Articles of ‘Artur Zmijewski’

The Ethics of Encounter

The Ethics of Encounter

Art’s bad boys are back. Examining the complex interfaces which have emerged between ethics, aesthetics, and politics in recent art practices, this article expands upon some of the themes raised by “The Ethics of Encounter,” an exhibition I curated at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh in Winter 2010/11. It included works by The Atlas Group, François Bucher, [...]



The Cinema Effect

By David Schmidt
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has included the unprecedented exhibition: “The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image” in this year’s schedule. It is a reflection on how the invention of cinema and its accompanying introduction of the moving image have radically changed the human being’s perception of his surroundings.