two young sculptors. The exhibition space was located in an old crumbling palace, but the insides of the rooms were transformed in a white-cube setup, and I could feel that the exhibition architecture was considered as an inherent part of…
Prague, November 21, 2018 – February 24, 2019, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace 2F, http://www.ghmp.cz The space in which the exhibition took place was by itself very impressive: An old, crumbling palace, walls covered in red canvas surrounded with golden ornaments on white background, some in marble, creaking wooden parquet flooring, large crystal chandelier… Within the space I…