Prague, November 16, 2023 – April 22, 2024, https://www.kunsthallepraha.org Elmgreen & Dragset are a well-known artistic “brand” in the global art market. Their installations are transforming gallery spaces into something slightly different by shifting or reversing certain expectations of spatial arrangements or material qualities. In the case of the “READ” exhibition, one could in fact…
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Meet Factory: Michele Gabriele “Walking Our Distance”
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Prague, December 1, 2023 – January 28, 2024, http://www.meetfactory.cz The central figure of the exhibition, both in metaphorical and spatial terms, was an humanoid fish-like alien with an afro-asian face. Numerous pencil-drawn portraits of this creature were lined up along the walls of the main exhibition hall. Some portraits were very precise and detailed, others…
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Meet Factory: Lenka Glisnikova “Moment of Seclusion Over the Horizon”
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Prague, December 1, 2023 – January 28, 2024, http://www.meetfactory.cz The installation in one large spacious room contained mysterious objects that looked like a real-life materialization of computer 3D simulations of liquid flows and biological forms. Partially hanging on thick metal ropes from the ceiling, partially placed on the floor. The objects were made of two…
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Rudolfinum “Co-extensive”
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Prague, 19 October 2023 – 21 January 2024, https://www.galerierudolfinum.cz The spacious and beautiful halls of Rudolfinum Gallery were adorned with a small number of large artworks, giving each individual work space to breathe. This was about minimalism and its heritage, but it was also about the effects that objects have on a space. Where is…
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basis Frankfurt “Structural stowaway”
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basis, Frankfurt am Main, September 14 to December 10, 2023, https://basis-frankfurt.de A group show that combined a number of China-related artworks by Chinese and China-related artists. Overall it seemed that there was an interest in geopolitical topics. Curated by Antonie Angerer & Anna-Viktoria Eschbach. Artists: Musquiqui Chihying, Elom 20ce, Gregor Kasper, Peng Ke, Xiaoshi Qin,…
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Haus der Kunst Munich: WangShui “Window of Tolerance”
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Munich, September 8, 2023 – April 28,2024, https://www.hausderkunst.de/ WangShui is an ABC, American born Chinese. Is he from the “East” or the “West”? At least based on the funding of the exhibition by the “Asian Art Circle at the Guggenheim” he still seems to be considered as an Eastern artist. The most impressive thing about…
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4+4 days in motion “Everything’s everyone’s” (4+4 dny v pohybu “Vsechno je vsech”)
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Prague, May 11 – 21, 2023, https://ctyridny.cz 4+4 days in motion is an annual art festival that takes place at a different location in Prague every year. The location of the art exhibition is usually an unused building prior to a new redevelopment. It seems that the Golf Center Erpet in Prague Smichov was the…
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Pop-up Galerie AVU: Anezka Abrtova “Stabbed her with knife”
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Prague, April 14 – May 13, 2023, https://avu.cz/oddeleni/galerie-avu The exhibition combines sculptures and drawings. The sculptures consist of hard skeletons made from large wooden branches which are wrapped in layers of soft material like wax, textiles and animal skins. This gives them a slightly uncanny nature of a large piece of meat in a butcher’s…
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Portikus: Lap See Lam “Tales of the Altersea”
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Frankfurt am Main, March 11 – May 28, 2023, https://www.portikus.de/ A daughter of Hong Kong emigrants wanders around her new homeland in Sweden and is plagued by nostalgic memories of her parents. The Chinese restaurant of her parents as well as other Chinese restaurants she encounters serve as a kind of medium connecting her to…
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Daegu Art Museum: Kim Taek-sang, Yoon Hee, Hwang Ho-sup “Water Fire Body”
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Daegu, January 31 – May 14, 2023, http://daeguartmuseum.or.kr It was quite a lucky occurence that I visited DAM right after two new exhibitions opened. One was the Lee Kun-hee collection and the other one was this one, a trio-show, which was in fact more like three separate solo shows next to each other. A bit…