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Dec 08

Delta Nigeria – The Rape of Paradise

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The Nigerian photographer is one of those rare photo-reporters whose work is shown in newspapers as well as in art galleries around the world (you can check his photos right now in the Oil Show at HMKV in Dortmund). He was in London to discuss the Oil Rich Niger Delta series and his new book Delta Nigeria – The Rape of Paradise on the oil exploitation in the Delta region of his country continue

Nov 30

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011

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The title says it all: a law firm is sponsoring a competition of contemporary portrait photography and 60 of the best entries are exhibited in London.

There are cute kids and celebs (sadly, there were no mature men in speedo this year) but because i’m drawn to documentary photos, that’s what my quick selection will be about continue

Nov 27

Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Abolition of War

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War veterans are homeless people too. They might go back to a house after the war, they might have a roof over their head but it doesn’t feel like home anymore. They are traumatized to various degrees and feel like they’ve become strangers to the place where they used to live. They don’t function like they used to. They have been conditioned to be constantly on alert, to react on the spot to any unexpected light, move, noise, etc. They can’t turn off that aggressive instinct when they go back to civilian life continue

Nov 23

Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935

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This exhibition examines Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief but intense period of design and construction that took place from c.1922 to 1935. Fired by the Constructivist art that emerged in Russia from c.1915, architects transformed this radical artistic language into three dimensions, creating structures whose innovative style embodied the energy and optimism of the new Soviet Socialist state continue

Nov 21

Jake and Dinos Chapman: My Giant Colouring Book

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I wonder how Jake and Dinos Chapman would have reacted had someone told them in 2004 that their etchings defacing children colouring books would end up being shown at the V&A Museum of Childhood. Amusingly, the museum curators placed the works at children’s level so you have to bend down to have a look at them. Children won’t stand in your way. They are too busy running around the train models, teddy bears and robot displays to care about the exhibition continue

Nov 14

Err (or the creativity of the factory worker), a conversation with Jeremy Hutchison

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Earlier this year, Jeremy Hutchison sent emails to manufacturers around the world, asking them to produce a fairly simple and common item. He added a special requirement though: the product had to be imperfect, come with an intentional error. Moreover, the worker was in charge of deciding what error, malfunction or fault he would add to the good. No matter how much i had read and seen about the project, i still wanted to interview the artist continue

May 10

Burke + Norfolk: Photographs From The War In Afghanistan

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In October 2010, Simon Norfolk began a series of new photographs in Afghanistan, which takes its cue from the work of nineteenth-century British photographer John Burke. Norfolk’s photographs reimagine or respond to Burke’s Afghan war scenes in the context of the contemporary conflict continue

May 09

Beyond Entropy, When Energy becomes Form

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A time machine, a giant self-balancing mechanism, a highly frustrating pinball machine, forensic photography that captures your movements before the picture was taken, etc. Each work in the room looked at a different type of energy –electric, mechanical, potential, mass, sound, thermal, chemical, and gravitational– in a way that makes us realize how little we know about energy continue

Apr 14

Crash – Homage to JG Ballard

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A group show at Gagosian London aiming to analyze how JG Ballard was influenced by art and how in he turn influenced a whole generation of artists and the public imagination as a whole… continue

Mar 06

Sensity V A, an interview with Stanza

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Or how an exhibition i disliked gave me the opportunity to interview an artist whose work i’ve been admiring ever since i started the blog continue

Feb 04

The worst condition is to pass under a sword which is not ones own

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Michael Rakowitz explores the influence of science fiction genre imagery on the design of Iraqi monuments, military uniforms and weaponry under Saddam Hussein, while illuminating aspects of the US-Iraq conflict over the past few decades continue

Feb 02

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

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An award and exhibition that celebrate contemporary portrait photography, whether it’s editorial, reportage or fine art. Not very rock ‘n’ roll but consistently good continue

Oct 06

Exquisite Bodies at the Wellcome Collection

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In the 19th century, despite the best efforts of body snatchers, the demand from medical schools for fresh cadavers far outstripped the supply. One solution to this gruesome problem came in the form of lifelike wax models. These models often took the form of alluring female figures that could be stripped and split into different sections. Other models were more macabre, showing the body ravaged by ‘social diseases’ such as venereal disease, tuberculosis and alcohol and drug addiction continue

Oct 02

Tip of the day – Welcome to Hebron

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Filmed during more than three years on location in Hebron in the West Bank, Terje Carlsson’s documentary shows the impact of the occupation on everyday life in Palestine continue

Sep 13

Medals of Dishonour

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Medals are supposed to celebrate important figures or heroic deeds, but the stars of this exhibition are medals that condemn their subjects. The last section of the show features medals commissioned from contemporary artists. The most thought-provoking is the Olympic gold-style medal that Michael Landy created to honour English hooligan Dean Rowbotham “for breaking his ASBO on more than 20 occasions” continue

Jul 18

The Dalston Mill Wheatfield

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As part of the exhibition Radical Nature, an urban mill designed by architects EXYZT and the re-staging of Agnes Denes’ 1982 Wheatfield form a temporary functional ensemble in the North-East London district of Dalston . continue

Jul 12

Shut Up Child, This Aint Bingo

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When Norwegian artist Kjersti Andvig initiated a collaboration with someone called Carlton A. Turner, who at the time was on death row in Texas, she aimed to expose a system which she perceived as a unjust mix-up of right wing politics, strange religious beliefs and cruelty. After their artistic work had ended, they fell in love. continue

Jul 07

Fabiola by Francis Alÿs

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How can 300 cheapo copies of the same profile of a fourth century Christian saint originally painted by an artist most of us have never heard about be interesting? I don’t really know the answer to that but i know that the magic is there. Seen from afar, the effect of these paintings is stunning. Seen from up close, the portraits are equally fascinating continue

Jul 06

Radical Nature – Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009

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Radical Nature draws on ideas that have emerged out of Land Art, environmental activism, experimental architecture and utopianism. The exhibition is designed as one fantastical landscape, with each piece introducing into the gallery space a dramatic portion of nature continue

Jun 28

Daimlerstrasse 38 or How to get a fox to shoot portrait of itself

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Danish artist and environmentalist Tue Greenfort’s photo series, Daimlerstrasse 38 lured foxes living in the industrial area in eastern Frankfurt with frankfurter sausages towards a hidden camera continue

Hasta La Creative!

Delta Nigeria – The Rape of Paradise

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011

Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Abolition of War

Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935

Jake and Dinos Chapman: My Giant Colouring Book

Err (or the creativity of the factory worker), a conversation with Jeremy Hutchison

Burke + Norfolk: Photographs From The War In Afghanistan

Beyond Entropy, When Energy becomes Form

Crash – Homage to JG Ballard

Sensity V A, an interview with Stanza

The worst condition is to pass under a sword which is not ones own

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

Exquisite Bodies at the Wellcome Collection

Tip of the day – Welcome to Hebron

Medals of Dishonour

The Dalston Mill Wheatfield

Shut Up Child, This Aint Bingo

Fabiola by Francis Alÿs

Radical Nature – Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009

Daimlerstrasse 38 or How to get a fox to shoot portrait of itself

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