CONTEMPORARY VANITAS – SCULPTURES BY PETER BUGGENHOUT
Ghent based artist Peter Buggenhout is considered one of Belgium’s most unique and radical sculptors. The artist’s highly artificial creations are irresistibly fascinating for the beholder. The mere size and variety of the surfaces and materials is impressive and makes…
Michael Craig-Martin _ the audatious minimalist
Quotidian objects are draped in vibrant colours on Michael Craig-Martin’s paintings. High heels, blenders, shirts, and caps become sculptural as they are depicted in bold outlines. The dazzling colour planes contrast the minimalism of the line ....
Bosco Sodi – shadows, faint light and movement
Bosco Sodi is predominantly known for his roughly-textured relief paintings. Now on show at König London, a new series brings together multiple colours in the same composition for the first time ...
“FACE-À-FACE” ALICIA KWADE & LOUISE NEVELSON AT KAMEL MENNOUR PARIS
This exhibition sets out to trigger an unexpected dialogue between the two artists by focusing on a selection of Nevelson’s wall pieces to which Kwade has reacted with works of her own ..
HARM GERDES – EXPORTS FROM THE DIGITAL REALM
Harm Gerdes paintings are abstract studies of color, composition and materiality. Viewed from a distance or digitally, they appear almost like exports from the latest, super high bit video games ...
DEXTER DALWOOD – CONSTRUCTIONS OF HISTORY IN PAINTING
British artist Dexter Dalwood presents a new series of paintings at Simon Lee Gallery Hong Kong – with a look nearly four decades into the future. The exhibition’s title “2059” as well as the titles of individual works make reference…
PER KIRKEBY – PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES AT THE LOUISIANA MUSEUM
Although Per Kirkeby worked in many genres alongside painting, there is no doubt that he saw himself as a painter. He even accepted the term ‘painter-sculptor’ to characterize the kind of sculptural art that has a clear relationship with painting.…
JANAINA TSCHÄPE “BALANCING INTO THE DEEP” AT SEAN KELLY GALLERY
Richly painted using large scale oil sticks in addition to the water-based pigments she previously employed, it marks a fresh direction in Tschäpe’s oeuvre. This material shift allows the artist to “draw” as one would with a pencil or pastel,…