THE REMAINDER IS PERFECT By Andrew Maerkle Claes Oldenburg – Giant Pool Balls (1977), Skulptur Austellung in Münster 1977, photo LWL / Hubertus Huvermann 2016. Since its inception in 1977, Skulptur Projekte Münster has developed into one of the world’sView More >
TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE VESSEL By Natsuko Odate Circumferential horizon of a vessel (2016), part of the installation “REDUX REDUX: Enter by the Side Door” for the Aichi Triennale 2016. All images: Photo Yoshihiro Kikuyama, courtesy the AichiView More >
LUXURIOUS RISKS By Natsuko Odate Installation view of commercial event at Ruangrupa’s Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem venue. Courtesy Ruangrupa. Formed in 2000, the art collective Ruangrupa has grown into one of the leading organizations for contemporary art in Indonesia. The group’sView More >
HOLD FAST TO THE VOID By Andrew Maerkle Place occupied by zero (RAL5022 and RAL3015) (2013), powder coated aluminium, dimensions variable. Courtesy José León Cerrillo and Andréhn-Schiptjenko. Based in Mexico City, José Léon Cerrillo investigates the ramifications of abstraction asView More >
II. Installation view at Okayama Art Summit 2016. Photo courtesy José León Cerrillo. ART iT: You made a group of works called the “Subtraction Screens,” which I find fascinating because they are so ambiguous. They could be a frame orView More >
OF TIME RAN GOLDEN By Andrew Maerkle Everything and More (2015), HD video, 10 min 31 sec. All images: Courtesy Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. Born in 1986 and based in New York, Rachel RoseView More >
III. j6LZkxaEqHI Masao Adachi – Trailer for Artist of Fasting (2016), 104 min. ART iT: Another issue right now is what to make of internationalism in a world where nationalism is on the rise – not only in Japan, butView More >
L-I-F-E By Andrew Maerkle All images: Dan Perjovschi – Installation view at “MOT Annual 2016: Loose Lips Save Ships,” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2016. Photo Shizune Shiigi, courtesy the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Known to art viewers aroundView More >
II. Still from Artist of Fasting (2016). All images: Courtesy Masao Adachi. ART iT: We were just talking about contemporary protest movements, but what do you think about the current media situation? MA: The media are the media. Their fixationView More >
OBSERVATION IN ACTION By Andrew Maerkle Still from Blue and Red (2014), single-channel HDV, 25 min 14 sec. All images: Unless otherwise noted, courtesy Zhou Tao and Vitamin Creative Space. One of China’s most impressive young artists, Zhou Tao worksView More >
RECONCEIVING SOLIDARITY – RENTAI O SOUZOU SURU By Andrew Maerkle Still from Artist of Fasting (2016). All images: Courtesy Masao Adachi. Born in Kitakyushu in 1939, Masao Adachi is a legendary figure of Japan’s postwar avant-garde film and art scenes.View More >
REFLECTIONS – THE SPACE-TIME OF MEMORY By Natsuko Odate and Akira Rachi Empire’s Borders II – Western Enterprises, Inc. (2010), still. All images: Unless otherwise noted, courtesy Chen Chieh-jen. One of Taiwan’s leading artists, Chen Chieh-jen is known for hisView More >