III. Still from Je veux voir (2008), with Catherine Deneuve and Rabih Mroué. ART iT: We’ve been discussing different approaches to narrative. You mentioned earlier that you make a distinction between history and memory. Can you elaborate on this andView More >
II. ERrfUxfICcM Trailer for Je veux voir (2008). ART iT: In your films it seems that there’s a delicacy involved in how you create your narratives, a sensitivity to the idea that the narrative is both creative and destructive atView More >
THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD By Andrew Maerkle and Akira Rachi A Piano Played by Five Pianists at Once (First Attempt) (2012), video installation with HD video (57 min), two drawings (approx 50.8 x 48.26 cm each), temporary walls, dimensions variable.View More >
PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION AND RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION By Andrew Maerkle and Natsuko Odate marxism today (prologue) (2010), HD video in color and black-andwhite, sound, 35 min. All images: Unless otherwise noted, courtesy Shady Lane Productions. ART iT: In your worksView More >
MOVING MONUMENTS By Andrew Maerkle Restaged No. 7 from “Lebanese Rocket Society, Elements for a Monument” (2012), C-print, 100 x 72cm. All Images: Courtesy Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige. ART iT: I’d like to start with the idea of circulation.View More >
III. Difference is Difference Untitled (2010), acrylic, silkscreen on aluminium, 86.3 x 58.4 cm. Photo Kei Okano, courtesy Nathan Hylden and Misako & Rosen. ART iT: Are there any artists today who really interest you? NH: There’s several but ifView More >
OUT OF INFINITY By ART iT Once the Abominable War is Over, Happiness Fills our Hearts (2010), acrylic on canvas, 194 x 194 cm. All images: © Yayoi Kusama, courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, and Yayoi Kusama Studio, Inc. ARTView More >
II. Seeing in Pieces Untitled (2010), acrylic, silkscreen on aluminium, 86.3 x 58.4 cm. Photo Kei Okano, courtesy Nathan Hylden and Misako & Rosen. ART iT: We were just discussing your use of stencils to contradict the presence of theView More >
PROCESS PRESENT TENSE By Andrew Maerkle Untitled (2010), acrylic, silkscreen on aluminium, 86.3 x 58.4 cm. Photo Kei Okano, courtesy Nathan Hylden and Misako & Rosen. I. Mirror Takes Time ART iT: I’d like to begin by discussing your earlyView More >
THE LORD OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION By Andrew Maerkle Both: Oh Shiva (The Lord of Creation and Destruction) (2009), double-sided acrylic on board in artist’s frame mounted on pedestal, 147.3 x 40 x 28 cm (37 x 32 x 4View More >
VI. Installation view of the exhibition “Let me disclose the gifts reserved for age” at Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, 2011. Courtesy Rat Hole Gallery. ART iT: In Berlin the first time we met we discussed how you started out asView More >
V. Installation view of work by Thea Djordjadze in the exhibition “Melanchotopia,” organized by Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, at multiple sites in Rotterdam. Photo ART iT. ART iT: Do you read the poems of Anna Akhmatova? IsView More >