II. I believe in the skin Monica Bonvicini discusses fetishism and the act of destroying her own works. Hammering Out (an old argument) (1998), video color projection, sound, amplifier, two speakers, 18 min 45 sec. All images: Courtesy Monica BonviciniView More >
ART OF UPHEAVAL: 1924 By Natsuko Odate All images unless otherwise noted: Performance still from 1924 at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2011. Courtesy Miwa Yanagi. Best known as a photographer addressing images of feminity in a male-orientedView More >
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 known for worksView More >
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, and how theseView More >
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 Rat HoleView More >
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: Your workView More >
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 >
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 Thompson on conditionsView More >
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. ART iT:View More >
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 as a conceptualView More >