LEE BAE - CYCLICAL TRANSFORMATION & IMMERSIVE SPACES
In his impressive shows Lee Bae creates physically immersive environments of black & white ...
DARKNESS VISIBLE _ A NEW PHOTOBOOK BY MANI NEJAD
A formal black & white study with stunning takes on urban landscapes and their structural qualities...
FRANCISCO SUÁREZ – INHERENT GLOW
05/12/2022Spanish painter Francisco Suárez is currently on show at Galería Victor Lope, Barcelona, presenting his recent series Lumen – a refined and singular conception of geometric abstraction. Without abandoning the characteristic rigour and measure of his work, these pieces appear as a revelation, for between their layers of colour an inherent glow would seem to emerge from the canvas. Since it is the very unit of luminous flux that names the series, his works could not be conceived in any other way than by giving light the leading role. As the cornerstone of the composition, Francisco Suárez recreates powerful light effects through…
CURVE AND FORM – SCULPTURAL CERAMICS
Curve and Form is a curated selection of sculptural ceramics by Halima Cassell, Merete Rasmussen, Katharina Klug, Patricia Volk and Abi Wills. These artist show a unique ability to freely express their creative visions using material of specific tactile qualities in…
THOMAS SCHEIBITZ – SIMILARITIES AND IMITATIONS OF THE VISIBLE
“Tender – X” shows works by Thomas Scheibitz, which were created during the last two years. The paintings and sculptures are about similarities or imitations of our visible and material world. From a graphic collection of motifs and references from…
“SPIRAL” MARCUS JAHMAL AT ALMINE RECH GALLERY
In Marcus Jahmal’s new paintings, purple hurtles along the continuum of human history. The figures that populate his washy fields wear little clothing or nothing at all, a self-abnegating refusal of millenia of class structure. They have become purple itself,…
MANI NEJAD AT KIPS GALLERY NEW YORK
Mani Nejad's paintings unite the languages of abstraction and figuration in a single canvas weaving togehter spontaneous tracks of composition that result in works that are organized in their own autonomous way ...
Susan Rothenberg – Touching the Metaphysical and Contemplative
Since she rose to prominence in New York in the mid-seventies with her now iconic paintings of horses, Rothenberg has held a special place in her peers’ hearts and souls, referred to often as a ‘painter’s painter’....
GARY SIMMONS – REMEMBERING TOMORROW
For over 30 years, Simmons’ multidisciplinary practice has probed American history to examine the pervasive nature of racist ideology and its manifestations in visual culture. Drawn from both personal and collective memory, his works address themes of race, identity, politics,…
Shiro Tsujimura – The Beauty and Purity of the Earth
Shiro Tsujimura’s art finds its basis upon the beauty and purity of the earth, and its relationship and transformation with nature and fire. He uses local earth from the landscape surrounding his home to create clay ...
IL LEE “PAPER AND PROCESS”
Il Lee has defined a new role for the pen, that of a discipline, where he has taken the pen’s seemingly endless ability to make a continuous and fluid line to a masterful level that transcends the pen’s pedestrian associations. Lee’s…
