Hong Kong, January 15 – February 14, 2016, http://www.floatingprojectscollective.net Floating Projects is a new space in the South of Hong Kong Island in Wong Chuk Hang. The place, which is run by a group of artists, is a combination of a cozy coffee shop and an experimental art space with a laidback atmosphere. Wong Chun…
Hong Kong, November 25, 2015 – January 9, 2016, http://www.lehmannmaupin.com/ Very gentle colorful drawings that flock together at a distance to create large cloud-like shapes. Looking at the drawings from a close distance, one can recognize thousands of calligraphy-like stokes. While the gallery release stresses the universality of the motives that can be understood as…
Hong Kong, December 2, 2015 – February 4, 2016 http://www.benbrownfinearts.com This was a great collection of German art, yet what lead the gallery to re-stage the same collection in a scaled-down version again in a resized, smaller space of the same gallery, right after the original exhibition has been finished? Rather than an exhibition, this…
Hong Kong, December 10, 2015 – January 16, 2016, http://www.hanart.com/ A group show with many artists, which stood out by its attempt to create a space reminiscent of a Chinese literati “reading room”. Small tables with books and chairs were placed throughout the exhibition space. The works were primarily drawing on the Chinese culture circuit,…
Hong Kong, December 14, 2015 – January 23, 2016, http://www.aaa.org.hk A chamber exhibition within the AAA library space, looking at Filipino musician and composer Jose Maceda as an associative starting point for collecting a range of artworks and materials. It was good to see it together with the curator’s (Inti Guerero) guidance. Listening to his…
Hong Kong, November 26, 2015 – January 9, 2016, http://www.gagosian.com A group exhibition consisting of selected pieces from the Gagosian Hong Kong storage, together with some excellent Chinese antiques from the storages of collaborating Gisele Croes Art d’Extreme Orient. For the Gagosian part, it was a mash up of the gallery’s who is who, also…
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…
Prague, December 3, 2015 – December 31, 2017 http://www.upm.cz The Czech Cubism exhibition in the House at the Black Madonna has been recently re-opened after more than two years of closure, a good reason to head back and see what has changed.
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.…
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…