ERECT AS SIN By Andrew Maerkle Belts Couch (2004), black leather men’s belts, iron, fabric, 55 x 160 x 200 cm. All images: Courtesy Monica Bonvicini and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. Based in Berlin, Monica Bonvicini is knownView More >
Interviews
Aernout Mik: Part I
POSSESSION/FORM By Andrew Maerkle Still from Glutinosity (2001), single-channel video installation. All images: courtesy Aernout Mik and carlier❘gebauer, Berlin. Aernout Mik’s meticulously staged, multi-channel videos explore the tensions between individual actions and collective order, hysteria and reason, andView More >
Cheyney Thompson: Part II
II. The Index of Robert Macaire Cheyney Thompson on the technology of perspective, and names that un-name. Installation view of the solo exhibition “Chronochromes, Data, Motifs” at Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, 2011. All images: Courtesy Cheyney Thompson and RatView More >
Mickalene Thomas
Models of Agency By Andrew Maerkle Mama Bush: One of a Kind Two (2009), acrylic, rhinestone and enamel on wood panel, approx 274 x 366 cm. All images: Unless otherwise noted, courtesy Mickalene Thomas Studio. Interview: ART iT:View More >
ON RECORD #5: Peter Coffin
The Long Way Around Can Also Be the Most Direct: Peter Coffin on Field Tests in Modalities of Consciousness ON RECORD is a series of dialogues with contemporary artists about the ideas and influences that inspire their works. ON RECORDView More >
Cheyney Thompson: Part I
ALLEGORY OF THE BODY AND THE NAME By Andrew Maerkle Installation view of “Chronochromes, Data, Motifs” at Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, 2011. All images: Courtesy Cheyney Thompson and Rat Hole Gallery. I. The Strangeness of Discipline Cheyney ThompsonView More >
Kimsooja: Part II
II. Mirror-Void-Other Kimsooja on the performance of non-action. Cities on the Move – 2727 KM Bottari Truck (1997), single-channel video, 7 min 33 sec loop, silent. Commissioned by Korean Arts & Culture Foundation. All images: Courtesy Kimsooja Studio. View More >
Hong-Kai Wang
By Leslie J Ureña Music While We Work (2011), audio and video installation recorded on location in Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan. Photo You-Wei Chen, courtesy Hong-Kai Wang. Born in 1971, the Taiwanese artist Hong-Kai Wang works with sound asView More >
Kimsooja: Part I
POINTS OF CONVERGENCE By Andrew Maerkle Still from Thread Routes – Chapter 1 (2010), 16mm film transferred to HD format, 29 min 31 sec, sound. All images: Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio. In 1999, in Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya neighborhood,View More >
Martha Rosler
THE GARDEN SPEAKS FOR ITSELF By Andrew Maerkle and Natsuko Odate Proposed Helsinki Garden at the Singapore Biennale (2011), site-specific community project commissioned by the Singapore Biennale 2011 . Photo Mae Ee Wong. All images: Courtesy Martha Rosler. InView More >
54th Venice Biennale: Index
Pipilotti Rist – Non voglio tornare indietro (Ospedale) (2011), video projection on veduta oil painting “Anonymous Venetian Master (Apollonio Domenichini?): Veduta with Canal Grande with Santa Maria di Nazareth, Santa Lucia and Scuola dei Nobili,” Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Langmatt SidneyView More >
54th Venice Biennale: Selected Representations
Combing through press releases, mining contacts and reviewing advance publications, the editors of ART iT have sought out the most promising national representations planned for the 54th Venice Biennale. This is a year for bold, ambitious projects that equally combineView More >