Qi Lei – Echoes of Day and Night
Echoes of Day and Night is a solo presentation by Chinese artist Qi Lei at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Hongkong. The exhibition centres on the artist’s recent reflections on music, painting and time with the title emerging from the…
“THE SWIRL” – PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS OF MANI NEJAD
Berlin and London based artist Mani Nejad has been developing his Brain Blitz series over a period of several years. It's a comprehensive suite of delicate works weaving together various media ...
Michel Perez Pollo – Painting as Sculpture
“Bolero” is the latest series of paintings by Cuban-born, Madrid-based painter Michel Pérez Pollo, comprising large- and small-scale paintings of abstracted glyph-like forms in rich, earthen hues. The title “Bolero” is drawn from the eponymous Cuban musical genre, which developed…
GRACE WEAVER – PARATAXIS
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, currently presents Parataxis, an exhibition of new paintings by Grace Weaver. Depicted in domestic interiors, Weaver’s tall, sloping protagonists animate the small ceremonies of everyday life. Solitary figures and couples sit on low and high-backed chairs, hold amphorae,…
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO – UNNATURAL HABITAT
From the Seventies to the present day Hiroshi Sugimoto has produced a body of highly recognisable photographs – silent images with a predilection for the essential, snatched from the flow of time, that catch the eye as archetypes of a…
“DARKNESS VISIBLE” – A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY BY MANI NEJAD
Darkness Visible is a visual journey through urban landscapes portraying their structural and formal qualities. Conceived as a black and white study it presents a narrative of fictional minimalism that is drawn from real places in present time...
Austin Martin White – Constructing Historical Memory
Capitain Petzel Gallery, Berlin, is currently presenting “The lie, the larp and the lusophile” by Austin Martin White. Through paintings and works on paper, White investigates the construction of historical memory, exploring postcolonial histories and the ways images shape cultural narratives…
DAVID SALLE AT LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERY AND PALAZZO CINI
Immediately eye-catching and combining a vibrant palette with dense, dynamic composition: David Salle juxtaposes shapes and heterogeneous images that link the photographic to the painterly, while creating disruptions between black and white areas and bold colour tones. As a whole,…