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,…
Michel Perez Pollo at Mai 36 Gallery
“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…
TONY CRAGG AT LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
In the late 1960s, Cragg, intrigued by the observation and study of the material world, left the field of science to pursue a career as an artist. Over half a century and more than 400 solo exhibitions later, Cragg has…
“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 ...
“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...
ALBERT OEHLEN – AT MAX HETZLER GALLERY BERLIN
Albert Oehlen uses abstract, figurative, and collaged elements—often applying self-imposed formal constraints—to disrupt the histories and conventions of modern painting while acknowledging the continuing significance of classical art. Approaching his practice as a perceptual challenge, he moves freely between planned…
GRACE WEAVER AT KUNSTMUSEUM MAGDEBURG, GERMANY
For Weaver, the body is not just a subject but a site – a stage on which line is choreographed in lyrical gestures, and through which emotion comes to the fore. Despite their monumental scale, Weaver’s new works disclose humble subjects…
JOSE DAVILA – THE SIMPLE ACT OF POSITIONING
With “The simple act of positioning” Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, presents a selection of new works by Jose Dávila. The artist continues his sustained investigation into one of sculpture’s most elemental gestures: the fundamental act of placing one thing in relation…