Reviews

Jonathan Lasker

Cheim & Read - New York
By Craig Drennen
Jonathan Lasker’s recent solo exhibition at Cheim & Read looks remarkably relevant right now. It’s easy to forget how few painters from the Neo-Geo era survived unscathed into the 21st century without looking dated and overwrought. There’s an even smaller number who’ve gotten continually better over [...]

Pepón Osorio: reForm

Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art - Philadelphia
By Carla Acevedo-Yates

In every major city in the United States, public schools are closing in disenfranchised neighborhoods at a precipitous rate. The city of Philadelphia is no exception, where 24 public schools were shuttered in 2013 alone. Seemingly a part of a master plan of [...]

Man in the Mirror

Vanhaerents Art Collection - Brussels
Curated by Emma Dexter and Walter Vanhaerents
By Steve Schepens
The concept of the mirror is of great significance for literature, philosophy, psychology, psychoanalysis, art, design, architecture and not in the least the construction market for bathrooms. In art, the mirror is the number one subject of all time. The mirror can [...]

Do Ho Suh

Museum of Contemporary Art - Cleveland
By Tim Hadfield
Hauntingly beautiful, Do Ho Suh’s installation and exhibition at MOCA Cleveland indelibly fixes itself into collective memory. This show, comprised of diverse works addressing the meaning of home, habitation, relocation and identity engages the peripatetic life of the artist.
Having originally moved to the United States from [...]

Mark Ryden: Dodecahedron

Paul Kasmin Gallery - New York
By Taliesin Thomas
The art of Los Angeles-based painter Mark Ryden (born 1963, Oregon) is redolent of an Aristotelian fairytale: themes such as sense and sensibilia, memory, dreams, divination, physics and physiognomy blend together to illustrate Ryden’s metaphysical musings and his aesthetic forays into the complex realms of fantastical [...]

Zeng Fanzhi: Paintings, Drawings, and Two Sculptures

Gagosian Gallery - New York
By Taliesin Thomas
The contemporary Chinese art world seems increasingly defined by two major themes: the potential of materiality and the seduction of capitalist motives. Among his peers, Zeng Fanzhi (曾梵志; born 1964 in Wuhan) commands both sides of the spectrum. While Zeng’s work demonstrates an authority over the medium [...]

Doron Langberg

Danese Corey Gallery - New York

By Julie Heffernan
Doron Langberg’s recent work at Danese Corey Gallery brought to mind the words “hot mess,” but in the best of senses, describing something in attractive disarray, steeped in fluids and emanations, gushing forth. But what Langberg also messes with is us and our expectations about visual [...]

Mark Dion: Reconnaissance

Waldburger Wouters - Brussels

Behind the Black Curtain
By Steve Schepens
Waffles, mussels and fries, as well as a pissing toddler, are the cliches that seem to represent the capital of Belgium and the European Union. But an explosive art scene should be added to that list, and, unfortunately, since March 22 of this year, [...]

Doris Salcedo

Pérez Art Museum Miami
By Heike Dempster
With “Doris Salcedo,“ Pérez Art Museum Miami presents three decades of the artist’s sculptures and installations. The first retrospective of the work of the renowned Colombian artist is organized by the MCA Chicago and covers the artist’s penchant for fusing post-minimalist forms with cultural concerns. Deeply rooted in [...]

The Ship: Brian Eno

Le Commun - Geneva
Curated by Michele Robecchi and Anny Serratí
By Katharina Holderegger
Situated in the historic industrial building complex formerly known as the SIP Factory, next to the Museum of Modern Art, the Contemporary Art Center, the Center of Photography, Le Commun is a venue where exhibiti ever-present ons can be curated on application-a [...]