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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Artist Nari Ward, born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, moved to the U.S. at age 12, where he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and received his Bachelor of Arts from Hunter College and Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College.
Ward’s artistic investigations reference urban space, performance, the dynamics of [...]
By Christina Schmid
In 2013, at the opening of “Painter Painter,” the Walker Art Center’s first exhibition of contemporary painting in over a decade, Jan Verwoert ended his memorable talk with a demonstration: a simple baseline on a Roland TP 3 Base Synthesizer entering a feedback loop. The filter the sound passes through begins [...]
Known for his peculiar urban renderings as representations of symbols of power, Gustavo Acosta (Havana, 1958) has based his work on the social and political aspects that architecture represents. He talked to ARTPULSE about what has influenced him through the years, how he dissects his surroundings with an almost cinematographic eye, and how [...]
Irish performance artist Amanda Coogan is recognized for creating durational works that explore the intersection of action, materiality and time while testing the limits of her body. Incorporating a range of inspirations and sources, Coogan creates multisensory, aesthetic experiences that are provocative, engaging, disturbing and, at times, hilarious. In the following interview, Coogan [...]
By Jon Seals
It is fitting that Düsseldorf, the city so formative in the life of art shaman Joseph Beuys, would host an exhibition investigating such themes as anthroposophy, bodily suffering, performance, ritual and social philosophy in contemporary art. Rather than attempting to be a shamanistic spirit guide in shaping society, politics or faith, [...]
