A message of love for all eternity Text: Yanashita Tomoko Portrait: Nagare Satoshi Myriad lines extend unhesitatingly from the pen, forming repeating, multiplying, intricate patterns. The documentary film NEAR EQUAL KUSAMA YAYOI – I Adore Myself captures the artist inView More >
6.6 – 28 Thavibu Gallery (Bangkok) One of Vietnam’s major female artists. Nhi’s expressive figurative works have a visceral yet psychological appeal. (Brian Curtain) http://www.thavibu.com/vietnam/dinh_y_nhi/VIE3100.htm
6.5 – 8.2 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne) Larissa Hjorth collected SMS messages from users worldwide along with associated feelings. She made images to correspond with these emotional states and the result is a moving image of fleeting moments ofView More >
Markers of time create shared time for arts scene veterans and new talents Research/Text: ART iT 2008-2009 Protégés (from left to right): Handa Masanori, Tara June Winch, Jason Akira Somma, Nahuel Emiliano Perez Biscayart, Celina Murga, Aurelio Martínez London 2008View More >
Things we have no choice but to call art Text: Yamagishi Kaoru (ART iT), Photo: Nagare Satoshi J 2009 (detail) Sumi, whitewash, metallic powder, and acrylic on washi 250 x 400 cm This year, an artist whose work is oftenView More >
6.4 – 8.23 Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) Over 60 works by this leading Aboriginal documentary photographer who is based on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and mainland Australia. (Natalie King) http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=10&content_id=4790
6.2 – 7.11 Sadie Coles HQ (London) Polish painter Wilhelm Sasnal (born in 1972) has a solo show underway at Sadie Coles HQ in London featuring eight new large-scale paintings and a 16mm film. A major overview of Sasnal’s worksView More >
The Spectacle of the Everyday A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Dear HUO, It has been just over three years since we started this conversation. In hindsight, the number and scope of changes that have taken placeView More >
A return to sculpture, and new departure for the future Text: Uchida Shinichi Portrait: Nagare Satoshi Since appearing on the scene as one of a new generation of artists with sculptural roots, Odani Motohiko has continued to create works ofView More >
5.30 – 9.6 9.23 (Extended) Nizayama Forest Art Museum (Toyama) Uncertain Daily Life, 2002 Bed, tile, water, mud, shower 700x 50x 200 cm Installation at Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo Photo： Ito Tetsuo Solo show by the Berlin-based female artist active on theView More >
5.23 – 6.26 Island 6 (Shanghai) Synesthesia is the first in a six-part series of exhibitions that focuses on how studies of consciousness have inspired artworks. The inaugural exhibition explores themes of paranormal studies, evolutionary theory and lucid dreaming throughView More >
5.22-7.19 The Bluecoat (Liverpool) http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/ 9.11-11.1 City Museum and Art Gallery (Bristol) www.bristol.gov.uk/museums 11.14-1.11 The Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh) http://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/ Featuring artists whose practices involve drawing as an integral element, this international mini-survey focuses predominately on the figurative or representational. From the abstractView More >