Articles of ‘Renzo Martens’

Walker Art Center - Minneapolis
Curated by Bartholomew Ryan

A Provocative Proposal
By Christina Schmid
I can’t work this way. The letters emerge from a cluster of nails hammered into the white gallery wall. Natascha Sadr Haghighian’s memorable albeit reluctant contribution to a 2007 art fair proved immensely attractive: part of the Guggenheim’s collection, it now graces [...]

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, [...]