Reviews
Law of the Jungle
Lehmann Maupin Gallery - New York
By Denise Carvalho
In “Law of the Jungle,” shown at Lehmann Maupin, from December 9, 2010, to January 29, 2011, contradictory explored post-humanism meets form, examined here from a Brazilian art historical perspective. Making references to Anthropophagy (1928-1934) and Neo-Concretism (1959-62), the show suggests expanded shifts that contextualize and hybridize art [...]
Pooneh Maghazehe: IYIA EHI’AHYI, 1649
Central Utah Art Center
By Cara Despain
Continuing her ongoing investigations of collective versus individual identity, social psychology, the symbolic gestures and emblems that identify belief structures, as well as the architecture associated with these ideologies, Pooneh Maghazehe presented IYIA EHI’ AHYI, 1649-a site-specific performance at the Central Utah Art Center (CUAC) January 14, 2011. Focused on [...]
Allora and Calzadilla
Allora and Calzadilla: Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on “Ode to Joy” for a Prepared Piano
Museum of Modern Art - New York
By Marco Antonini
Ninth in a series of ongoing live and documented performances presented at the MoMA, Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on “Ode to Joy” for a prepared piano has been already labeled by many as Jennifer [...]
Dan Perjovschi: Hong Kong First
Para/Site Art Space - Hong Kong
Curated by Alvaro Rodríguez-Fominaya
By Robin Peckham
Para/Site, the only longstanding alternative space on Hong Kong Island, has demonstrated an erratic relationship with the notion of the parachute exhibition: lacking the space and resources to launch major researched retrospectives and surveys, the program often resorts to inviting international artists to produce new [...]
The End of History…and The Return of History Painting
Museum for Modern Art - Arnhem, The Netherlands
Curated by Paco Barragán
By Catherine Somzé
Since the much-debated comeback of figurative painting at the turn of the 21st century, the age-old medium is prospering as ever on the art market. But what role can it still play in contemporary visual culture as the media has taken over its [...]
Isaac Julien
Bass Museum of Art - Miami Beach
By Margery Gordon
Sense of place is heightened in Isaac Julien’s films, context inspiring content in settings rendered at once hyper-realistic and fantastical. Sumptuous vistas saturated with pigment and portent transcend supporting parts as mere set pieces to upstage even the human actors for star billing. This winter’s survey [...]
Minimal Differences
White Box - New York
Curated by Denise Carvalho and Monika Szewczyk
By Marco Antonini
Does “Central Europe” as a geographical place and/or cultural context even exist? The curators and artists of “Minimal Differences” are not always sure, but it’s hard to blame them. This designation does not really have geographical borders, but rather subsists on a series [...]
ARCOmadrid
Spain’s 30-year-old mega art fair turns slightly modest
By Carla Acevedo-Yates
It seems that for anyone turning 30, the prospect of impending middle age is quite distressing, if not a time of considerable self-imposed introspection and change. But if we consider the now popular phrase ‘the 30s are the new 20s’ applied to the now aging concept [...]
India’s Art Summit: A Roaring Success
By Romain Maitra
It may be safely concluded that India’s only showcase art fair to the world, the India Art Summit (20-23 January, 2011, in New Delhi), has come of age in its third edition, with 84 galleries from 20 countries participating. With the footfalls that mounted from 40,000 visitors in the last edition to 128,000 [...]
Artissima 17
Lingotto Fiere - Turin
By Michele Robecchi
With over 47,000 visitors over three days, the 17th edition of Artissima has been unanimously declared a winner. It’s a remarkable result, if one considers the unfortunate time of the year in which the Italian art fair takes place, right at the end of a long string of sister events [...]
